JP7196888B2 - Seat operation system, seat operation method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to technology for operating seats.

In general, people who are judged to need priority seats on public transportation are those who look like they have a "priority seat" sign or who wear a "maternity mark". is. Priority seating encourages you to give up your seat to someone who needs it, as determined by your appearance.

However, people who need priority seats cannot always be judged by their appearance. For example, a seemingly able-bodied person may actually be disabled. In addition, the degree of need varies depending on the person, even if it is an elderly person or a pregnant woman. Non-pregnant women sometimes wear maternity marks. A more detailed description will be given below.

It is difficult to judge that a pregnant woman is pregnant by her appearance, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. However, there are pregnant women who do not look like pregnant women but are in poor physical condition. It is difficult for the surrounding people to judge from the appearance that the pregnant woman is pregnant and that the pregnant woman needs a seat. For this reason, in Japan, pregnant women attach a "maternity mark" to their bags to appeal, thereby "expecting the consideration of those around them." This "maternity mark" is distributed along with the maternity handbook to pregnant women who have "notified their pregnancy" to the local government.

However, the maternity mark worn by pregnant women is often difficult for people around them to see. For example, even if a pregnant woman who needs a seat is carrying a bag with a maternity mark, the person sitting in the seat may not be able to find the maternity mark of such a pregnant woman standing in front of her. many. Also, the maternity mark once distributed is not collected. Therefore, there is a problem that the maternity mark is abused. For example, a situation has occurred in which a non-pregnant person wears a maternity mark on her bag and preferentially uses a seat.
In addition, the physical condition during pregnancy varies from person to person and from time to time. Some pregnant women have no health problems at all, while others do not. Pregnant women who have been diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum by a doctor, such as those who have difficulty standing due to lightheadedness, are healthy and not in poor physical condition, even if they cannot be determined by their appearance. It is considered that it should be given priority over pregnant women. The "priority seat" sign is written so that it can be interpreted that all pregnant women should be given priority, but not all pregnant women should be given the same priority. In reality, the conditions of pregnant women vary, and it is difficult to visually determine the degree of need for a seat.

As noted above, there are people with disabilities who may not be able to tell from their appearance but who need a seat. It is difficult to accurately determine how much a person needs a seat based on their physical appearance.

In addition, even if the number of people requiring a seat is greater than the number of priority seats, the number of people requiring a seat is not limited to general seat passengers. not necessarily. Even if priority seats are available, ordinary people feel that it is difficult to sit in priority seats.

Even if it is recommended to give up a seat to a person who needs a seat based on appearance, it is not easy to operate the seat so that a person who needs the seat more can take the seat.

Examples of systems that make it easier for people in need of a seat to take a seat are disclosed by US Pat.

Cited Document 1 describes a system that releases a priority seat near a reading device, which is an IC (Integrated Circuit) card issued to a physically weak person, from a stowed state to a released state.

Cited Document 2 describes a seat management device that urges other passengers to give up their seats to the passenger when information such as age and physical condition obtained from the passenger's IC card satisfies predetermined conditions. It is

JP 2009-258835 A JP 2004-295686 A

The techniques of Patent Literatures 1 and 2 are based on the premise that the person holding the IC card is the rightful owner of the IC card. In the systems of Patent Documents 1 and 2, a person who is not the owner of a valid IC card can use the valid IC card. In that case, the possibility of securing a seat for a person who needs a seat decreases.

One object of the present disclosure is to provide a seat operation system or the like that can improve the possibility of securing a seat for a person who needs a seat.

A seat operation system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes authentication means for performing personal authentication of a subject, personal priority assigned to the subject when the personal authentication is successful, and assigned to a seat reserving means for reserving the seat for the subject based on the seat priority.

A seat operation method according to an aspect of the present disclosure performs personal authentication of a subject, and if the personal authentication is successful, the personal priority assigned to the subject and the seat priority assigned to the seat and to reserve the seat for the subject.

A program according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an authentication process for personal authentication of a subject, and, if the personal authentication is successful, a personal priority assigned to the subject, and a seat priority assigned to the seat. and a reservation process for reserving the seat for the subject based on the degree of the computer. One aspect of the present disclosure is also implemented by a storage medium that stores the above program.

The present disclosure has the effect of improving the likelihood that a person in need of a seat will obtain a seat.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a seat operation system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the seat operating device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a vehicle-mounted device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a user terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a personal information registration device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the overall operation of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation of priority setting processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of companion priority setting processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation of required resource calculation processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of seat reservation processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of transfer notification processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation of use confirmation processing of the seat operation system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat securing process of the seat operation system of the sixth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the individual seat securing process of the seat operation system of the sixth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat securing process of the seat operation system of the seventh modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the unreserved seat reservation process of the seat operation system of the seventh modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 19A is a flow chart showing an example of the overall operation of the seat operation system of the eighth modified example of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 19B is a flow chart showing an example of the overall operation of the seat operation system of the eighth modified example of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation of transfer notification processing of the seat operation system of the eighth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the additional seat securing process of the seat operation system of this modification of the eighth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system of the ninth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 23 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system of the tenth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 24 shows the hardware configuration of a computer that can realize each of the seat operation system, the seat operation device, the vehicle-mounted device, the user terminal device, and the personal information registration device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure showing an example.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

<First embodiment>
First, a first embodiment of the present disclosure will be described. This embodiment is a basic embodiment of the present disclosure.

<Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a seat operation system according to this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 1 , the seat operation system 10 according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an authentication unit 11 and a securing unit 12 . The authentication unit 11 performs personal authentication of a subject. The securing unit 12 secures the seat for the subject based on the individual priority assigned to the subject and the seat priority assigned to the seat when the personal authentication is successful. do.

The target person is, for example, a user of public transportation. Public transportation includes, for example, trains, buses, and the like. The target person may be a user of a facility with multiple seats and standing. In the following description, it is assumed that the target person is a user of public transportation or the like.

Personal authentication is biometric authentication that performs authentication based on biometric information, such as fingerprint authentication, vein authentication, palmprint authentication, face authentication, iris authentication, and voice authentication. The authentication unit 11 compares, for example, information based on biometric information obtained from the subject by a sensor with pre-registered information based on the subject's biometric information. Examples include an acquired fingerprint image, a vein image acquired by a vein sensor, a palm print image acquired by a palm print sensor, a face image taken by a camera, or a glow image taken by a camera such as an infrared camera. Biometric information is not limited to images. The biometric information may be other data such as voice data. Information based on biometric information is, for example, information representing features extracted from biometric information. As a result of the comparison, if it is determined that the biometric information obtained from the subject by the sensor and the pre-registered biometric information of the subject are information obtained from the same biometric, the authentication unit 11 performs personal authentication. is determined to be successful. Data to be compared in personal authentication is referred to as authentication data. Authentication data registered in advance is also referred to as registered authentication data. Authentication data to be compared with registered authentication data is also referred to as matching authentication data. Personal authentication does not have to be biometric authentication as long as it is an authentication method that can prevent spoofing. The authentication unit 11 may perform personal authentication by a personal authentication method selected from existing personal authentication methods.

In the following description, priority represents the degree of need for a seat. A priority is represented by a numerical value, for example. The individual priority mentioned above is a priority assigned to an individual. The individual priority is a priority determined by a doctor or the like based on, for example, the subject's medical condition, disability status, pregnancy status, and the like. A person determined by a doctor or the like to need a seat is assigned a personal priority according to the person's condition, for example by the doctor or the like. In the discussion below, the higher the priority, the greater the need for a seat. For example, when the priority of person A is higher than that of person B, person A needs a seat more than person B. General public, non-priority assigned, and unsuccessfully authenticated individuals are assigned a priority lower than the priority assigned to those who are determined to need a seat. is considered. As the seat priority of a seat, the priority of a person sitting on that seat is set. The lowest priority is set as the seat priority for the seat where no one is seated.

If the personal authentication of the subject is successful, the securing unit 12 compares, for example, the priority based on the personal priority of the subject and the seat priority of the seat. The priority based on the subject's personal priority is, for example, the subject's personal priority. The priority based on the subject's personal priority may be another priority described later. A reservation unit 12 reserves the seat for the target person when the individual priority of the target person is higher than the seat priority of the seat. The securing unit 12 may select, for example, the seat with the lowest seat priority among the plurality of seats. The reservation unit 12 may select seats according to other criteria. The reservation unit 12 may compare the priority based on the personal priority of the subject and the seat priority of the selected seat. Reserving a seat for a subject means, for example, putting the subject in a state in which he/she can request that the seat be occupied by the seat management system.

Note that the definitions in the above description are examples. These definitions are not limited to the examples given above.

<Action>
Next, the operation of the seat operation system 10 of this embodiment will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system 10 according to this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 2, first, the authentication unit 11 performs personal authentication of the subject (step S11). If the individual authentication of the subject is successful (YES in step S12), the securing unit 12 secures a seat based on the individual priority of the subject and the seat priority of the seat (step S13). If the personal authentication of the subject is not successful (NO in step S12), seat operation system 10 terminates the operation shown in FIG. The case where the personal authentication of the subject is unsuccessful is, for example, the case where the personal authentication of the subject has been performed and the performed personal authentication has failed. The case where the personal authentication of the subject is not successful is, for example, the case where the personal authentication of the subject has not been performed.

<effect>
This embodiment has the effect of improving the possibility that a person who needs a seat can secure a seat. The reason for this is that the securing unit 12, based on the priority based on the individual priority assigned to the target person whose personal authentication by the authentication unit 11 has succeeded, and the seat priority of the seat, to secure that seat. If the individual authentication of the target person is successful, the seat is secured based on the individual priority assigned to that target person. can be prevented. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a person who does not need a seat from occupying a seat instead of a person who needs a seat. Therefore, the possibility of securing a seat for a person who needs a seat can be improved.

<Second embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail using the drawings.

<Configuration>
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the seat operation system according to this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 3 , the seat operation system 1 includes a seat operation device 100 , a vehicle-mounted device 200 , a user terminal device 300 and a personal information registration device 400 . The seat operation device 100 is communicably connected to each of the vehicle-mounted device 200 , the user terminal device 300 and the personal information registration device 400 . In the example shown in FIG. 3 , the seat operation device 100 is connected to each of the user terminal device 300 and personal information registration device 400 via the communication network 500 . Communication network 500 is, for example, the Internet. Seat operation device 100 is connected to vehicle-mounted device 200 via a communication network different from communication network 500 . The seat operation device 100 may be connected to the vehicle-mounted device 200 via a communication network implemented, for example, as an intranet, or via another communication path.

Next, an overview of devices included in the seat operation system 1 will be described. These devices are described in detail later.

<Overview>
The personal information registration device 400 is a device for registering personal information including a user's personal priority. In the personal information registration device 400, for example, an operator registers a user's personal priority. The personal information registration device 400 transmits the user's personal information to the seat operation device 100 .

The seat operation device 100 receives the user's personal information from the personal information registration device 400 . In addition, the user registers biometric information such as a fingerprint image and information for personal authentication in the seat operation device 100 . In the following description, the seat operation device 100 performs biometric authentication as personal authentication. In this case, the user registers biometric information such as a fingerprint image in the seat operation device 100 as personal authentication. Specifically, the user inputs a user ID, which is information for identifying the user, and biometric information to the seat operation device 100 . A user ID is uniquely set in the seat operation device 100 . For example, the seat operation device 100 extracts a feature amount (hereinafter referred to as a registered feature amount) from the biometric information (hereinafter referred to as registered biometric information) input at the time of registration, and receives the user ID and personal information of the user. The extracted priority is associated with the extracted feature quantity. The seat operation device 100 stores user IDs, priorities, and extracted feature amounts (that is, registered feature amounts) of users that are associated with each other.

In this embodiment, the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted in a vehicle such as a train. A user who gets into a vehicle, for example, enters a user ID at the entrance of the vehicle, and furthermore, information for personal authentication (biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication in this embodiment) (that is, biometric information here). Enter The vehicle-mounted device 200 extracts a feature quantity (hereinafter referred to as input feature quantity) from the input biometric information (hereinafter referred to as input biometric information). The vehicle-mounted device 200 transmits the input user ID and the input feature amount to the seat operation device 100 .

The vehicle-mounted device 200 further transmits seat information including the seat priority of the seat to the seat operation device 100 .

The seat operation device 100 receives the input user ID and the input feature amount from the vehicle-mounted device 200 . The seat operation device 100 receives the seat information described above from the vehicle-mounted device 200 .

The seat operation device 100 transmits the user ID and the user ID to the vehicle-mounted device 200 based on the registered feature value associated with the user ID received from the vehicle-mounted device 200 and the input feature value received from the vehicle-mounted device 200. It authenticates the user who has entered the biometric information. Specifically, the seat operation device 100 compares the registered feature value associated with the user ID received from the vehicle-mounted device 200 and the input feature value received from the vehicle-mounted device 200, and compares the registered feature value. and the input feature amount are feature amounts extracted from biometric information obtained from the same living body. When the seat operation device 100 determines that the registered feature amount and the input feature amount are feature amounts extracted from the biometric information obtained from the same living body, the seat operation device 100 sends the user ID and the biometric information to the vehicle-mounted device 200. It is determined that the personal authentication of the user who entered is successful. Otherwise, the seat operation device 100 determines that the user's personal authentication has failed. When the user's individual authentication is successful, the seat operation device 100 sets the user's personal priority stored in association with the user's user ID as the user's application priority. When the personal authentication of the user fails, the seat operation device 100 sets the priority determined in advance as the priority of general users as the applied priority of the user. A case where the user has a companion will be described in detail later.

The seat operation device 100 extracts seats that can be used by the user based on, for example, the location where the user inputs the user ID and biometric information, the application priority of the user, and the seat priority of the seat. do. The seat operation device 100 instructs the vehicle-mounted device 200 to display the extracted seats. The display indicating the seat is, for example, lighting an LED (Light Emitting Diode) or the like installed in the seat. The seat operation device 100 further transmits information indicating the position of the extracted seat to the user terminal device 300 of the user. A seat operating device 100 controls a vehicle-mounted device 200 so as to notify that the seated person of the extracted seat has lost the right to use the seat when there is a seated person in the extracted seat. The notification indicating that the right to use the seat has been lost is any one of the above-described lighting of the LED, generation of a predetermined sound, and vibration of the seat surface.

The user terminal device 300 receives the extracted seat information and displays the received seat information.

The above description is an outline of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment. The functions and operations of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment and the devices of the seat operation system 1 are not limited to the above description. The seat operation system 1 of the present embodiment and each device of the seat operation system 1 may have functions different from those described above and perform operations different from those described above without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.

