JPH0128440B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to a bus departure/arrival guidance device that provides bus departure/arrival guidance at a bus center where multiple route buses depart and arrive. Traditionally, at bus centers or bus terminals where multiple route buses depart and arrive, "The bus has arrived" or "The last bus has departed" is displayed at the bus stop set up for each bus route.
There is a device equipped with a departure/arrival information display such as the above for the convenience of bus users. However, this conventional device is a means of providing the above-mentioned departure and arrival information on the departure and arrival information display at each departure and arrival stop. The transmitter transmits information on the bus's operating system, and the receiver decodes this information and sends a display signal to the departure/arrival information display. If the number of buses to be transmitted is large, a correspondingly large number of transmitters are required, which imposes a heavy economic burden. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a bus departure/arrival guidance device that can provide bus departure/arrival guidance at an arrival/departure stop of a bus center where a large number of buses depart/arrive with an inexpensive configuration. There is a particular thing. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is applied to a bus terminal having a stop for getting off at ~ and a stop for departure/arrival at ~ as shown in the sketch of FIG. 2. It is something. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 to 3 are card readers that read the recorded contents of data cards on which bus system information and timetable information are recorded. ,
It is provided in the bus path from the garage to the departure/arrival stop and the bus path from the alighting stop to the departure/arrival stop, and as shown in the external view of Figure 3, there is a data card insertion slot 30 and a reading completion indicator. lamp 3
1, a reading completion notification buzzer 32.
The data cards DC inserted into these card readers 1 to 3 are shown in Figure 4 a and b.
As shown in FIG. 1, for example, a plastic card with bus route information and timetable information formed by punch holes PH is used. Therefore, when reading information recorded by such punch holes, the card readers 1 to 3 are constituted by photoelectric card readers. In this case, when the bus crew starts operating the bus, they receive the data card DC in the control room, which records the information corresponding to the route and timetable to be operated, and then operate the bus. Then, when the bus service ends and passengers get off at the alighting-only stop (one of the...),
As shown in FIG. 5, the driver's seat of the bus is brought close to the card reader (any one of 1 to 3), and the data card DC is inserted into the card reader's insertion port 30 from the driver's seat. As a result, the operating system information and timetable information recorded on the data card DC are read. Next, numerals 4 to 8 in FIG. 1 are vehicle detectors that are installed at each departure and arrival stop of ~ and detect when a bus carrying passengers has departed. 9 stores the departure and arrival times of buses for each service system and timetable, and compares and verifies the stored contents with the contents read from the card readers 1 to 3 and the current time, and displays a predetermined guidance on the departure and arrival guidance display described later. It is an arithmetic processing device that inputs data regarding the increase in the number of special flights or the schedule of service cancellation, etc., and calculates the arrival time at the bus terminal for each schedule based on the reading contents of the keyboard 10 and card readers 1 to 3. A recording device 11 for recording etc. is added. Reference numerals 12 to 13 are departure and arrival information display devices that are provided at each departure and arrival stop of ... and provide information to passengers about the departure and arrival of the bus by text display.These display devices 12 to 16 are shown in FIG. Or the one shown in b is used. The departure and arrival guidance display shown in Figure 6a displays characters as shown in Table 1 below in the sections indicated by symbols A to F, and the departure and arrival guidance display shown in Figure 6b displays the symbols A to F. The characters shown in Table 2 are displayed in the section indicated by ~E.

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[Table] Next, the operation of the bus arrival and departure guidance device configured as described above will be explained. First, the bus driver who arrives at the bus terminal allows passengers to get off the bus at a predetermined stop. Thereafter, the user approaches one of the card readers 1 to 3 and causes the user to read the service system information and timetable information recorded on the data card DC in hand.
Then, this reading content is displayed at the information center (see Figure 2).
The data is sent to the arithmetic processing unit 9 installed in the computer. When the arithmetic processing unit 9 receives the operation system information and timetable information from any of the card readers 1 to 3, it processes this information, departure and arrival time information for each system and timetable, and the current time stored in advance in the memory. Based on this information, if the arriving bus arrives according to the schedule, the message ``Bus will be coming soon'' is displayed on the arrival/departure information display at the relevant departure/arrival stop. In this case, if the arriving bus is entering the garage or if there is time until the next departure time, the guidance display will not be displayed. When the predetermined characters are displayed on the departure/arrival guidance display of the corresponding departure/arrival stop in this manner, the arithmetic processing unit 9 then sends a reading completion signal to the card reader into which the data card is inserted. Then,
The reading completion indicator lamp 31 of the card reader lights up, and the reading completion notification buzzer 32 emits a buzzer sound. As a result, the crew member of the arriving bus pulls out the data card DC and departs toward the predetermined departure/arrival stop. After arriving at a predetermined departure/arrival stop and allowing passengers to board the bus, the bus departs at a predetermined time. When the bus departs, a signal indicating this fact is sent to the processing unit 9 from a vehicle detector installed at the departure/arrival stop. As a result, the arithmetic processing device 9
is the information about the departing bus displayed on the arrival/departure information display (destination name, bus coming soon, etc.)
