JPH04264689A - Traffic system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform passengers on a vehicle of empty seats by providing the vehicle with a means to display the issue status of a reservation ticket for every seat. CONSTITUTION:A place to issue reservation tickets is provided with a reservation ticket issue device, a device for reserved seat management data to store the information for every section whether the reservation tickets of the seats in the section are issued yet, and a reserved seat management device to control a communication device and equipments for communication with the vehicle. The vehicle is, on the other hand, provided with a communication device to communicate with the reserved seat management device, a train position detection device, a display device to display the issue status of the reservation ticket for every seat, a reservation ticket issuing device and a reservation ticket display/issue control device. In this case, the communication devices to communicate with the vehicle and with the reserved seats management device are connected with telephone lines. A display device to display the use status of the seats in the vehicle displays for every seat if the reservation ticket of the seat has been issued, by, for example, a white lamp when the ticket is still available, by a red lamp when the ticket has been issued and by a yellow lamp when only the ticket to the next station is available but the one for after the next station has been sold.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to reserved seat management for transportation vehicles.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, reserved seats for each train were displayed at a reserved ticket issuing counter.

0003

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above-mentioned prior art, the availability of reserved seats on a seat-by-seat basis is unknown on the vehicle side, so there is a problem in that it is difficult for passengers who do not have reserved tickets to use reserved seats. An object of the present invention is to inform passengers of vacant seats on the vehicle side.

[0004] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, since a reserved ticket cannot be issued in the vehicle, it is difficult for passengers who do not have a reserved ticket to use a reserved seat in the vehicle.

[0005] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, it is difficult to know the availability of seats in each section. An object of the present invention is to provide passengers with the availability of reserved seats for each section.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the vehicle is equipped with means for displaying the issuing status of reserved tickets for each seat.

[0007] Furthermore, the vehicle is equipped with a designated ticket issuing means in order to issue a designated ticket within the vehicle.

[0008]Furthermore, in order to know the vacant seats for each section, the section where the vehicle is present is known from the track status management device, and the issuance status of reserved tickets related to that section is displayed for each seat. .

[0009]

[Operation] The display device provided in the vehicle displays the reserved ticket issuance status for each seat. This allows passengers who do not have a reserved ticket to know which seats are available and to take a seat. In addition, a reserved ticket issuing device provided in the vehicle allows the driver to obtain a reserved ticket for the vacant seat.

[0010]Furthermore, the track status management device, which measures and manages the section where the vehicle is located, knows the section in which the vehicle currently exists, and informs the vehicle of the status of reserved ticket issuance for each seat in that section and subsequent sections. displayed on the equipped display. At this time, before the vehicle stops, the display content is changed to show the reserved ticket issuance status for the next section, and a message is output to passengers. This allows passengers who do not have a reserved ticket to know the available seats for each section and use them, and if the next section is not vacant, they can smoothly exchange seats with passengers who have a reserved ticket for the next section at the stopping station. It becomes possible to do so.

[0011]

[Examples] Examples using the present invention will be described below.

1. Figure 1 shows the configuration of this passenger train seat guidance device. The reserved ticket issuing office is equipped with a reserved ticket issuing device, a reserved seat management data device that stores whether or not a reserved ticket has been issued for each section, a communication device with the vehicle, and a reserved seat management device that controls the above devices. The vehicle also includes a communication device that communicates with the reserved seat management device, a train position detection device that lets you know when the vehicle is approaching the next stop, a display device that shows the status of reserved ticket issuance for each seat, and a display device that shows the status of reserved ticket issuance for each seat. and a designated ticket display issuance control device that controls the above equipment. The respective communication devices of the vehicle and the reserved seat management device are connected through a telephone line, and exchange messages between them.

FIG. 2 shows an in-vehicle seat usage status display device. Whether a reserved seat ticket has been issued or not is displayed on the D1 section for each seat using a white lamp when it has not been issued, a red lamp when it has been issued, and a yellow lamp when it has not been issued between the current stopping station and has been issued between the next stopping station. do. Section D2 is a guidance message display section for passengers.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the train position detection device. A ground device is installed on the ground that continuously transmits the character string shown in FIG. 4 via radio waves. In the character string in Figure 4, “AA”
is used as a delimiter, and the stop station identification numbers are arranged consecutively. Transmission radio waves are generated by a transmitter and transmitted by a transmitting antenna installed near the orbit. The train side is provided with an antenna that receives the radio waves, and a receiver that demodulates the radio waves to obtain the character string shown in FIG. 4, separates the stop station identification number from it, and sends it to the designated display issuance control device. The transmitter output and receiver sensitivity are adjusted so that the train receives radio waves only in the vicinity of the ground equipment. As shown in FIG. 5, the ground device is installed a certain distance before a station in the direction of travel of the train, and transmits the stop station identification number for each station.

The reserved seat management data device has a reserved ticket issuance map shown in FIG. 6 for each train flight. The reserved ticket issuance map is stored as a two-dimensional image with the stop station section number in the horizontal direction and the seat number in the vertical direction, and a value of 1 is entered when the reserved seat ticket has been issued and 0 when it has not been issued. The stop station section number is determined based on the stop station identification number and stop station section correspondence table shown in FIG. This table shows the correspondence between the stop station identification number and the corresponding section from the station indicated by the identification number to the next stop station, and is stored in the reserved seat management data device for each flight.