<Details>
Next, the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment and each device of the seat operation system 1 will be described in detail. First, an outline of the configuration of each device included in the seat operation system 1 will be described, and then each component of each device will be described in detail.

<<Seat operation device 100>>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the seat operation device 100 of this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the seat operation device 100 includes an authentication unit 101, a securing unit 102, an estimating unit 103, an updating unit 104, a position detecting unit 111, a seated person detecting unit 112, and a seat confirming unit 113. , a first notification unit 121 , a second notification unit 122 , a third notification unit 123 , and a confirmation unit 124 . The seat operation device 100 further includes an authentication sensor unit 131, an ID information sensor unit 132, a personal information acquisition unit 141, a personal information storage unit 142, a seat information acquisition unit 151, a seat information storage unit 152, and a communication unit 161 .

<<Vehicle Mounted Device 200>>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the vehicle-mounted device 200 of this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the vehicle-mounted device 200 includes a control unit 201, a seat information storage unit 202, an authentication sensor unit 211, a position confirmation sensor unit 212, a seated person sensor unit 221, and a seat confirmation sensor unit 222. , a display unit 223 , and a notification execution unit 224 . The authentication sensor unit 211 and the position confirmation sensor unit 212 are attached, for example, near the entrance of the vehicle. A portion to which the authentication sensor section 211 and the position confirmation sensor section 212 are attached is referred to as an entrance/exit unit 210 . The occupant sensor unit 221, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the display unit 223, and the notification execution unit 224 are attached to the seat. A portion to which the occupant sensor unit 221, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the display unit 223, and the notification execution unit 224 are attached is referred to as a seat terminal unit 220. FIG.

<<User terminal device 300>>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal device 300 of this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 6 , the user terminal device 300 includes a display section 301 , an input section 302 , a control section 303 , a display control section 304 , a display information generation section 305 and a communication section 306 . The user terminal device 300 can be implemented by, for example, an information terminal device such as a smart phone that executes a dedicated application.

<<personal information registration device 400>>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the personal information registration device 400 of this embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 7 , personal information registration device 400 includes input unit 401 , personal information processing unit 402 , personal information storage unit 403 , and communication unit 404 .

In the configurations shown in FIGS. 4-7, each component included in the device is connected to each other via a bus. However, the form of connection is not necessarily limited to a bus.

<Before using the seat>
First, the constituent elements of the seat operation system 1 that operate before using the seat, for example, when the user performs procedures for using the seat operation system 1 will be described.

<<Components of personal information registration device 400>>
First, the components of personal information registration device 400 shown in FIG. 7 will be described in detail.

<<input unit 401>>
The input unit 401 is a device for an operator or the like of the personal information registration device 400 to input a registrant ID of a user and an individual priority determined by a doctor or the like. The registrant ID is, for example, information uniquely set in the personal information registration device 400 and used to identify the user. The personal information processing unit 402, which will be described later, may generate the user ID. As the user ID, for example, information that can identify the user in the personal information registration device 400, such as a combination of the registrant's name, age, address, etc., may be used. An operator or the like of the personal information registration device 400 inputs the user's registrant ID and the user's priority through the input unit 401 . If there is a companion with whom the user may accompany, the operator of personal information registration device 400 or the like inputs the companion's registrant ID and the companion's individual priority through input unit 401 . A companion is, for example, a person in need of a guardian or caregiver, such as an infant, a toddler, or a person in need of care. Infants and the like who can act independently under the supervision of the user may be registered as users instead of companions. Then, only those who are difficult to act without the user's support may be registered as companions. A companion's personal preferences are similarly determined by a physician or the like. A validity period during which the individual priority is valid may be set for the individual priority. The effective period may be a period determined by a doctor or the like that the personal preference will not change. For example, infants and toddlers may be prioritized based on age. The operator or the like further inputs personal information other than the personal priority of the user. The personal information other than the user's personal priority is, for example, information that can identify age (for example, date of birth) and other personal information. The operator or the like may also input using the input unit 401 . If the user has a companion, the operator or the like further inputs personal information on the age of the companion through the input unit 401 . If the user may bring multiple companions, the operator or the like enters personal information of the multiple companions, including their priorities. The personal information registered in the personal information registration device 400 is registered separately from the personal information in the seat operation device 100, which will be described later. The personal information registered in the personal information registration device 400 may not be the same as the personal information of the seat operation device 100 described later, except for the personal priority.

The above-mentioned personal information is information including registrant ID, personal priority, and other personal information such as age. In the following description, such information is referred to as personal information. If the user may bring a companion, the user's personal information may be associated with the personal information of the possible companion.

A user's personal information may be associated with the personal information of all companions that the user may accompany. Personal information of the same companion may be associated with personal information of different users who may accompany the companion.

<<personal information processing unit 402>>
Personal information processing unit 402 stores personal information input by an operator or the like via input unit 401 in a predetermined format in personal information storage unit 403 . The personal information processing unit 402 reads out the user's personal information from the personal information storage unit 403, for example, upon receiving a request for personal information of the user from the seat operation device 100 via the communication unit 404, which will be described later. The personal information processing unit 402 transmits the read personal information of the user to the seat operation device 100 via the communication unit 404 .

<<personal information storage unit 403>>
The personal information storage unit 403 stores the user's personal information stored by the personal information processing unit 402 .

<<Communication unit 404>>
The communication unit 404 is a communication interface for the personal information registration device 400 to communicate with other devices such as the seat operation device 100, for example. For example, the personal information processing unit 402 receives a user's registrant ID and a request for personal information from the seat operation device 100 via the communication unit 404, and sends the registrant ID to the seat operation device 100 via the communication unit 404. Send the personal information of the identified user. The personal information transmitted by the communication unit 404 to the seat operation device 100 includes the personal priority of the user. The personal information transmitted by the communication unit 404 to the seat operation device 100 may be the personal priority of the user.

<<Constituent Elements of Seat Operation Device 100>>
Next, the constituent elements of the seat operation device 100 shown in FIG. 4 will be described in detail.

<<Personal Information Acquisition Unit 141>>
Personal information acquisition unit 141 acquires personal information including personal priority from personal information registration device 400 . The personal information acquisition unit 141 will be described in more detail below.

When a user starts using the seat operation device 100 (for example, when performing user registration of the seat operation device 100), the personal information acquisition unit 141, for example, receives the input device from the input device of the seat operation device 100. Receives a registrant ID, a user ID, authentication information based on, for example, a passphrase, and other personal information entered by the user using the . The personal information acquisition unit 141 may generate a user ID according to a predetermined method instead of receiving the user ID from the input device. A user ID is information that is uniquely assigned to a user, for example, in the seat operation device 100 and that can identify the user. Other personal information includes, for example, names, ages, names and ages of potential companions. Further, the personal information acquisition unit 141 acquires the feature amount extracted by the authentication unit 101 from the biometric information of the user acquired by the authentication sensor unit 131 from the authentication unit 101 as the registered feature amount of the user. If the user has a companion who may accompany the user, the personal information acquisition unit 141 extracts the feature amount extracted by the authentication unit 101 from the biometric information of the companion acquired by the authentication sensor unit 131, Acquired from the authentication unit 101 as the registered feature amount of the companion. Then, as described above, the personal information acquisition unit 141 acquires personal information including the personal priority of the user from the personal information registration device 400 . At that time, the personal information acquisition unit 141, for example, transmits the registrant ID of the user and a request for personal information to the personal information registration device 400, and determines the individual priority of the user specified by the transmitted registrant ID. Received from personal information registration device 400 . If the user has a companion who may accompany the user, the personal priority of the companion associated with the user's personal information is obtained from the personal information registration device 400 .

The personal information acquisition unit 141 associates the acquired information, for example, the user ID, the authentication information, the individual priority, and the registered feature amount, and associates the user ID, the authentication information, and the individual with each other. The priority and the registered feature amount are stored in the personal information storage unit 142 as personal information. If the user has a companion who may accompany the user, the personal information acquisition unit 141 obtains the user ID of the user and the personal information of the companion (for example, the companion's user ID and authentication information). , individual priority, and registered feature amount) are associated. Then, the personal information acquisition unit 141 further stores the personal information of the user's companion (for example, the user ID, the authentication information, the individual priority, and the registered feature amount) in the personal information storage unit 142. .

<<personal information storage unit 142>>
The personal information storage unit 142 stores the user's personal information stored by the personal information acquisition unit 141 .

<<authentication sensor unit 131>>
The authentication sensor unit 131 acquires biometric information. When the user starts using the seat operation device 100 , the user uses the authentication sensor unit 131 to register the biometric information of the user in the seat operation device 100 . If there is a companion who may accompany the user, the user uses the authentication sensor unit 131 to register the biometric information of the companion in the seat operation device 100 when starting to use the seat operation device 100. . When there are multiple companions, the user registers the biometric information of each of the multiple companions. In other words, the user causes the authentication sensor unit 131 to read the biometric information of the user when starting to use the seat operation device 100 . If there is a companion who may accompany the user, the user causes the authentication sensor unit 131 to read the biometric information of the companion when starting to use the seat operation device 100 . When there are multiple companions, the user causes the authentication sensor unit 131 to read biometric information of each of the multiple companions.

In this embodiment, the biometric information is fingerprint information, and the authentication sensor unit 131 is a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint information is, for example, a fingerprint image. Authentication sensor section 131 acquires a fingerprint image and transmits the acquired fingerprint image to authentication section 101 . Authentication unit 101 extracts features from the fingerprint image and sends feature data representing the extracted features to personal information acquisition unit 141 . Authentication unit 101 will be described later in detail.

<When using a seat>
Next, the components of the seat operation system 1 that operate when the user uses the seat will be described in detail.

<<Details of the user terminal device 300>>
Components of the user terminal device 300 shown in FIG. 6 will be described. As described above, the user terminal device 300 of this embodiment is implemented by, for example, a smart phone that executes a dedicated application.

<<input unit 302>>
The input unit 302 is a device for user input. When the user terminal device 300 is a smart phone, the input unit 302 is, for example, a touch panel. The user uses the input unit 302 to enter the user ID. The user uses the input unit 302 to input authentication information based on, for example, a passphrase.

<<control unit 303>>
The control unit 303 transmits the user ID and information representing the authentication information to the seat operation device 100 via the communication unit 306, for example. The authentication unit 101 of the seat operation device 100 receives the user ID and information representing the authentication information via the communication unit 161, for example. The authentication unit 101 performs authentication based on the received user ID and information representing the authentication information, and personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 142 . This authentication is general authentication based on whether the passphrase or the like is the same. Authentication unit 101 transmits information indicating whether or not authentication has succeeded to control unit 303 via communication units 161 and 306 . If the authentication is successful, the control unit 303 causes the display information generation unit 305 to generate a figure representing the user ID.

Note that the control unit 303 may transmit the terminal ID assigned to the user terminal device 300 to the seat operation device 100 and receive the user ID associated with the terminal ID from the seat operation device 100 . The terminal ID is, for example, information uniquely assigned to the user terminal device 300 in operation. The control unit 303 is configured to access the terminal ID. In this case, the user does not need to enter the user ID and authentication information. Also, the control unit 303 does not need to perform authentication based on the user ID and authentication information. The personal information storage unit 142 of the seat operation device 100 stores the terminal ID associated with the user ID. For example, at the start of use of a dedicated application for displaying an authentication figure, which will be described later, for example, the control unit 303 may receive the user ID of the user and transmit the user ID and the terminal ID to the seat operation device 100. . The personal information acquisition unit 141 of the seat operation device 100 receives the user ID and the terminal ID, associates the terminal ID with the user ID, and stores the terminal ID associated with the user ID in the personal information storage unit 142. do. The control unit 303 may hold the user ID of the user once acquired.

<<display information generator 305>>
Under the control of the control unit 303, the display information generation unit 305 generates a graphic representing the user ID of the user according to a predetermined method. A graphic representing the user ID (hereinafter referred to as an authentication graphic) is, for example, a QR code (registered trademark, Quick Response). For example, when the user performs an operation to display an authentication graphic on the user terminal device 300 executing the above-described dedicated application, the control section 303 causes the display control section 304 to generate an authentication graphic. The authentication graphic may be a graphic other than the QR code that can uniquely represent the user ID and specify the user ID. The display information generation unit 305 transmits information representing the generated authentication graphic to the display control unit 304 .

<<Display control unit 304>>
The display control unit 304 receives information representing the generated authentication graphic, and displays the display graphic on the display unit 301 based on the received information.

<<display unit 301>>
The display unit 301 is, for example, a display. When the user terminal device 300 is a smart phone, the display unit 301 is, for example, a touch panel. The authentication figure is displayed on the display section 301 by the display control section 304 . The user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 .

<<Details of vehicle-mounted device 200>>
Next, the components of the vehicle-mounted device 200 shown in FIG. 5 will be described in detail. The entrance/exit unit 210 (that is, the authentication sensor section 211 and the position confirmation sensor section 212 included in the entrance/exit unit 210) is attached to, for example, the entrance of the vehicle. If the vehicle has multiple doorways, the doorway unit 210 is attached to each of the multiple doorways. The seat terminal unit 220 (that is, the occupant sensor unit 221, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the display unit 223, and the notification execution unit 224 included in the seat terminal unit 220) is connected to each of the seats under the control of the seat operation device 100. can be attached to

<<position confirmation sensor unit 212>>
The position confirmation sensor unit 212 is a sensor capable of reading the above-described authentication figure. For example, the user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 when getting in the vehicle. The position confirmation sensor unit 212 sends data representing the read authentication pattern to the control unit 201 .

<<authentication sensor unit 211>>
The authentication sensor unit 211 is a sensor that reads data representing biometric information. For example, if the biometric from which biometric information is read is a fingerprint, the biometric information is a fingerprint image. For example, when the user gets in the car, the user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure, and then causes the authentication sensor unit 211 to read biometric information (fingerprint image). Authentication sensor unit 211 sends the read biometric information to control unit 201 . If the user does not have a companion, the authentication sensor unit 211 sends the user's biometric information to the control unit 201 . If the user has companions, the user causes the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information of all the companions. The authentication sensor unit 211 sends the biometric information of the user and the biometric information of the companion of the user to the control unit 201 .

<<control unit 201>>
The control unit 201 receives data representing the authentication figure from the position confirmation sensor unit 212 . The control unit 201 holds in advance the position of the position confirmation sensor unit 212 (for example, the entrance/exit unit 210 including the position confirmation sensor unit 212) in the vehicle. The control unit 201 identifies the user ID from the received authentication figure. The control unit 201 regards the position of the position confirmation sensor unit 212 that sent the authentication figure as the user's position. The control unit 201 also receives biometric information (for example, fingerprint data) from the authentication sensor unit 211 . The control unit 201 extracts features from the received fingerprint data and generates feature data representing features representing the extracted features.