Reset. At the same time, the destination name of the next scheduled departure bus is displayed. On the other hand, if the corresponding bus has not arrived at the bus terminal at the departure time due to road congestion or other reasons, the corresponding departure/arrival information will be displayed provided that the preset allowable time (approximately 3 minutes) has been exceeded. Make the device display "Delayed Arrival". Then, when the corresponding bus arrives, this display is reset and changed to the message ``Bus will be coming soon.'' In this case, if the later bus arrives first, all displays such as the destination name related to the earlier bus are reset and changed to the destination name and ``Bus will be coming soon'' related to the later bus. Furthermore, after the last bus has arrived, passengers have boarded it, and the bus has departed, the corresponding departure/arrival information display displays "Completed". This display will be reset after about 30 minutes. Further, if there is an additional flight, predetermined data is input from the keyboard 10 to cause the corresponding departure/arrival information display to display "There will be an additional flight." As described above, the arrival/departure guidance displays 12 to 16 at each departure/arrival stop display information such as bus departure/arrival, arrival, and additional bus departures. Each time the contents are read, the arrival time of the bus is recorded in the recording device 1.
1 to record. This makes it possible to obtain operating status data for individual buses. That is, it is possible to obtain data representing the delay time of arrival at the bus terminal, etc., for each system and timetable. Therefore, a new operation plan can be considered based on the data obtained in this way, which is extremely convenient. Incidentally, in the above-described embodiment, the departure and arrival guidance is provided by text display, but the guidance may be broadcast by voice using a voice synthesizer or the like. Figure 7 shows a summary of the above main parts. That is, a data card 100 in which bus service system information and timetable information are recorded, a card reader 101 (corresponding to card readers 1 to 3 in FIG. 1) that reads the recorded contents of this card, and a data card 100 that records bus service system information and timetable information; an arithmetic processing unit 10 which stores the departure and arrival times of the vehicle and compares and verifies the stored contents with the contents read from the card reader and the current time;
2 (corresponding to the arithmetic processing unit 9 in Fig. 1), which is provided for each bus departure/arrival stop, and provides bus departure/arrival guidance and late arrival guidance at the bus stop based on information given according to the comparison processing results of the arithmetic processing unit. A guidance device 103 (departure/arrival guidance display 12 in Fig. 1)
- 16) and a vehicle detector 104 (corresponding to the vehicle detector in FIG. This bus arrival/departure guidance device is constructed by including the bus (corresponding to device 4), and by doing so, the following effects can be obtained. In addition, the arithmetic processing unit 102
is composed of a comparator 102a, a clock 102b, and an operation data memory 102c. Furthermore, the character display is not limited to the internal illumination type, but may also be a leaf type, sheet type, cathode ray tube display type, or the like. As is clear from the above explanation, the bus departure/arrival guidance device according to the present invention notifies the arithmetic processing unit of the arrival of a bus at a bus terminal etc. by reading a data card, and thereby informs the arithmetic processing unit of the arrival/departure of a bus at a predetermined departure/arrival. It is designed to provide guidance. Therefore, predetermined departure/arrival guidance can be performed with an inexpensive configuration. In particular, since the data card is carried on each bus, it is possible to display information by associating buses and timetables on a one-to-one basis.
This has extremely good effects, such as being able to grasp the operating status of each individual bus.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a floor plan of a bus terminal to which the bus departure/arrival guidance device according to the present invention is applied, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the appearance of a card reader, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data card, and FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining how to insert a data card into a card reader, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a departure/arrival guide display.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the main structure of this device. 1-3...Card reader, 4-8...Vehicle detector, 9...Arithmetic processing unit, 10...Keyboard,
11...recording device, 12-16...departure/arrival guide display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data card 100 on which bus system information and timetable information are recorded, and a card reader 1 for reading the recorded contents of this card.
01, an arithmetic processing unit 102 that stores the departure and arrival times of buses for each service system and timetable, and compares and verifies the stored contents with the contents read from the card reader and the current time; a guide device 103 that provides bus departure/arrival guidance and late arrival guidance at the bus stop based on information given according to the comparison processing results of the arithmetic processing unit; A bus departure/arrival guidance device comprising: a vehicle detector 104 that notifies the arithmetic processing unit that a bus has departed from the stop; 2. The bus departure/arrival guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the card reader is a photoelectric card reader. 3. The bus departure/arrival guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance device is constituted by a display device that displays bus departure/arrival guidance and late arrival guidance by text display. 4. The bus departure/arrival guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance device is constituted by a voice synthesis device that performs bus departure/arrival guidance and late arrival guidance by voice production.