The operation of the train in which this device is used is as follows. Trains begin operating at the starting station and end at the terminal station. Between the starting station and the final station, the train stops at several stations for passengers to board and alight. A vehicle has a plurality of seats, which are distinguished by seat numbers. The seat in which the passenger should sit is determined in advance by issuing a seat reservation ticket with the boarding section and seat number written on the passenger. There are also passengers who board the train without having a reserved seat ticket. In this case, the seats will be unspecified. Issuance of reserved seat tickets begins a certain amount of time before the target train leaves the starting station, and continues until the train leaves the station one stop before the terminal station.

FIG. 8 shows the operation of this device for displaying vacant seats on the display device. When the train passes through the ground equipment installation position shown in FIG. 5, the train position detection device sends the station identification number to the designated ticket display issuance control device. The control device transmits the message (2) shown in FIG. 10 to the reserved seat management device via the communication device. The management device searches the table of FIG. 7 in the reserved seat management data device for the same stop station identification number as the received station identification number. If there is the same number, the corresponding station section number is acquired. Next, from the reserved ticket issuance map in Figure 6, the data string of the column corresponding to the station section number obtained earlier and the next station section is used to control the reserved ticket display issuance on the train side using the message ■ shown in Figure 11. Send to device. Based on the received message, the control device turns the lamp red for each seat when the value of the next station section is 1, and turns the lamp yellow when the value of the next station section is 0 and the value of the next station section is 1. The seat usage status display device is instructed to display a white lamp when the value is 0. At the same time, the character string shown in M2 of FIG. 14 is displayed on the D2 section of the display device. After the reserved seat management device sends the message ■, if a new reserved ticket is issued before the train departs from the next station, it will send the message ■ again and change the display on the display device using the same procedure. do. After the train stops at the next station and departs, the designated ticket display issuance control device in the train replaces the character string shown in FIG. 14M1 with M2 after a certain period of time and prints D2.
section.

FIG. 9 shows the operation of this device when issuing a reserved ticket on a train. A passenger who knows a vacant seat by looking at the seat usage status display device on the train specifies the seat number and makes a purchase request to the reserved ticket issuing device in the train. The reserved ticket display issuance control device transmits the message ■ shown in FIG. 12 to the reserved seat management device. The seat number in the message ■ is 0 unless the passenger specifies a seat number. The management device that received the message (■) obtains the section number from the starting station number to the one before the ending station number from the table of FIG. 7 of the reserved seat management data device. For that section, check whether the seat number is 0 from the map in FIG. If all are 0, rewrite the value in that interval to 1. Otherwise, other seat numbers whose corresponding sections are all 0
Find it, and if it is found, write 1 in the same way. If not, seat N
o is 0. The message (■) shown in FIG. 13 is created from this seat number.The amount column is the seat reservation ticket issuance fee. This message is sent to the designated ticket display and issue control device on the vehicle side. If the seat number is not 0, the control device collects a seat reservation ticket issuance fee from the passenger and issues a seat reservation ticket.

According to this embodiment, by guiding the passenger to a seat for which a reserved seat ticket has not been issued, it is possible to improve the efficiency of seat use and improve the service to the passenger.

[0020]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, passengers in a vehicle can know for themselves which seats are available, so passengers who do not have a reserved ticket can sit in a seat for which a reserved ticket has not been issued.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the availability of seats in each section is known, passengers who do not have a reserved ticket can sit only in sections where seats are available.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, when a reserved ticket is issued outside the vehicle, it can be confirmed inside the vehicle, so that passengers inside the vehicle can be informed of available seats.

[0023] As a result of the above, the vacant reserved seats in the vehicle can be used, thereby improving the efficiency of seat use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the seat usage status display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the train position detection device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the train position detection device in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the train position detection device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram of the reserved seat management data of FIG. 1 for each train.

7 is a data structure diagram of the reserved seat management data of FIG. 1 for each train; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a time chart of seat display processing according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a time chart of the seat reservation ticket issuing process in the vehicle according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a message configuration diagram of communication processing in this embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a message configuration diagram of communication processing in this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a message configuration diagram of communication processing in this embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a message configuration diagram of communication processing in this embodiment.

14 is a diagram showing character strings displayed in section D2 of FIG. 2. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

D1...Designation issue status display section for each seat, D2...Guidance message display section.

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim 1: A means of transportation comprising a means for managing the issuance status of reserved tickets for each seat and for each section, a means for issuing reserved tickets, and a means for displaying the issuance status of reserved tickets for each seat. , a transportation system characterized in that a vehicle is equipped with a means for displaying the issuance status of reserved tickets for each seat. 2. The transportation system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is equipped with means for issuing a designated ticket. 3. The transportation system according to claim 1, further comprising a track status management device that measures and manages the section where the vehicle is present, wherein the display content of the means for displaying the issued status of reserved tickets for each seat is adjusted to indicate the presence of the vehicle. A transportation system that changes depending on the section.