If the user does not have a companion, the control unit 201 receives the user's biometric information and generates user feature data from the received biometric information. When the user has a companion, the control unit 201 receives the user's biometric information and the companion's biometric information. The control unit 201 generates feature data from each of the user's biometric information and the companion's biometric information.

The control unit 201 transmits the user ID of the specified user, the position of the user, and the feature data representing the feature extracted from the biometric information to the seat operation device 100 . When the user does not have an accompanying person, the control unit 201 transmits the feature data of the user to the seat operation device 100 as the feature data. When the user has a companion, the control unit 201 transmits the feature data of the user and the feature data of the companion to the seat operation device 100 as the feature data.

The control unit 201 receives seating information indicating whether or not a person is seated in the seat from the occupant sensor unit 221 of each seat. The occupant sensor unit 221 will be described later in detail. The control unit 201 sends to the seat operation device 100 information indicating the presence or absence of a seated person in each seat represented by the received seating information. For example, when the seating information received from the seated person sensor unit 221 and indicating whether or not a person is seated in the seat changes, the control unit 201 sends the changed seating information to the seat operation device 100. do. In addition, the control unit 201 stores, in the seat information storage unit 202, information indicating the presence or absence of a seated person in each seat represented by the received seating information.

The control unit 201 receives from the seat operation device 100 the information of the seat for which the transfer notification prompting the transfer of the seat is to be sent, and causes the notification execution unit 224 of the seat indicated by the received seat information to operate in the state where the transfer notification is being made. control to perform Notification executor 224 will be described in detail later.

The control unit 201 receives the information on the seat reserved for the user from the seat operation device 100, and controls the display unit 223 of the seat indicated by the received seat information to indicate the reserved seat.

Further, the control unit 201 receives the authentication figure read by the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 from the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 . The control unit 201 identifies the user ID from the authentication figure received from the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, and transmits information indicating the position of the seat where the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 is installed and the identified user ID to the seat. It is sent to the operation device 100 .

The control unit 201 receives the seat priority of each seat from the seat operation device 100 and stores information representing the received seat priority of each seat in the seat information storage unit 202 .

<<Seat information storage unit 202>>
The seat information storage unit 202 stores information representing the presence or absence of a seated person and information representing the priority of each seat of the vehicle in which the vehicle-mounted device 200 including the seat information storage unit 202 is mounted. .

<<communication unit 203>>
The communication unit 203 is a communication interface that relays communication between the vehicle-mounted device 200 and the seat operating device 100 .

<< Seated person sensor unit 221 >>
The occupant sensor unit 221 is a human sensor that detects whether or not there is a occupant in the seat. The occupant sensor unit 221 sends to the control unit 201 the detected information indicating whether or not there is a occupant in the seat. The occupant sensor unit 221 is, for example, a weight sensor installed on the seat surface of the seat. In this case, when a weight equal to or greater than a predetermined weight is detected, the occupant sensor unit 221 detects a occupant in the seat on which the occupant sensor unit 221 is installed. If a weight equal to or greater than the predetermined weight is not detected, the occupant sensor section 221 does not detect a occupant in the seat on which the occupant sensor section 221 is installed. The occupant sensor portion 221 may be any other existing sensor capable of detecting whether or not a seat is occupied.

<<Seat Confirmation Sensor Unit 222>>
The seating confirmation sensor unit 222 is a sensor that reads the authentication figure described above. When the user sits down on the seat, the authentication figure displayed on the user terminal device 300 is read by the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 attached to the seat. The seating confirmation sensor section 222 may be a sensor having the same function as the position confirmation sensor section 212 . The seating confirmation sensor unit 222 sends data representing the read authentication figure to the control unit 201 .

<<display unit 223>>
The display unit 223 indicates the seat assigned to the user under the control of the control unit 201, for example. The display unit 223 can be implemented by, for example, a light-emitting device such as an LED attached to the seat. For example, the seat where the display section 223 is illuminated is the seat assigned to the user.

<<notification execution unit 224>>
The notification execution unit 224, for example, under the control of the control unit 201, issues a transfer notification to the occupant of the seat to prompt the person to transfer the seat. The notification executing unit 224 notifies the seated person of the transfer by at least one or more of light, sound, vibration, and the like, for example. A state in which the notification execution unit 224 generates at least one or more of light, sound, and vibration, for example, is a state in which the notification execution unit 224 issues a transfer notification. The notification execution unit 224 is realized by at least one or more of a light emitting device such as an LED, a sound generating device such as a speaker that generates a sound prompting transfer, and a vibrator that is attached under the seat and generates vibration. . The notification executor 224 can be realized by, for example, a display. In this case, the notification executing unit 224 may give the transfer notification by displaying a display indicating that the seat is transferred. A light-emitting device such as an LED that implements the display unit 223 may operate as the notification execution unit 224 .

<<Constituent Elements of Seat Operation Device 100>>
Next, other components of the seat operation device 100 shown in FIG. 4 will be described in detail.

<<ID information sensor unit 132>>
The ID information sensor unit 132 is a sensor that reads an authentication figure. The ID information sensor section 132 has the same functions as the position confirmation sensor section 212 and the seating confirmation sensor section 222 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 . The user causes the ID information sensor unit 132 to read the above-described authentication figure before using the vehicle. The ID information sensor unit 132 is installed in the premises of the station, for example, inside the ticket gate. The place where the ID information sensor unit 132 is attached is not limited. For example, the user causes the ID information sensor unit 132 to read the authentication figure after entering through the ticket gate of the station. The ID information sensor unit 132 sends the read authentication figure to the estimation unit 103, for example.

<<authentication unit 101>>
The authentication unit 101 receives the user ID of the user and information representing authentication information based on a passphrase or the like from the user terminal device 300 via the communication unit 161 . The authentication unit 101 reads authentication information associated with the received user ID from the personal information storage unit 142 . The authentication unit 101 compares the received authentication information and the read authentication information to determine whether the received authentication information and the read authentication information are authentication information based on the same passphrase or the like. Authentication is performed by The authentication unit 101 compares the received authentication information and the read authentication information, and if the received authentication information and the read authentication information are authentication information based on the same passphrase or the like, the authentication is successful. I judge. Note that the authentication unit 101 may be configured to receive the terminal ID from the user terminal device 300 via the communication unit 161 instead of the user ID and the information representing the authentication information. In this case, if the same terminal ID as the received terminal ID is stored in the personal information storage unit 141, the authentication unit 101 authenticates the user specified by the user ID associated with the terminal ID. is determined to be successful. In this case, the terminal ID corresponds to authentication information. These authentications are referred to as authentications based on authentication information. The authentication unit 101 sends the result of authentication based on the authentication information to the user terminal device 300 .

The authentication unit 101 further receives the user ID of the user and the feature data extracted from the biometric information read by the authentication sensor unit 211 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 from the vehicle-mounted device 200 . The authentication unit 101 reads the feature data associated with the received user ID from the personal information storage unit 142 . The authentication unit 101 compares the received feature data and the read feature data, so that the received feature data and the read feature data are feature data extracted from biometric information read from the same living body. Perform biometric authentication to determine whether or not. Authentication unit 101 sends information representing the result of biometric authentication to securing unit 102 .

If the user has a companion, the authentication unit 101 receives feature data extracted from the biometric information of the user's companion from the vehicle-mounted device 200 .

<<Seat Information Acquisition Unit 151>>
The seat information acquisition unit 151 acquires from the vehicle-mounted device 200 information indicating whether or not each seat is occupied by an occupant, and information on the seat priority of each seat. The seat information acquisition unit 151 stores information indicating whether or not each seat is occupied and information on the seat priority of each seat in the seat information storage unit 152 . Note that the seat priority of a seat with no occupants may be set to a priority indicating that there is no occupant. In that case, the seat priority indicates the presence or absence of a seated person.

The seat information acquisition unit 151 acquires the seat priority of each seat for a plurality of cars of a plurality of trains, and stores the acquired seat priority in the seat information storage unit 152 .

<<Seat information storage unit 152>>
The seat information storage unit 152 stores information indicating whether or not each seat is occupied, and information on the seat priority of each seat. When the seat priority of the vacant seat is set to the priority indicating that there is no occupant, the seat information storage unit 152 stores the seat priority of each seat. The seat information storage unit 152 stores the seat priority of each seat for a plurality of cars of a plurality of trains.

In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the seat is the seat of the vehicle in which the user has boarded, and the seat priority is the seat priority of the vehicle seat in which the user has boarded. Also, unless otherwise stated, the vehicle is not limited to one vehicle. A vehicle may refer to a plurality of vehicles that travel together and that allow passengers to move between each other while traveling.

<<estimation unit 103>>
Based on the application priority of the user and the seat priority of each seat, the estimation unit 103 estimates the entrance/exit at which the user can easily secure a seat. Specifically, the estimating unit 103 estimates, for example, the ease of securing a seat at each entrance of a train designated by the user using the user terminal device 300, which indicates the degree of ease with which the user can secure a seat. . The estimation unit 103 estimates the entrance/exit based on the estimated ease of securing. A doorway at which a user can easily secure a seat is, for example, a doorway selected based on the number of consecutively increasing combinations of seats that can be used by a group of users within a predetermined range from the entrance. Ease of reservation is, for example, the number of combinations of consecutively increasing seats that can be used by a group of users within a predetermined range from the entrance.

<<estimation unit 103>>
Based on the application priority of the user and the seat priority of each seat, the estimation unit 103 estimates the entrance/exit at which the user can easily secure a seat. Specifically, the estimating unit 103 estimates, for example, the ease of securing a seat at each entrance of a train designated by the user using the user terminal device 300, which indicates the degree of ease with which the user can secure a seat. . The estimation unit 103 estimates the entrance/exit based on the estimated ease of securing. A doorway at which a user can easily secure a seat is, for example, a doorway selected based on the number of consecutive seat combinations that can be used by a group of users within a predetermined range from the entrance. Ease of reservation is, for example, the number of consecutive seat combinations that can be used by a group of users within a predetermined range from the entrance.

The estimating unit 103 sends to the first notification unit 121 the estimated entrance/exit information at which the user can easily secure a seat. The information on the entrance where the user can easily secure a seat is, for example, the information on the entrance with the highest ease of securing a seat. The information on the entrance/exit at which the user can easily secure a seat may be, for example, information representing the ease of securing a seat for each entrance/exit of a designated train.

<<first notification unit 121>>
The first notification unit 121 receives, from the estimation unit 103, information on entrances and exits where the user can easily secure a seat. The first notification unit 121 transmits to the user terminal device 300 of the user information on the entrance/exit where the user can easily secure a seat. For example, the control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 receives information on entrances and exits where it is easy for the user to secure a seat, and the display information generation unit 305 generates a display showing the information on entrances and exits where the user can easily secure a seat. do. The control unit 303 causes the display control unit 304 to display on the display unit 301 the generated information indicating the entrance/exit at which the user can easily secure a seat.

<<securing unit 102>>
The securing unit 102 receives information representing the result of biometric authentication of the user from the authentication unit 101 . When the biometric authentication of the user is successful (that is, when the information indicating the result of the biometric authentication of the user indicates that the biometric authentication has been The personal priority of the user stored in the section 142 is set. When the biometric authentication of the user fails (that is, when the information indicating the biometric authentication result indicates that the biometric authentication has failed), the securing unit 102 sets the application priority of the user to that of general users. The priority is set in advance as a degree.

If the user has a companion, the securing unit 102 further receives information representing the result of the companion's biometric information from the authentication unit 101 . When the biometric authentication of the companion is successful (that is, when the information indicating the biometric authentication result of the companion indicates that the biometric authentication is successful), the securing unit 102 stores the application priority of the companion in the personal information storage. The personal priority of the companion stored in section 142 is set. As mentioned above, personal information such as the personal preference of the companion is associated with the personal information of the user accompanying the companion. When the biometric authentication of the companion fails (that is, when the information indicating the result of the biometric authentication indicates that the biometric authentication has failed), the securing unit 102 sets the application priority of the companion to that of general users. The priority is set in advance as a degree. If the user has multiple companions, the application priority for each of the multiple companions is similarly set.

The securing unit 102 updates the application priority of the user based on the application priority of the user and the application priority of the companion. When the companion's application priority is the general user's priority, the securing unit 102 updates the user's application priority so that the user's application priority does not increase. When the companion's application priority is higher than the general user's priority, the securing unit 102 updates the user's application priority so that the user's application priority increases. When there are multiple companions, the application priority of the user does not increase due to the companions with the same application priority as the general user's priority, and has a higher application priority than the general user's priority Update the user's application priority so that the user's application priority is increased by the companion.

A specific example of priority will be described below. A general user's priority is 0, for example. Then, a value of 1 or more is set as the personal priority of a person who needs a seat (that is, a person recognized as needing a seat by a doctor or the like). Personal priorities are set such that the more seats are needed, the greater the personal priority. In this case, the priority of vacant seats may be set to -1, for example.

In this example, if the user has a companion, the securing unit 102 updates the application priority of the user as follows. When the user is accompanied by a companion, the securing unit 102 sets the application priority of the user to the application priority of the user determined based on the result of biometric authentication of the user and the and the companion's application priority determined based on the companion's biometric authentication result.

The method of updating the application priority of the user when the user has a companion is not limited to this example. For example, the securing unit 102 selects the highest application priority among the application priority of the user and the application priority of the companion of the user, which are determined based on the result of the biometric authentication. You can also prioritize. Also, the priority values are not limited to the above examples.

The reservation unit 102 determines the number of seats reserved for the user based on the user's personal information.

The securing unit 102 extracts seats that can be used by the user based on the user's position, the application priority of the user, and the seat priority of each seat.

The number of seats required by the user and the accompanying person (hereinafter referred to as the required number of seats) is determined in advance based on age, for example. For example, the required number of seats for an infant (for example, an infant between the ages of 0 and 1) is 0, assuming that the user who accompanies the infant holds the infant and sits on the seat. The required number of seats for one infant (for example, an infant aged 2 to 5 years) is, for example, 0.5 seats. The required number of seats for persons other than infants and toddlers is one seat per person. In this embodiment, the user's age is included in the user's personal information. The user's companion's personal information is associated with the user's personal information. Accordingly, the age of a user's companion is included in the companion's personal information associated with that user's personal information.

The securing unit 102 sets the number of seats available for the user and his/her companion to the sum of the required number of seats for the user and his/her companion determined according to age as described above. The securing unit 102 rounds up the number of seats when there is a fraction. In other words, if the calculated number of seats is not an integer, the securing unit 102 uses the integer obtained by rounding up so that the number of seats becomes an integer to the user (if the user has a companion, The number of seats that can be used by the user and accompanying person).

For example, the securing unit 102 sets the position of the position confirmation sensor unit 212, which reads the authentication figure when the user gets in the car, as the user's position.

For example, the securing unit 102 selects a seat available to the user whose seat priority stored in the seat information storage unit 152 is lower than the applied priority of the user from seats within a predetermined range from the user's position. number of seats are extracted as available seats for the user. The securing unit 102, for example, extracts consecutive seats that are available for the user.

When the seats that can be used by the user can be extracted, the reservation unit 102 sends information representing the extracted seats to the confirmation unit 124 . The information representing the extracted seat is, for example, the position of the seat. As will be described later, the confirmation unit 124 transmits information representing the extracted seat and information representing an inquiry as to whether or not the seat is to be used to the user terminal device 300, and the user's response is received by the user. Received from the terminal device 300 . The confirmation unit 124 transmits the received reply to the securing unit 102 .

If the user's answer received via the confirmation unit 124 indicates that the seat is not to be used, the reservation unit 102 terminates the processing for that user.

When the user's answer received via the confirmation unit 124 indicates that the seat is to be used, the reservation unit 102 sends information representing the extracted seat to the occupant detection unit 112 . The occupant detection unit 112 will be described later in detail.

The reservation unit 102 further sends the extracted information representing the seat to the third notification unit 123 as information representing the seat reserved for the user. As will be described later, the third notification unit 123 receives information representing seats reserved for the user. The third notification unit 123 notifies the user of information indicating the seat reserved for the user. Specifically, third notification unit 123 transmits information indicating the seat reserved for the user to vehicle-mounted device 200 . The control unit 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 receives information indicating the seat reserved for the user, and controls the display unit 223 installed in the seat to indicate the seat reserved for the user. .

If the seat available for the user could not be extracted, the reservation unit 102 sends information indicating that the seat could not be extracted to the confirmation unit 124 . As will be described later, the confirmation unit 124 sends information indicating that a seat could not be secured and information indicating an inquiry as to whether or not the user intends to use the seat if the seat is secured. It transmits to the terminal device 300 and receives the user's answer from the user terminal device 300 . The confirmation unit 124 transmits the received reply to the securing unit 102 .

If the user's answer received via the confirmation unit 124 indicates that the user does not intend to use the seat, the reservation unit 102 ends the processing for that user.

If a seat available for the user cannot be extracted and the user's answer indicates that the user intends to use the seat, the securing unit 102 continues to extract seats available for the user. Specifically, the securing unit 102 continues to extract seats that can be used by the user at a timing determined based on a predetermined criterion. For example, the securing unit 102 may extract seats that can be used by the user at predetermined time intervals. For example, the securing unit 102 monitors changes in the seat priority stored in the seat information storage unit 152, and when the seat priority of any seat stored in the seat information storage unit 152 changes, You may extract the seat which a user can use. For example, when the distance between the vehicle in which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted and the next station is less than a predetermined distance, the securing unit 102 may extract seats that can be used by the user.

<<confirmation unit 124>>
When the confirmation unit 124 receives the information representing the seats available for the user from the securing unit 102, the confirmation unit 124 receives the information representing the position of the user and the position of the seat in the vehicle and whether or not to use the seat. Information representing the inquiry is transmitted to the user terminal device 300 .

The control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 transmits, via the communication unit 306, information representing the position of the user and the position of the seat in the vehicle, and information representing an inquiry as to whether or not to use the seat. receive. The control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 causes the display control unit 304 to display the received information on the display unit 301, and receives the answer input by the user through the input unit 302. FIG. The control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 transmits the received reply to the confirmation unit 124 . Confirmation unit 124 sends the received response to securing unit 102 .

When the confirming unit 124 receives the non-reserved information indicating that there is no seat available for the user from the reserving unit 102, the confirmation unit 124 indicates the non-reserved information and the intention to use the seat if the seat can be reserved. Intention information representing an inquiry as to whether or not is transmitted to the user terminal device 300 .

The control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 transmits, via the communication unit 306, non-reserved information indicating that there is no seat available for the user, and the intention to use the seat if the seat is secured. Intention information representing an inquiry as to whether or not to receive. The control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 causes the display control unit 304 to display the received information on the display unit 301, and receives the answer input by the user through the input unit 302. FIG. The control section 303 of the user terminal device 300 sends the received reply to the confirmation section 124 . Confirmation unit 124 sends the received response to securing unit 102 .

<<third notification unit 123>>
The third notification unit 123 receives information representing seats reserved for the user. The third notification unit 123 notifies the user of information indicating the seat reserved for the user. Specifically, third notification unit 123 transmits information indicating the seat reserved for the user to vehicle-mounted device 200 . The control unit 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 receives information indicating the seat reserved for the user, and controls the display unit 223 installed in the seat to indicate the seat reserved for the user. .

<< seated person detection unit 112 >>
The occupant detection unit 112 receives information representing the extracted seat (for example, information representing the position of the extracted seat) from the reservation unit 102 . The occupant detection unit 112 detects whether or not there is a occupant in the extracted seat. When a plurality of seats are extracted, the occupant detection unit 112 detects whether or not there is a occupant in each of the extracted seats.

The occupant detection unit 112 may check, for example, in the seat information stored in the seat information storage unit 152 whether or not there is a occupant in the extracted seat. The occupant detection unit 112 may, for example, inquire of the vehicle-mounted device 200 via the communication unit 161 whether or not there is a occupant in the extracted seat. In this case, the control unit 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 receives the inquiry via the communication unit 203, and detects whether or not there is a person seated in the seat indicated by the received inquiry. 221. Control unit 201 sends information indicating whether or not there is a person seated in the seat to seat person detection unit 112 of seat operation device 100 via communication unit 203 .

A occupant detection unit 112 identifies a seat occupied by a occupant among the seats reserved for the user from the vehicle-mounted device 200 when there is a seat occupied by the occupant among the seats reserved for the user. Information is sent to the second notification unit 122 .

Further, the seated person detection unit 112 receives from the seating confirmation unit 113 information specifying the seat reserved for the user after the seating of the user is confirmed by the seating confirmation unit 113, which will be described later. The occupant detection unit 112 detects whether or not there is a occupant in the seat reserved for the user. The method of detection is the same as the method described above. The occupant detection unit 112 sends to the seating confirmation unit 113 information indicating whether or not there is a occupant in the seat reserved for the user.

<<second notification unit 122>>
The second notification unit 122 receives information specifying a seat from the occupant detection unit 112 . When the information specifying the seat is received from the occupant detection unit 112, the second notification unit 122 issues a transfer notification to the occupant of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat to transfer the seat. . When the occupant detection unit 112 no longer detects a occupant in the seat reserved for the user, the second notification unit 122 terminates the transfer notification.

Specifically, second notification unit 122 transmits a transfer notification to vehicle-mounted device 200 . For example, the controller 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 receives the transfer notification. Upon receiving the transfer notification, the control unit 201 controls the notification execution unit 224 so that the transfer request is made.

When the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat to which the transfer notification has been sent stops detecting the occupant, for example, the control unit 201 causes the occupant detection unit 112 of the seat operation device 100 to detect the occupant of the seat. Notify that it is no longer The occupant detection unit 112 sends to the second notification unit 122 information specifying the seat from which the occupant is no longer detected. When the occupant is no longer detected in the seat for which the transfer notification has been made, the second notification unit 122 provides the control unit 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 with information specifying the seat for which the occupant is no longer detected and the transfer Send an instruction to end the notification. When receiving the information specifying the seat from which the occupant is no longer detected and the instruction to terminate the transfer notification, the control unit 201 sends the notification of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat from which the occupant is no longer detected. The execution unit 224 is controlled so that the transfer notification is not sent.

In addition, when the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat to which the transfer notification has been sent stops detecting the occupant, the control unit 201 does not notify the second notification unit 122, and the notification execution unit of the seat 224 may be controlled so that the transfer notification is not sent.

<<Seating confirmation unit 113>>
A seating confirmation unit 113 confirms that the user is seated. In other words, the seating confirmation unit 113 detects the seating of the user. For example, the seating confirmation unit 113 confirms that the user has taken a seat reserved for the user. The seating confirmation unit 113 may confirm that the user is seated in a seat that is not reserved for the user. More specifically, when it is confirmed that a person is seated in the seat reserved for the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 confirms whether or not the person is the user (in other words, determines ). The seating confirmation unit 113 determines whether the seated person is the user or not by the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 installed in the seat reserved for the user. Judgment is based on the presence or absence of figure reading. Specifically, when the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 installed in the seat reserved for the user reads the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 It is determined that the person seated in the seat reserved for the purpose is the user. If a predetermined condition is satisfied without the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 installed in the seat reserved for the user reading the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 determine that the occupant of the seat reserved for the person is not the user. The predetermined condition is, for example, that a predetermined period of time elapses without the authentication graphic being read after a person sitting in the seat reserved for the user is detected. The predetermined condition is, for example, to arrive at the next station without reading the authentication graphic after detecting a person sitting in the seat reserved for the user.

Further details will be described below.

When the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat reserved for the user detects a occupant, the control unit 201, for example, causes the notification execution unit 224 of the seat to detect whether the occupant of the seat is an authentication figure and the seating confirmation sensor unit. 222 to be read by sound, light, vibration, or the like. Further, when the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat reserved for the user detects a occupant, the control unit 201 confirms that the occupant has been detected in the seat reserved for the user. The unit 113 is notified.

When the user sits on the seat, the user causes the seating confirmation sensor section 222 attached to the seat to read the authentication figure displayed on the display section 301 of the user terminal device 300 . The seating confirmation sensor unit 222 sends data representing the read authentication figure to the control unit 201 . When receiving the data representing the authentication figure from the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the control unit 201 identifies the user ID from the read data representing the authentication figure. The control unit 201 transmits information representing the specified user ID to the seating confirmation unit 113 of the seat operation device 100 . Further, the control unit 201 transmits, to the seating confirmation unit 113 of the seat operation device 100, information identifying the seat in which the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 that reads the authentication figure with the identified user ID is installed. .

The seating confirmation unit 113 receives from the vehicle-mounted device 200 information representing the user ID specified from the authentication figure read by the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 and information specifying the seat. When the information representing the user ID and the information specifying the seat are received, the seating confirmation unit 113 confirms that the user specified by the user ID is seated in the seat specified by the information specifying the seat. (in other words, confirm).

Even when the user is accompanied by a companion, the user causes the seating confirmation sensor section 222 of the seat where the user himself or herself sits to read the authentication figure. The user and the accompanying person do not need to have the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 of the seat where the accompanying person sits read the authentication figure. When the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 of any seat reads the authentication figure, the control unit 201 similarly transmits the user ID and the information specifying the seat to the seating confirmation unit 113 . The seating confirmation unit 113 similarly receives the user ID and the information specifying the seat. When receiving the user ID of the user and the information specifying the seat, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines that the user and the accompanying person are seated in a plurality of seats reserved for the user and the accompanying person. do. Note that if the seat indicated by the information specifying the seat is not included in the plurality of seats reserved for the user and companion, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines the seat that the user and companion received. It may be determined that the user is seated in the seat indicated by the information provided by the user and in a plurality of seats reserved for the user and companions. In this case, among those seats, a seat without an occupant is determined to be vacant when the conditions described later are satisfied.

When confirming that the user is seated, seating confirmation section 113 sends information indicating the user ID of the user and information indicating the seat reserved for the user to update section 104 .

The seating confirmation unit 113 further sends information specifying the seat reserved for the user to the occupant detection unit 112, and information indicating the presence or absence of the detected occupant of the seat reserved for the user. is received from the occupant detection unit 112 . When it is determined that the user and his/her companion are seated in a plurality of seats, the seat confirmation unit 113 sends information specifying the plurality of seats to the occupant detection unit 112, and confirms the status of each of the plurality of seats. It receives from the occupant detection unit 112 information indicating the presence or absence of a occupant in the seat.

The seating confirmation unit 113 determines that the seat has become vacant when the time from when the occupant of the seat reserved for the user is no longer confirmed satisfies a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition is, for example, that the vacant seat continues for the time from when the seat becomes vacant to when the passenger arrives at the next station.

After a person is detected in the seat reserved for the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines that the seat reserved for the user is not reserved for the user if the above-described predetermined condition is satisfied without the authentication figure being read. It is determined that a person who is not a user has taken a seat on the seat. When it is determined that a person other than the user has taken the seat reserved for the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines a predetermined user ID representing the unauthenticated person and a seat for the user. and the information specifying the reserved seat in the update unit 104 .

When the authentication figure is read, the seating confirmation unit 113 may treat the user as a general person if a predetermined condition regarding the end of reservation is satisfied without the authentication figure being read next time. In addition, when the control unit 201 is configured to prompt the operation to continue use when a predetermined condition regarding execution of notification is satisfied as described later, the predetermined condition regarding end of reservation is satisfied after the predetermined condition regarding execution of notification. is set to A predetermined condition for the completion of securing is, for example, that the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 stops at the next station after leaving the station without reading the authentication graphic. For example, after the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 arrives at the pre-input alighting station, the vehicle departs from the alighting station without reading the authentication graphic and moves to the next station. It is also possible to stop at In this case, the user may input the alighting station through the input unit 302 of the user terminal device 300, for example. The display information generation unit 305 of the user terminal device 300 may generate a graphic (the same type of graphic as the above-described authentication graphic) representing the input alighting station. The display control unit 304 may display the generated graphics. Then, the user may input the information of the alighting station by causing the seating confirmation sensor section 222 to read the figure representing the alighting station. In this case, for example, the control unit 201 may identify the alighting station from the figure representing the alighting station, and transmit information representing the alighting station to the seating confirmation unit 113 .

Note that the seating confirmation unit 113 may notify the user that the user is approaching the alighting station when a condition related to approaching the alighting station is satisfied. The seating confirmation unit 113 notifies the user of the approach to the alighting station, for example, by causing the control unit 201 to control the notification execution unit 224 to notify the user of the approach to the alighting station. The notification executing unit 224 notifies the user of the approach to the getting-off station by, for example, a predetermined pattern of sound, light, vibration, or the like. The condition for approaching the alighting station may be, for example, that the time until the time of arrival at the alighting station based on the information of the train operation schedule is less than or equal to a predetermined time. The time of arrival at the alighting station may be the scheduled time of arrival at the alighting station when the train is operated according to the schedule. In this case, the seating confirmation unit 113 is configured to hold the operation schedule information of each train. The time of arrival at the alighting station may be a scheduled time of arrival at the alighting station predicted based on train operation information. In this case, the seat confirmation unit 113 is configured to obtain the estimated time of arrival of the train at the depot station from the existing train operation system, which estimates the estimated time of arrival of each train at each station. The condition for approaching the alighting station may be, for example, that the distance between the position of the train and the alighting station is equal to or less than a predetermined distance. In this case, the seating confirmation unit 113 may be configured to acquire the distance between the train and the station to get off from an existing train operation system that manages the running position of each train. The seating confirmation unit 113 holds the position of each station, acquires the position of the train from the vehicle-mounted device 200 configured to acquire the position using, for example, GPS, and calculates the distance between the position of the train and the position of the alighting station. may be configured to calculate the distance of

Further, when the condition for approaching the terminal station of the train in which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted is satisfied, the seating confirmation unit 113, for example, notifies the control unit 201 of the approach to the terminal station. It may be configured to cause the notification execution units 224 of all seats on the train to perform this. With such notification, the seating confirmation unit 113 may notify the occupants of all seats of the train that the terminal station is approaching. The notification of the approach to the terminal station may be the same as the notification of the approach to the alighting station. The notification executing unit 224 may notify the approach of the terminal station by sound, light, vibration, or the like in a pattern different from the notification of the approach to the alighting station. The condition for approaching the terminal station may be the same as the condition for approaching the alighting station. In other words, the condition for approaching the terminal station may be a condition in which the alighting station is replaced with the terminal station in the above-described condition for approaching the alighting station. The seating confirmation unit 113 is configured to acquire, from the existing train operation system, the information of the alighting station of the train on which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted, which is necessary for the condition regarding approach to the terminal station described above.

When the user is treated as a general person, the seating confirmation unit 113 updates the predetermined user ID representing the unauthenticated person and the information specifying the seat reserved for the user. It is sent to section 104 .

After the authentication graphic is read, when a predetermined condition regarding notification execution is satisfied, the control unit 201, for example, the notification execution unit 224 of the seat issues a notification to the occupant of the seat to prompt the user to continue using the seat. The notification executing unit 224 is controlled as follows. The notification prompting the user to perform the continuous use operation is performed by, for example, a predetermined pattern of sound, light, vibration, or the like. The notification prompting the user to perform the continued use action may be performed by displaying a character string prompting the user to perform the continuous use action or by reproducing a voice prompting the user to perform the continuous use action. In this case, the notification executing unit 224 is configured to be able to display a character string prompting the user to continue using the operation, and reproduce a voice prompting the user to perform the continuous use operation. The use continuation operation is to cause the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 to read the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 . The control unit 201 may control the notification execution unit 224 so that the notification prompting the continuous use operation continues for a predetermined period of time. The control unit 201 may control the notification execution unit 224 so that the notification prompting the continuous use operation is continued for a predetermined time until a predetermined condition regarding the end of securing is satisfied. The control unit 201 controls the control unit 201 so that the notification prompting to perform the continuous use operation is continued for a predetermined time until a predetermined time elapses after the start of the notification prompting to perform the continuous use operation or until a predetermined condition regarding the end of securing is satisfied. , the notification execution unit 224 may be controlled.

The predetermined condition regarding execution of the notification is that the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 reads the authentication graphic displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 so that the seat reserved for the user can be continued. to be in a state.

For example, when a vehicle in which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted continues to secure a seat by performing the operation for continuing use after leaving a station until arriving at the next station, a predetermined condition regarding execution of notification is that the vehicle leaves the station. After the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 arrives at the station to get off, if the continuous use operation is performed from the time the vehicle leaves the station to the time the vehicle arrives at the next station, the seat can be secured. A predetermined condition for notification execution is that the vehicle leaves the station after arriving at the depot station.

Note that the predetermined condition regarding execution of notification is set so as to be satisfied before the predetermined condition regarding termination of reservation is satisfied. As described above, the predetermined condition for the end of securing is, for example, that the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted stops at the next station after leaving the station without reading the authentication graphic. is. In this case, the predetermined condition for notification execution is, for example, departure from the station. For example, after the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 arrives at the pre-input alighting station, the vehicle departs from the alighting station without reading the authentication graphic and moves to the next station. It is also possible to stop at In this case, the predetermined condition regarding execution of the notification is, for example, departure from the alighting station.

Conditions for notification execution are not limited to these examples. Predetermined conditions regarding execution of the notification may be appropriately determined based on the conditions under which the user can perform the continuous use operation.

The seating confirmation unit 113 detects the presence or absence of occupants in all seats including seats reserved for users. When it is detected that the seat is vacant, the seating confirmation unit 113 updates the predetermined user ID indicating that the seat is vacant and the information specifying the seat where no occupant was detected. 104. The seating confirmation unit 113 confirms that there is a user ID predetermined as a user ID of a person who has not been authenticated and a seat reserved for the user other than the seat from which the authentication figure has been read. Information specifying the seat is sent to the updating unit 104 .

<<Update Unit 104>>
The update unit 104 receives from the seating confirmation unit 113 information indicating the user ID of the user and information indicating the seat reserved for the user. The updating unit 104 updates the seat priority of the seat reserved for the user with the applied priority of the user represented by the user ID.

Specifically, the updating unit 104 receives the application priority of the user indicated by the received user ID from the securing unit 102 . The update unit 104 updates the seat priority of the seat indicated by the received information indicating the seat among the seat priorities of the seats stored in the seat information storage unit 152 to the user indicated by the received user ID. update according to the application priority of

The updating unit 104 may further transmit information indicating the application priority of the user and information indicating the seat reserved for the user to the control unit 201 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 . In that case, the control unit 201 receives information indicating the application priority of the user and information indicating the seat reserved for the user. The control unit 201 replaces the seat priority of the seat indicated by the information indicating the seat reserved for the user stored in the seat information storage unit 202 with the received application priority.

When receiving a predetermined user ID representing an unauthenticated person and information specifying a seat, the update unit 104 updates the seat priority of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat to Update according to the public's priority. In other words, the updating unit 104 replaces the seat priority of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat with the priority of general people.

When receiving the user ID representing the vacant seat and the information specifying the seat, the updating unit 104 updates the seat priority of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat with the priority of the vacant seat. In other words, the updating unit 104 replaces the seat priority of the seat specified by the information specifying the seat with the priority of the vacant seat.

<Action>
Next, the operation of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment. The example shown in FIG. 8 represents the overall operation of the seat operation system 1 when the user gets on board.

In the example shown in FIG. 8, the position confirmation sensor unit 212 reads the user ID of the user (step S1001). Specifically, the user causes the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 to display an authentication figure, and causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 . The position confirmation sensor unit 212 reads the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 of the user.

Next, the seat operation system 1 executes priority setting processing (step S1002). The priority setting process will be described later in detail. The application priority of the user is determined by the priority setting process.

Next, the seat operation system 1 executes necessary resource calculation processing (step S1004). The required resource calculation process determines the number of seats reserved for the user (or the user and the user's companion).

Next, the securing unit 102 identifies the position of the user (step S1005). For example, the securing unit 102 identifies, as the user's position, the location where the position confirmation sensor unit 212 that has read the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user in step S1001 is installed.

Next, the seat operation system 1 executes seat reservation processing (step S1006). The seats available for the user are extracted by the seat reservation process. In step S1006, when a seat that can be used by the user is extracted, an inquiry is made to the user as to whether or not the user will use the extracted seat. If no seat available for the user is extracted, an inquiry is made as to whether or not the user intends to use the seat if a seat available for the user is extracted.

If the user does not use the seat (NO in step S1007), seat operation system 1 terminates the operation shown in FIG.

If the user uses the seat (YES in step S1007), the seat operation system 1 executes transfer notification processing (step S1008). In the transfer notification process in step S1008, if there is a person sitting in the seat reserved for the user, the transfer notification is sent to the person sitting in that seat.

Next, the seat operation system 1 executes user confirmation processing (step S1009). In the user confirmation processing in step S1009, it is confirmed that the user has taken the seat reserved for the user, that the user has continued to sit, and that the user has left the seat.

Next, the operation of the priority setting process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the priority setting process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 9, first, the authentication unit 101 performs personal authentication of the user (step S1101). Personal authentication in step S1101 is, for example, biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication.

If personal authentication fails (NO in step S1102), the securing unit 102 sets the user's application priority to non-priority (step S1105). This non-priority represents a predetermined priority of general people. Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG.

If personal authentication is successful (YES in step S1102), the securing unit 102 sets the application priority of the user to the personal priority of the user (step S1103). Next, the seat operation system 1 performs companion priority setting processing (step S1104). In the companion priority setting process, if the user has a companion, the companion's application priority is determined, and the user's application priority is updated. Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the companion priority setting process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the companion priority setting process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 10, if the user does not have a companion (NO in step S1111), the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. For example, when the authentication sensor unit 211 reads the biometric information after the user causes the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information until a predetermined reading end condition is satisfied, It is determined that the user has a companion. For example, the authentication unit 101 uses the biometric information read by the authentication sensor unit 211 after the user causes the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information until the reading end condition is satisfied. It is judged as the biological information of the person's companion. The reading end condition is, for example, that a predetermined time has passed since the user caused the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information. The reading end condition is, for example, performing an operation to instruct the end of reading of biometric information. The operation for instructing the end of reading the biometric information is, for example, performing a specific operation on the entrance/exit unit 211 . The specific operation is, for example, having another user read the authentication figure again, having the authentication figure representing the end of authentication read, operating a switch attached to the input/output unit 211, or the like. may be Specific operations are not limited to these examples. Read end conditions are not limited to these examples.

If the user has a companion (YES in step S1111), authentication unit 101 performs personal authentication of the companion (step S1112). Personal authentication in step S1112 is, for example, biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication. The personal authentication in step S1112 may be the same type of personal authentication as the personal authentication in step S1101 shown in FIG.

If personal authentication fails (NO in step S1113), securing unit 102 sets the application priority of the companion for whom personal authentication has been performed to non-priority (step S1114). After step S1114, the operation of the seat operation system 1 proceeds to step S1116. If the personal authentication is successful (YES in step S1113), the securing unit 102 sets the companion's application priority to the companion's personal priority (step S1115). After step S1116, the operation of the seat operation system 1 proceeds to step S1116.

If there is another companion (YES in step S1116), the operation of seat operation system 1 returns to step S1112. If there is no other companion (NO in step S1116), securing unit 102 sets the user's application priority to the already set user's application priority and the companion's application priority. (step S1117). In other words, in step S1117, the securing unit 102 updates the application priority of the user based on the application priority of the user and the application priority of the companion set to . Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the required resource calculation process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the required resource calculation process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 11, if the user's companion does not exist (NO in step S1121), the securing unit 102 determines the required resource as the required resource only for the user (step S1122). Here, the required resource is the number of seats required for seating. In step S<b>1122 , the securing unit 102 determines the number of seats required for each user to be one seat, which is the number of seats used by one user, as the required resource. Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 11 .

If there is a companion of the user (YES in step S1121), the securing unit 102 calculates required resources of the companion based on the companion's information (step S1123). The companion's information is, for example, the age of the companion included in the companion's personal information described above. Required resources are the number of seats required for seating, as described above. The companion resource requirement is the number of seats required to seat all of the companions.

Next, the securing unit 102 determines the user's required resource as the sum of the user's required resource and the companion's required resource (step S1124). In step S1124, the patron's resource needs are determined as the number of seats required to seat the patron and all of his companions. Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 11 .

Next, the operation of seat securing processing of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat securing process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 12, the securing unit 102 extracts seats that can be used by the user based on the application priority of the user and the seat priority of the seat (step S1201). For example, the securing unit 102 extracts seats for the necessary resources, which have a lower seat priority than the application priority of the user, from seats within a predetermined range based on the user's position.

If a seat that can be used by the user is extracted (YES in step S1202), confirmation unit 124 confirms with the user whether to use the seat (step S1203). If the user does not use the seat (NO in step S1204), seat operation system 1 terminates the operation shown in FIG. If the user uses the seat (YES in step S1204), the operation of seat operation system 1 proceeds to step S1205.

If no usable seat has been extracted (NO in step S1202), confirmation unit 124 confirms whether the user intends to use the seat if a seat has been extracted (step S1211). If the user does not intend to use the seat (NO in step S1212), seat operation system 1 terminates the operation shown in FIG.

If the user intends to use the seat (YES in step S1212), the securing unit 102 extracts seats available for the user (step S1213). The operation of step S1213 is the same as the operation of step S1201. If no available seat is extracted (NO in step S1214), the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1213, and the securing unit 102 performs the operation of step S1213. If available seats are extracted (YES in step S1214), the operation of seat operation system 1 proceeds to step S1205.

In step S1205, the securing unit 102 secures a seat for the user. The securing unit 102 sends to the third notification unit 123 as information specifying the extracted seat and information specifying the seat reserved for the user.

Next, the third notification unit 123 presents the information of the seat reserved for the user to the user (step S1206). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 12 .

Next, the operation of transfer notification processing of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of transfer notification processing of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 13, the occupant detection unit 112 detects the presence or absence of a occupant in the seat reserved for the user by the occupant sensor unit 221 (step S1301). If there is no occupant in the seat reserved for the user (NO in step S1302), seat operation system 1 terminates the operation shown in FIG.

If there is an occupant in the seat reserved for the user (YES in step S1302), second notification unit 122 causes notification execution unit 224 to send a transfer notification to the occupant of the seat reserved for the user. (step S1303). The second notification unit 122 continuously notifies the transfer.

The occupant detection unit 112 detects the leaving of the seat reserved for the user by the occupant sensor unit 221 (step S1304). If it is not confirmed that the person has left the seat (NO in step S1305), the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1304.

If it is confirmed that the person has left the seat (YES in step S1305), the second notification unit 122 terminates the transfer notification (step S1306). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 13 .

Next, the operation of the use confirmation process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the use confirmation process of the seat operation system 1 of this embodiment.

In the example shown in FIG. 14, the occupant detection unit 112 and the seating confirmation unit 113 confirm that the user is seated in the seat reserved for the user (step S1401). Specifically, the occupant detection unit 112 detects a occupant in the seat reserved for the user. Further, when the seating confirmation unit 113 reads the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user by the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 of the seat reserved for the user, the seating confirmation unit 113 confirms the seat reserved for the user. Confirm that the seated person is the user.

If it is not confirmed that the user is seated (NO in step S1402), or if the predetermined condition regarding continuation of non-seat is not satisfied (NO in step S1403), the process of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1401. If the predetermined condition regarding the continuation of not being seated is satisfied (YES in step S1403), the updating unit 104 cancels the reservation of the seat reserved for the user (step S1407). Specifically, when there is no occupant in the seat reserved for the user, the updating unit 104 changes the seat priority of that seat to the priority of an empty seat. If there is a person seated in the seat reserved for the user, the updating unit 104 changes the seat priority of that seat to the priority of general people (that is, the non-priority described above). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 14 .

When it is confirmed that the user is seated (YES in step S1402), the updating unit 104 updates the seat priority of the seat in which the user is confirmed to be seated (step S1404). Specifically, for example, the updating unit 104 replaces the seat priority of the seat in which the user is confirmed to be seated with the user's applied priority.

Then, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines whether the reservation end condition is satisfied (step S1405).

Specifically, the seating confirmation unit 113 determines that the duration of a state in which the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat reserved for the user cannot confirm that the user is seated (hereafter referred to as an "unseat state"). If the condition is satisfied, it is determined that the reservation end condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition for leaving the seat is, for example, arriving at the next station while leaving the seat. The predetermined condition for leaving the seat may be, for example, that a predetermined time elapses while the user remains away from the seat. The predetermined condition for leaving the seat may be, for example, arrival at the next station while leaving the seat, or elapse of a predetermined time.

A seating confirmation part 113 determines that a securing end condition is satisfied when a state in which a person seated in a seat reserved for the user does not perform a use continuing operation satisfies a predetermined condition regarding use continuation. The use continuation operation is to cause the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 to read the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 of the user. The predetermined condition for continued use is, for example, that the vehicle on which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted arrives at the next station without the user performing the continued use operation after leaving the station. The predetermined condition for continued use is, for example, a state in which the user does not continue use after the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 arrives at the pre-input alighting station and then departs from the station. It may be to arrive at the station of

The state in which the reservation end condition is satisfied is not limited to the above examples. For example, after the occupant sensor unit 221 of the seat reserved for the user confirms that the occupant of the seat has left the seat, the seating confirmation unit 113 confirms that the occupant has taken the seat again. If a predetermined condition regarding seating is not satisfied, it may be determined that the reservation end condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition regarding reseating may be, for example, that a predetermined period of time elapses without the user's authentication graphic being read by the seating confirmation sensor section 222 . The predetermined condition for reseating may be, for example, that the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 200 arrives at the next station without the user's authentication figure being read by the seating confirmation sensor section 222 . The predetermined condition for reseating may be, for example, that a predetermined time has passed and the vehicle in which the vehicle-mounted device 200 is mounted arrives at the next station.

If the reservation end condition is not satisfied (NO in step S1406), the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1405.

If the reservation end condition is not satisfied (NO in step S1406), the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 14 after performing the operation of step S1407 described above.

<effect>
This embodiment has the same effect as the first embodiment. The reason is the same as the reason for producing the effect of the first embodiment.

<Modification of Second Embodiment>
Below, the modification of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. Any two or more of the following modifications can also be applied to the second embodiment.

<First modification>
In the second embodiment, personal authentication (for example, biometric authentication) of the accompanying person is performed when boarding. However, when the companion is an infant, it is not necessarily easy to perform biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication when boarding the vehicle.

In this modification, after the user enters the ticket gate of the station, the personal authentication of the accompanying person may be performed in advance using the authentication sensor unit 131 installed in the station premises. In this case, the authentication sensor section 131 and the ID information sensor section 132 are installed in the premises of the station. After entering the ticket gate of the station, the user causes the ID information sensor section 132 to read the authentication figure representing the user ID of the user displayed on the display section 301 of the user terminal device 300, and further authenticates the user. The biological information of the companion is read by the sensor unit 131 for the companion. The authentication unit 101 identifies the user based on the read authentication figure, and performs personal authentication of the companion of the identified user based on the read biometric information. When the personal authentication of the companion is successful, the authentication unit 101 holds information indicating that the personal authentication of the companion has been completed. Then, the authentication unit 101 omits the personal authentication of the companion for whom the personal authentication has been completed in the personal authentication when the user gets on the vehicle, and performs processing assuming that the personal authentication of the companion has succeeded.

<Second modification>
As described above, biometric authentication is not limited to fingerprint authentication. Biometric authentication may be, for example, vein authentication, face authentication, iris authentication, face authentication, or palm print authentication. When the biometric authentication is vein authentication, the authentication sensor unit 131 and the authentication sensor unit 211 are vein sensors. When the biometric authentication is face authentication, the authentication sensor unit 131 and the authentication sensor unit 211 are imaging devices. The imaging device in this case may be a visible light camera or an infrared camera. When the biometric authentication is iris authentication, the authentication sensor unit 131 and the authentication sensor unit 211 are also imaging devices. The imaging device in this case is, for example, an infrared camera. When the biometric authentication is palm print authentication, the authentication sensor unit 131 and the authentication sensor unit 211 are palm print sensors. The biometric authentication may be voice authentication. In that case, the authentication sensor unit 131 and the authentication sensor unit 211 may be microphones with high directivity (for example, microphone array) or the like.

<Third Modification>
In the second embodiment, the user ID of the user is specified from an authentication graphic such as a QR code read by the ID information sensor section 132 and the authentication sensor section 211 .

However, biometric information may be used instead of the authentication graphic. In this case, the authentication sensor section 211 operates as the position confirmation sensor section 212 . Authentication sensor section 131 operates as ID information sensor section 132 . Also, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 is a sensor that reads biological information.

The user causes the biometric information to be read by the authentication sensor section 211 instead of having the position confirmation sensor section 212 read the authentication figure. The user causes the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 to read the biometric information instead of having the seating confirmation sensor unit 222 read the authentication figure. Instead of having the ID information sensor unit 132 read the authentication figure, the user causes the authentication sensor unit 131 to read the biometric information.

The authentication unit 101 and other components of the seat operation system 1 that identify the user ID, instead of identifying the user ID of the user from the authentication figure, use feature data extracted from the read biometric information, The feature data of all users stored in the personal information storage unit are compared. Then, the authentication unit 101 and other components of the seat operation system 1 specify the feature data that best matches the feature data extracted from the read biometric information. There is a possibility that the feature data that best matches the feature data extracted from the read biometric information is the feature data extracted from the biometric information obtained from the same living body from which the read biometric information was obtained. It is the highest feature data. The authentication unit 101 and other components of the seat operation system 1 are configured such that the feature data extracted from the read biometric information and the registrant ID associated with the feature data that best matches the biometric information are read. It is determined to be the user ID of the user.

<Fourth Modification>
The configurations of the seat operation device 100 and the vehicle-mounted device 200 are not limited to the configurations shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 . For example, the vehicle-mounted device 200 may include at least some of the components of the seat operation device 100 shown in FIG. 4 (excluding the authentication sensor section 131 and the ID information sensor section 132). The seat operation device 100 may include at least part of the components of the vehicle-mounted device 200 shown in FIG.

<Fifth Modification>
In the description of the second embodiment, users are mainly users of trains that stop at stations. However, as described above, the second embodiment can also be applied to public transportation other than trains, in which seats are not limited to reserved seats. In the case of transportation using vehicles that stop at stations, the description of the second embodiment can be applied to such transportation as it is. For example, when applying the second embodiment to a bus, "station" in the description of the second embodiment should be read as "stop". In the case where there is a free boarding/alighting section on a bus route where passengers can freely get on/off even at a bus stop, or in the case of a transportation system with different names of places where the bus stops, the "station" in the description of the second embodiment means "passenger boarding/alighting." can be read as "stopping position for

<Sixth Modification>
In addition, the second embodiment can be applied not to transportation facilities but to facilities where there are seats other than reserved seats and where there is a change of passengers. In this case, each element of the vehicle-mounted device 200 may be included in the seat operating device 100 . In this case, arrival at the station and departure from the station in the description of the second embodiment can be read as appropriately set timing (for example, at predetermined time intervals). In addition, boarding in the description of the second embodiment can be read as entering a facility. Note that the entrance/exit unit 210 may be placed not only near the entrance/exit of the facility, but also as appropriate.

<Sixth Modification>
The seat reservation processing of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 12 is based on the premise that there is one group of users. However, there is also the possibility that multiple groups of users will use it at the same timing. In that case, the seat operation system 1 can reserve seats for a group of multiple users based on the application priority of each of the multiple users. Below, seat reservation processing in such a case will be described.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat securing process of the seat operation system 1 of the sixth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the example shown in FIG. 15, if personal authentication of a plurality of groups of users has not succeeded (NO in step S1501), that is, if personal authentication of one group of users has succeeded, seat operation system 1 Individual seat reservation processing is performed for the user who has succeeded in authentication (step S1507). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 15 . Individual seat reservation processing will be described later.

If personal authentication of a plurality of users is successful (YES in step S1501), the reservation unit 102 selects the user with the highest application priority to whom no seat is assigned (step S1502). When there are not a plurality of users with the highest application priority (NO in step S1503), that is, when there is one set of users with the highest application priority, the seat operation system 1 selects the user with the highest application priority. , individual seat reservation processing is performed (step S1505).

When there are multiple users with the highest application priority (NO in step S1503), that is, when there are multiple sets of users with the highest application priority, the securing unit 102 selects to select a set of users (step S1504). In step S1504, the securing unit 102 may select a group of users whose personal authentication has succeeded the earliest. The reservation unit 102 may select a set of users based on other criteria.

The securing unit 102 performs individual seat securing processing for the selected pair of users (step S1505).

After the individual seat reservation process in step S1505, if there is a user to whom no seat has been assigned (YES in step S1506), the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1504. If there are no users to whom seats have not been assigned (NO in step S1506), that is, if seats have been assigned to all user groups, seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG.

Next, the individual seat securing process will be described.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the individual seat securing process of the seat operation system 1 of the sixth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. The individual seat reservation processing shown in FIG. 16 is the same as the seat reservation processing shown in FIG. The reservation unit 102 of this modification performs the same operation as the seat reservation processing shown in FIG. 12 in the individual seat reservation processing of step S1507. The reservation unit 102 of this modification performs the same operation as the seat reservation processing shown in FIG. 12 for the selected pair of users in the individual seat reservation processing of step S1505.

<Seventh Modification>
In the seat reservation operation shown in FIG. 12, seats for all persons in a user set (eg, unaccompanied users or a group of a user and his/her accompanying companion) are extracted. Reserve a seat for the patron when requested. However, there may be cases where it is desirable to be seated by those who are able to seat even if seats are not reserved for all members of a group of companions, and the seats reserved for the group do not necessarily have to be contiguous. A seat reservation process that can deal with such a case will be described below.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an example of the seat securing process operation of the seat operation system 1 of the seventh modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure. When this modified example is combined with the sixth modified example, the operation shown in FIG. 17 is performed as the individual seat securing process.

In the example shown in FIG. 17, the operation in step S1201 and the operations from steps S1203 to S1206 are respectively the same as the operations in step S1201 and the operations from steps S1203 to S1206 shown in FIG. . Also, in step S1202 of FIG. 12, when a seat that can be used by all users in the group is extracted, it is determined that a seat that can be used by the user has been secured. is the same as

In the example shown in FIG. 17, in step S1202A, if a seat that can be used by all users in the group is not extracted (NO in step S1202A), unreserved seat reservation processing is performed (step S1207). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 17 . The unreserved seat reservation processing will be described in detail below.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the unreserved seat securing process of the seat operation system 1 of the seventh modified example of the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the example shown in FIG. 18, the operations from step S1212 to step S1214 are respectively the same as the operations from step S1212 to step S1214 shown in FIG. However, in step S1213 of FIG. 12, the securing unit 102 extracts seats that can be used by all users in the group, whereas in step S1213 of FIG. Extract seats that are available to all or some of those who are not assigned a . Then, in step S1214, if a seat that can be used by all or some of the users to whom no seat is assigned is extracted from the user group (YES in step S1214), securing unit 102 selects a seat for the user. seat is reserved (step S1415). In other words, the securing unit 102 takes the extracted seat as the seat secured for the user. Then, information on the seat reserved for the user in step S1215 is presented to the user (step S1216).

If a seat that can be used by all of the user group has not been extracted (NO in step S1217), that is, if there is a person in the user group for whom a seat has not yet been reserved, the operation of the seat operation system 1 is , the process returns to step S1213. If seats that can be used by all users in the group are extracted (YES in step S1217), that is, if seats are reserved for all users in the group, seat operation system 1 performs the operations shown in FIG. end the action.

<Eighth modification>
The second embodiment is based on the premise that a seat occupant who has received a transfer notification of a seat transfer (in other words, requests a seat transfer) always transfers the seat. However, when the seated person is asleep, the seated person notified of the transfer notice does not always notice the transfer notice. A seat occupant notified of a transfer notice does not necessarily transfer the seat. However, even if the seat occupant to whom the transfer notification has been notified does not transfer the seat immediately, there are cases where he/she wants to use the seat immediately. This modified example is a modified example that can deal with a case where the seated person who has been notified of the transfer notification does not immediately transfer the seat.

19A and 19B are flowcharts showing an example of the overall operation of the seat operation system 1 of the eighth modification of the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

The operations from step S1001 to step S1006 in FIG. 19A are the same as the operations from step S1001 to step S1006 shown in FIG. The seat operation system 1 of this modified example operates in steps S1001 to S1006 in the same manner as the operations of steps S1001 to S1006 of the seat operation system 1 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

The operations in steps S1007 and S1009 in FIG. 19B are the same as the operations in steps S1007 and S1009 shown in FIG. The seat operation system 1 of this modified example operates in steps S1007 and S1009 in the same manner as the operations of steps S1007 and S1009 of the seat operation system 1 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

In the operation shown in FIG. 19B, the operation of step S1008 and the operation between steps S1008 and S1009 are different from the operation of the seat operation system 1 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. The differences are described below.

In the seat operation system 1 of this modified example, after the transfer notification process in step S1008, if the transfer notification is successful (NO in step S1010), the seat operation system 1 performs the operation in step S1009. If the transfer notification fails (YES in step S1010), the seat operation system 1 performs additional seat securing processing (step S1011). Then, the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1008. Below, the operation of the transfer notification process and the operation of the additional seat reservation process of this modified example will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the transfer notification process of the seat operation system 1 of this modified example. In the operation shown in FIG. 20, the operations from step S1301 to step S1306 are respectively the same as the operations from step S1301 to step S1306 shown in FIG. The seat operation system 1 of this modification operates in steps S1301 to S1306 in the same manner as the corresponding steps shown in FIG.

The example shown in FIG. 20 differs from the example shown in FIG. 13 in the operation when it is not confirmed in step S1305 that the seated person has left the seat (NO in step S1305). In this case, if the predetermined condition regarding the transfer notification failure is not satisfied (NO in step S1311), the operation of the seat operation system 1 returns to step S1304. If the predetermined condition regarding the transfer notification failure is satisfied (YES in step S1311), the securing unit 102 determines that the transfer notification has failed (step S1312). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 20 . In the example shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 201 and the notification execution unit 224 of the vehicle-mounted device 200, even if it is determined that the transfer notification has failed, The transfer notification may continue until departure is detected. The control unit 201 and the notification execution unit 224 of the vehicle-mounted device 200 may end the transfer notification when the occupant leaves the seat.

A predetermined condition regarding the failure of the transfer notification is, for example, that a predetermined period of time elapses after the start of the transfer notification without confirming that the occupant of the seat reserved for the user has left the seat.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat addition securing process of the seat operation system 1 of this modified example of this modified example. The operation of the additional seat securing process shown in FIG. 21 is the same as the operation of the unreserved seat securing process shown in FIG. In the operation shown in FIG. 21, the seat operation system 1 of this modified example operates in the same manner as the operation of the additional seat securing process shown in FIG. In this action, only seats for which the transfer notification fails are reserved for replacement seats. In this case, when a group of users uses a plurality of seats, consecutive seats are not guaranteed.

When guaranteeing that a plurality of consecutive seats are reserved for a group of users consisting of the user and his/her companion, the seat operation system 1 performs the additional seat reservation process of step S1011 in step S1008. The same operation as the seat reservation processing is performed.

<Ninth Modification>
Next, as a ninth modified example, a doorway recommendation process will be described in which the seat operation system 1 notifies information about the doorway at which the user can easily secure a seat (hereinafter referred to as doorway information). The entrance/exit recommendation process provides information for reference in selecting an entrance/exit when the user selects an entrance/exit for boarding.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system 1 of this modified example.

The user starts the operation of FIG. 22 by requesting the provision of entrance/exit information, for example, using a dedicated application executed on the user terminal device 300, for example, inside the ticket gate of the station.

In the example shown in FIG. 22, the operation from step S1001 to step S1004 is the same as the operation from step S1001 to step S1004 in the operation shown in FIG. However, in step S<b>1001 , the ID information sensor unit 132 reads the authentication figure displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 . Also, in step S1002, the authentication sensor unit 131 reads biometric information. Note that when the biometric authentication of the companion is performed in step S1002, the seat operation system 1 regards the biometric authentication of the companion of the user at boarding as being successful. The biometric authentication of the person may be omitted.

After step S1004, the estimation unit 103 identifies the train based on the user's instruction using the user terminal device 300 (step S1023). The user's instruction is, for example, an instruction to specify a train. The user's instruction is, for example, to indicate a time zone. In this case, the estimating unit 103 determines the trains departing from the station where the ID information sensor unit 132 that has read the authentication pattern of the user is installed in the instructed time period, for example, based on the held timetable information. to identify. The estimating unit 103 obtains a list of trains that depart during the specified time period from the station where the ID information sensor unit 132 that has read the user's authentication figure is installed, via the confirming unit 124, for example. Information on the train presented to the user terminal device 300 and selected by the user using the user terminal device 300 may be received via the confirmation unit 124 . The estimation unit 103 may take the train indicated by the received information as the train specified in step S1021.

Next, the estimation unit 103 estimates the ease of securing each entrance of the specified train based on the application priority of the user obtained in step S1002 and the seat priority of each seat of the specified train. (Step S1024).

The estimation unit 103 generates information based on the ease of securing each entrance of the train (step S1025). The generation of information based on the ease of securing each entrance/exit of the train may be, for example, the selection of the entrance/exit with the highest ease of securing. The generation of information based on the easiness of securing each entrance of the train may be, for example, the selection of entrances whose easiness of securing is higher than a predetermined criterion.

And the 1st notification part 121 notifies a user of the information based on the securing ease of each doorway of a train (step S1026). Then, the seat operation system 1 ends the operation shown in FIG. 22 .

The first notification unit 121 may transmit, for example, information based on the ease of securing each entrance of the train to the user terminal device 300 of the user. The information based on the ease of securing each entrance/exit of the train is, for example, the information of the entrance/exit with the highest ease of securing. The information based on the availability of each doorway of the train may be a list of doorways whose availability is higher than a predetermined criterion. The information based on the ease of securing each entrance of a train may be a list of combinations of entrances whose securing easiness is higher than a predetermined standard and information representing the securing easiness of the entrances.

<Tenth Modification>
In the ninth modification, biometric authentication is performed in step S1002 of FIG. However, there may be a case where it is desired to immediately obtain entrance/exit information when biometric authentication is successful.

A tenth modified example is a modified example in which it is assumed that the biometric authentication has succeeded and entrance/exit information is provided.

FIG. 23 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the seat operation system 1 of this modified example.

The user starts the operation of FIG. 23 by requesting the provision of entrance/exit information, for example, using a dedicated application executed on the user terminal device 300, for example, inside the ticket gate of the station.

In the example shown in FIG. 23, first, the ID information sensor unit 132 reads the user ID of the user by reading the authentication graphic displayed on the display unit 301 of the user terminal device 300 (step S1001). The authentication unit 101 identifies the user ID of the user from the authentication graphic.

Next, for example, the securing unit 102 receives the information of the user's companion through the confirmation unit 124 (S1021). The securing unit 102 transmits, for example, a list of possible companions associated with the personal information of the user identified by the user ID to the user terminal device 300 via the confirmation unit 124. do. The securing unit 102 then receives the list of companions selected by the user from the user terminal device 300 via the confirmation unit 124 .

The securing unit 102 determines the application priority of the user based on the individual priority of the user (step S1022). If the user has a companion, the securing unit 102 determines the application priority of the user based on the personal priority of the user and the personal priority of the companion.

Next, the seat operation system 1 performs necessary resource calculation processing (step S1004). The required resource calculation process is the same as the required resource calculation process shown in FIG.

The subsequent processing from step S1023 to step S1026 is the same as the processing from step S1023 to step S1026 of the ninth modification shown in FIG.

<Eleventh Modification>
Next, an eleventh modification will be described. In the second embodiment, when the user is accompanied by a companion whose user ID is associated in advance with the user ID of the user and who may be accompanied by the user, the user's A user's application priority is determined based on the personal priority and the personal priority of the companion. In this modified example, the authentication unit 101, for example, after the user causes the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information until a predetermined reading end condition is satisfied, the authentication sensor unit 211 reads the biometric information. The biometric information is determined to be the biometric information of the companion of the user.

The reading end condition is, for example, that a predetermined time has passed since the user caused the authentication sensor unit 211 to read the biometric information. The reading end condition is, for example, performing an operation to instruct the end of reading of biometric information. The operation for instructing the end of reading the biometric information is, for example, performing a specific operation on the entrance/exit unit 211 . The specific operation is, for example, having another user read the authentication figure again, having the authentication figure representing the end of authentication read, operating a switch attached to the input/output unit 211, or the like. may be Specific operations are not limited to these examples. Read end conditions are not limited to these examples.

The authentication unit 101 collects the feature data extracted from the biometric information determined to be the biometric information of the companion of the user, and all the users stored in the personal information storage unit 142 (the (including users registered as users). The feature data extracted from the biometric information determined to be the biometric information of the companion of the user is referred to as authenticated ascent data, and the feature data stored in the personal information storage unit 142 is referred to as registered feature data. As a result of the comparison, when registered feature data obtained from the same living body as the living body from which the authentication feature data was obtained is specified, the authentication unit 101 sets the personal priority associated with the registered feature data to the user's priority. set to the personal priority of the companion of As a result of the comparison, if the registered feature data obtained from the same living body as the living body from which the authentication feature data was obtained is not specified, the authentication unit 101 sets the individual priority of the companion to non-priority.

<Twelfth Modification>
In the second embodiment, the registrant ID of the companion that the user may accompany, which is stored in the personal information storage unit 403 of the personal information registration device 400, is associated with the user's registrant ID. there is In a twelfth variation, the companion's registrant ID is not associated with the user's registrant ID and is stored as an independent user's registrant ID. Then, at the start of use of the seat operation device 100, the personal information acquisition unit 141 receives the personal priority of the companion from the personal information registration device 400 independently of the personal priority of the user.

The personal information acquisition unit 141 may associate the user ID of the user with the user ID of a companion who may accompany the user. In that case, other operations of the seat operation system 1 are the same as those of the seat operation system 1 of the first embodiment.

The personal information acquisition unit 141 does not need to associate the user ID of the user with the user ID of a companion who may accompany the user. In that case, the seat operation system 1 of this modified example operates in the same manner as in the above-described eleventh modified example.

<Thirteenth Modification>
In the thirteenth modification, the user ID may be associated with ticket information, for example. The ticket information is, for example, identification information of an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, identification information of a ticket using a QR code, and the like. When biometric information is used as a ticket, the ticket information is the biometric information used as the ticket. The information on the ticket is associated with the information on the time when the passenger entered the station using the ticket.

After the user uses the ticket to enter the ticket gate of the station, at least one of the user and the accompanying person causes the biometric information to be read by the authentication sensor unit 131 installed in the ticket gate of the station, for example. may In that case, the authentication unit 101, for example, between the feature data extracted from the biometric information read by the authentication sensor unit 131 and the feature data of all the biometric information of the registered user and companion , to perform matching.

In the following description, this collation is referred to as pre-personal authentication. A user whose registered biometric information is determined to be biometric information obtained from the same biometric information as the read biometric information by this collation is referred to as a user who has succeeded in pre-personal authentication. . A companion whose registered biometric information is determined to be biometric information obtained from the same biometric as the read biometric information by this collation is referred to as a companion who has succeeded in pre-personal authentication. .

After the user enters the ticket gate of the station, the authentication unit 101 determines whether the user's pre-personal authentication has been successful before the user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure. The user's personal authentication is considered successful. In this case, the authentication unit 101, the securing unit 102, and other components of the seat operation chart system 1 operate in the same manner as when the user's personal authentication succeeds after the user has read the authentication graphic. .

The authentication unit 101, after the user enters the ticket gate of the station, before the user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read the authentication figure, the user may accompany the companion in advance. If the authentication is successful, the companion's personal authentication is considered successful. In this case, the authentication unit 101, the securing unit 102, and other components of the seat operation chart system 1 operate in the same manner as when the personal authentication of the companion is successful after the user has the authentication graphic read. .

Note that the user ID of this modification may be associated with other identification information of the user identified by the user ID. The user ID of this modification may be associated with personal information other than personal priority of the user identified by the user ID.

<Fourteenth Modification>
In the fourteenth modification, the user terminal device 300 includes an authentication sensor section. In the seat operation system 1 of this modified example, the authentication sensor unit of the user terminal device 300 functions similarly to the authentication sensor unit 131 . After the user enters the ticket gate of the station, either the user or the accompanying person causes the authentication sensor unit provided in the user terminal device 300 to read biometric information instead of the authentication sensor unit 131. good. In this case, the control unit 303 of the user terminal device 300 extracts feature amount data from the read biometric information. Control unit 303 transmits the extracted feature amount data to authentication unit 101 . The authentication unit 101 may perform matching between the feature amount data transmitted from the user terminal device 300 and the feature amount data of the registered biometric information. This modification is the same as the thirteenth modification except that the authentication sensor unit of the user terminal device 300 functions in the same manner as the authentication sensor unit 131 .

<Fifteenth Modification>
In the fifteenth modification, the authentication graphic does not represent the user ID, but information uniquely assigned in the seat operation system 1 (hereinafter referred to as ID information). For example, the display information generator 305 of the user terminal device 300 may hold the assigned ID information in advance. Then, the display information generation unit 305 displays the authentication figure generated from the ID information. The user causes the position confirmation sensor unit 212 to read such an authentication figure.

In this modified example, the collation unit 101 collates the feature data extracted from the biometric information read after the authentication graphic is read with the feature data of the registered biometric information. As a result of verification, the authentication unit 101 identifies a user whose biometric information obtained from the same biometric as the biometric information that was read is registered as the user whose biometric information is read. The authentication unit 101 determines that the personal authentication of the identified user has succeeded. When the biometric information of the user's companion is read, the authentication unit 101 performs verification in the same manner. Then, the authentication unit 101 determines that the personal authentication of the companion specified as the companion whose biometric information is read has succeeded.

<Other embodiments>
Each of the seat operation system 10, the seat operation device 100, the vehicle-mounted device 200, the user terminal device 300, and the personal information registration device has a memory loaded with a program read from a storage medium, and executes the program. It can be implemented by a computer including a processor that The computer may be multiple computers communicatively connected to each other. Each of the seat operation system 10, the seat operation device 100, the vehicle-mounted device 200, the user terminal device 300, and the personal information registration device can also be realized by dedicated hardware. The dedicated hardware may be a circuit or multiple circuits communicatively coupled to each other. Each of the seat operation system 10, the seat operation device 100, the vehicle-mounted device 200, the user terminal device 300, and the personal information registration device can also be realized by a combination of the aforementioned computer and dedicated hardware.

FIG. 24 shows an example of the hardware configuration of a computer 10000 that can realize each of the seat operation system 10, the seat operation device 100, the vehicle-mounted device 200, the user terminal device 300, and the personal information registration device 400. It is a figure representing. In the example shown in FIG. 24, computer 10000 includes processor 10001 , memory 10002 , storage device 10003 , and I/O (Input/Output) interface 10004 . Computer 10000 can also access storage medium 10005 . The memory 10002 and the storage device 10003 are storage devices such as RAM (Random Access Memory) and hard disks, for example. The storage medium 10005 is, for example, a storage device such as a RAM or a hard disk, a ROM (Read Only Memory), or a portable storage medium. The storage device 10003 may be the storage medium 10005 . The processor 10001 can read and write data and programs from the memory 10002 and the storage device 10003 . Processor 10001 can access, for example, other devices via I/O interface 10004 . Processor 10001 can access storage medium 10005 . The storage medium 10005 stores a program that causes the computer 10000 to operate as a device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. The device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is any one of the seat operation system 10, the seat operation device 100, the vehicle-mounted device 200, the user terminal device 300, and the personal information registration device 400.

Processor 10001 loads a program stored in storage medium 10005 that causes computer 10000 to operate as seat operation system 10 into memory 10002 . The computer 10000 operates as the seat operation system 10 by the processor 10001 executing the program loaded in the memory 10002 .

Processor 10001 loads a program stored in storage medium 10005 that causes computer 10000 to operate as seat operation device 100 into memory 10002 . The computer 10000 operates as the seat operation device 100 by the processor 10001 executing the program loaded in the memory 10002 .

Processor 10001 loads into memory 10002 a program stored in storage medium 10005 that causes computer 10000 to operate as in-vehicle device 200 . The computer 10000 operates as the vehicle-mounted device 200 by the processor 10001 executing the program loaded in the memory 10002 .

The processor 10001 loads a program stored in the storage medium 10005 that causes the computer 10000 to operate as the user terminal device 300 into the memory 10002 . The computer 10000 operates as the user terminal device 300 by the processor 10001 executing the program loaded in the memory 10002 .

Processor 10001 loads into memory 10002 a program stored in storage medium 10005 that causes computer 10000 to operate as personal information registration device 400 . The computer 10000 operates as the personal information registration device 400 by the processor 10001 executing the program loaded in the memory 10002 .

The authentication unit 11 and the securing unit 12 can be implemented by, for example, a processor 10001 that executes programs loaded in the memory 10002 .

The authentication unit 101, the securing unit 102, the estimation unit 103, the update unit 104, the position detection unit 111, the occupant detection unit 112, and the seating confirmation unit 113 are implemented by, for example, the processor 10001 that executes a program loaded in the memory 10002. can be done. The first notification unit 121, the second notification unit 122, the third notification unit 123, and the confirmation unit 124 can be implemented by, for example, the processor 10001 that executes programs loaded in the memory 10002. FIG. The authentication sensor unit 131, the ID information sensor unit 132, the seat information acquisition unit 151, the seat information storage unit 152, and the communication unit 161 can be implemented by, for example, the processor 10001 that executes programs loaded in the memory 10002.

The control unit 201, the communication unit 203, the authentication sensor unit 211, the position confirmation sensor unit 212, the occupant sensor unit 221, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the display unit 223, and the notification execution unit 224 are loaded into the memory 10002, for example. It can be implemented by a processor 10001 that executes a program.

The display unit 301, the input unit 302, the control unit 303, the display control unit 304, the display information generation unit 305, and the communication unit 306 can be implemented by, for example, the processor 10001 that executes programs loaded in the memory 10002. FIG.

The input unit 401, the personal information processing unit 402, the personal information storage unit 403, and the communication unit 404 can be realized by, for example, the processor 10001 that executes programs loaded in the memory 10002. FIG.

The personal information acquisition unit 141, the personal information storage unit 142, and the seat information storage unit 202 can be realized by the memory 10002 included in the computer 10000 and the storage device 10003 such as a hard disk device.

A part or all of the authentication unit 11 and the securing unit 12 can also be implemented by a dedicated circuit that implements the function of each unit.

A part or all of the authentication unit 101, the securing unit 102, the estimation unit 103, the update unit 104, the position detection unit 111, the occupant detection unit 112, and the seating confirmation unit 113 are realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each unit. can also A part or all of the first notification unit 121, the second notification unit 122, the third notification unit 123, and the confirmation unit 124 can also be realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each unit. Some or all of the authentication sensor unit 131, the ID information sensor unit 132, the personal information acquisition unit 141, the personal information storage unit 142, the seat information acquisition unit 151, the seat information storage unit 152, the communication unit 161, and the control unit 201, It can also be realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each part.

Some or all of the control unit 201, the communication unit 203, the authentication sensor unit 211, the position confirmation sensor unit 212, the occupant sensor unit 221, the seating confirmation sensor unit 222, the display unit 223, and the notification execution unit 224 can also be realized by a dedicated circuit for realizing

A part or all of the display unit 301, the input unit 302, the control unit 303, the display control unit 304, the display information generation unit 305, and the communication unit 306 can be realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each unit.

A part or all of the input unit 401, the personal information processing unit 402, the personal information storage unit 403, and the communication unit 404 can be implemented by a dedicated circuit that implements the function of each unit.

In addition, part or all of the above-described embodiments can be described as the following additional remarks, but are not limited to the following.

(Appendix 1)
authentication means for personal authentication of a subject;
securing means for securing the seat for the subject based on the personal priority assigned to the subject and the seat priority assigned to the seat when the personal authentication is successful;
A seat operation system with

(Appendix 2)
The authentication means performs personal authentication of the companion of the subject,
When the personal authentication of the subject and the personal authentication of the companion are successful, the securing means determines the personal priority assigned to the subject and the personal priority assigned to each of the companions. and the seat priority, the seat is reserved for the subject and the accompanying person.

(Appendix 3)
Further comprising detection means for detecting the position of the subject,
3. The seat operation system according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the securing means secures the seat based on the detected position.

(Appendix 4)
The positional relationship between a plurality of seats and a plurality of entrances that reach the plurality of seats, the seat priority assigned to each of the plurality of seats, and the individual priority assigned to the target person estimating means for estimating the possibility of securing the seat by the subject at the plurality of entrances based on
a first notification means for notifying the subject of information based on the possibility;
4. The seat operation system according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, further comprising:

(Appendix 5)
5. Any one of Appendices 1 to 4, further comprising second notification means for notifying the occupant of the newly reserved seat, if there is a occupant, to urge the occupant of the seat to transfer the seat. The seat operation system described in .

(Appendix 6)
confirmation means for confirming that the subject is seated in the seat reserved for the subject;
updating means for updating the seat priority of the seat based on the personal priority assigned to the subject when the seating of the subject on the seat is confirmed;
6. The seat operation system according to any one of appendices 1 to 5, further comprising:

(Appendix 7)
When personal authentication of a plurality of subjects is successful, the securing means is based on a result of comparison between the individual priority assigned to each of the plurality of subjects and the seat priority of the seat. 7. The seat operation system according to any one of appendices 1 to 6, wherein the target person to whom the seat is assigned is selected from the plurality of target people.

(Appendix 8)
8. The seat operation system according to any one of Appendices 1 to 7, further comprising display means for displaying the reserved seats.

(Appendix 9)
9. The seat operation system according to any one of Appendices 1 to 8, further comprising third notification means for notifying the subject of information on the reserved seat.

(Appendix 10)
10. The seat operation system according to any one of Appendices 1 to 9, wherein the individual priority is determined based on at least one of the subject's disability, illness, athletic ability, and pregnancy status.

(Appendix 11)
11. The seat operation system according to any one of Appendices 1 to 10, wherein the authentication means performs the personal authentication by biometric authentication.

(Appendix 12)
Personal authentication of the target person,
If the personal authentication is successful, the seat is reserved for the subject based on the personal priority assigned to the subject and the seat priority assigned to the seat.
seat operation.

(Appendix 13)
Perform personal authentication of the companion of said subject,
When the personal authentication of the subject and the personal authentication of the companion are successful, the personal priority assigned to the subject, the personal priority assigned to each of the companions, and the seat priority 13. The seat operation method of Claim 12, wherein the seat is reserved for the subject and the companion based on the degree and degree.

(Appendix 14)
detecting the position of the subject;
14. The seat operation method according to appendix 12 or 13, wherein the seat is reserved based on the detected position.

(Appendix 15)
The positional relationship between a plurality of seats and a plurality of entrances that reach the plurality of seats, the seat priority assigned to each of the plurality of seats, and the individual priority assigned to the target person Based on, estimating the possibility of securing the seat by the subject at the plurality of entrances,
notifying the subject of information based on the likelihood;
15. The seat operation method according to any one of appendices 12 to 14.

(Appendix 16)
16. The seat operating method according to any one of Appendices 12 to 15, wherein when there is a person sitting in the newly secured seat, a notification is sent to the person sitting in the seat to urge the person to transfer the seat.

(Appendix 17)
confirming that the subject is seated in the seat reserved for the subject;
When the seating of the subject on the seat is confirmed, updating the seat priority of the seat based on the personal priority assigned to the subject.
17. The seat operation method according to any one of appendices 12 to 16.

(Appendix 18)
If the personal authentication of a plurality of subjects is successful, the seats are assigned based on the result of comparing the personal priority assigned to each of the plurality of subjects and the seat priority of the seat. 18. The seat operation method according to any one of appendices 12 to 17, wherein the target person is selected from the plurality of target people.

(Appendix 19)
19. The seat operation method according to any one of appendices 12 to 18, wherein a display representing the reserved seats is provided.

(Appendix 20)
20. The seat operation method according to any one of Appendices 12 to 19, wherein information on the reserved seat is notified to the subject.

(Appendix 21)
21. The seat operating method according to any one of appendices 12 to 20, wherein the individual priority is determined based on at least one of the subject's disability, illness, athletic ability, and pregnancy status.

(Appendix 22)
22. The seat operation method according to any one of appendices 12 to 21, wherein the personal authentication is performed by biometric authentication.

(Appendix 23)
an authentication process for personal authentication of a subject;
a securing process of securing the seat for the subject based on the personal priority assigned to the subject and the seat priority assigned to the seat when the personal authentication is successful;
A program that makes a computer run

(Appendix 24)
The authentication process performs personal authentication of a companion of the subject,
In the securing process, when the personal authentication of the subject and the personal authentication of the companion are successful, the personal priority assigned to the subject and the personal priority assigned to each of the companions 24. The program of Claim 23, wherein the seat is reserved for the subject and the companion based on the seat priority and the seat priority.

(Appendix 25)
causing the computer to further execute a detection process for detecting the position of the subject;
25. The program according to appendix 23 or 24, wherein the securing process secures the seat based on the detected position.

(Appendix 26)
The positional relationship between a plurality of seats and a plurality of entrances that reach the plurality of seats, the seat priority assigned to each of the plurality of seats, and the individual priority assigned to the target person an estimation process for estimating the possibility that the subject will secure the seat at the plurality of entrances based on the
a first notification process for notifying the subject of information based on the possibility;
26. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 25, further causing the computer to execute:

(Appendix 27)
any of Supplementary Notes 23 to 26, further causing the computer to execute a second notification process of notifying the occupant of the seat of the newly reserved seat, if there is a occupant, to urge the occupant of the seat to transfer the seat or the program according to item 1.

(Appendix 28)
Confirmation processing for confirming that the target person is seated in the seat reserved for the target person;
an update process of updating the seat priority of the seat based on the personal priority assigned to the subject when the seating of the subject on the seat is confirmed;
28. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 27, further causing the computer to execute:

(Appendix 29)
The securing process is performed based on the result of comparison between the personal priority assigned to each of the plurality of subjects and the seat priority of the seat when personal authentication of the plurality of subjects is successful. 29. The program according to any one of attachments 23 to 28, wherein the subject to whom the seat is assigned is selected from the plurality of subjects.

(Appendix 30)
30. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 29, further causing a computer to execute display processing for displaying the reserved seats.

(Appendix 31)
31. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 30, further causing the computer to execute a third notification process of notifying the subject of the information of the reserved seat.

(Appendix 32)
32. The program of any one of Clauses 23-31, wherein the individual preferences are determined based on at least one of the subject's disability, illness, athletic ability, and pregnancy status.

(Appendix 33)
33. The program according to any one of appendices 23 to 32, wherein the authentication process performs the personal authentication by biometric authentication.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

1 seat operation system 2 cited document 10 seat operation system 11 authentication unit 12 securing unit 100 seat operation device 101 authentication unit 102 securing unit 103 estimation unit 104 update unit 111 position detection unit 112 occupant detection unit 113 seat confirmation unit 121 first notification Part 122 Second Notification Part 123 Third Notification Part 124 Verification Part 131 Authentication Sensor Part 132 ID Information Sensor Part 141 Personal Information Acquisition Part 142 Personal Information Storage Part 151 Seat Information Acquisition Part 152 Seat Information Storage Part 161 Communication Part 200 Mounted on Vehicle Device 201 control unit 202 seat information storage unit 203 communication unit 210 entrance unit 211 authentication sensor unit 212 position confirmation sensor unit 220 seat terminal unit 221 seated person sensor unit 222 seat confirmation sensor unit 223 display unit 224 notification execution unit 300 user terminal Device 301 Display Unit 302 Input Unit 303 Control Unit 304 Display Control Unit 305 Display Information Generation Unit 306 Communication Unit 400 Personal Information Registration Device 401 Input Unit 402 Personal Information Processing Unit 403 Personal Information Storage Unit 404 Communication Unit 500 Communication Network 10000 Computer 10001 Processor 10002 memory 10003 storage device 10004 I/O interface 10005 storage medium

Claims (10)

authentication means for performing personal authentication of a subject whose authentication figure is read ;
selecting the seat with the lowest assigned seat priority among the seats within a predetermined range from the position where the authentication figure of the subject who succeeded in the personal authentication was read when the personal authentication was successful; If the individual priority assigned to the subject is higher than the seat priority assigned to the selected seat, the value of the seat status is set to the status that the subject can request occupancy. a means for securing a value to represent ;
Seat operation system with. The authentication means performs personal authentication of the companion of the subject,
When the personal authentication of the subject and the personal authentication of the companion are successful, the securing means determines the personal priority assigned to the subject and the personal priority assigned to each of the companions. and the seat priority, the seat is reserved for the subject and the companion. Further comprising detection means for detecting the position of the subject,
The seat operation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the securing means secures the seat based on the detected position. For each of a plurality of doorways, the number of people in the group of the subject who are assigned a seat priority lower than the individual priority assigned to the subject among the seats within a predetermined range from the doorway Estimating means for estimating the ease of securing a seat, which is the number of combinations of consecutive seats, and represents the degree of ease with which a user can secure a seat;
a first notification means for notifying the target person of information based on the ease of securing;
The seat operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: further comprising a second notification means for sending a notification to the person seated in the seat to urge the seat to be ceded when there is a person seated in the seat which the subject person can newly request to occupy. The seat operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. confirmation means for confirming seating of the subject in the seat reserved for the subject;
updating means for updating the seat priority of the seat based on the personal priority assigned to the subject when the seating of the subject on the seat is confirmed;
The seat operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: When personal authentication of a plurality of subjects is successful, the securing means is based on a result of comparison between the individual priority assigned to each of the plurality of subjects and the seat priority of the seat. 7. The seat operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the target person to whom the seat is assigned is selected from the plurality of target people. The seat operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising display means for displaying the reserved seats. the computer
Perform personal authentication of the target person who has the authentication figure read ,
selecting the seat with the lowest assigned seat priority among the seats within a predetermined range from the position where the authentication figure of the subject who succeeded in the personal authentication was read when the personal authentication was successful; If the individual priority assigned to the subject is higher than the seat priority assigned to the selected seat, the value of the seat status is set to the status that the subject can request occupancy. to represent the value of
seat operation. Authentication processing for personal authentication of a subject whose authentication pattern is read ;
selecting the seat with the lowest assigned seat priority among the seats within a predetermined range from the position where the authentication figure of the subject who succeeded in the personal authentication was read when the personal authentication was successful; If the individual priority assigned to the subject is higher than the seat priority assigned to the selected seat, the value of the seat status is set to the status that the subject can request occupancy. a reservation process to a value to represent ;
A program that makes a computer run

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