JPH04335491A - Operation management device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage the parking time with a high precision without driver's complicated operation. CONSTITUTION:When detecting it by the switching states of switches S1 to S3 and the signal from a far infrared sensor S4 that each of vehicles V1 to Vn enters into the parking state, a signal processing circuit 1 of the vehicle transmits a start signal from a transmitter TR and starts counting of the parking time. The parking time is displayed on a display device 5. Meanwhile, a portable reporting machine 21 performs the counting operation in response to the start signal and informs the driver of the parking time at intervals of one minute after, for example, 5 minutes. Parking data of the frequency in parking, the parking time, etc., counted by the signal processing circuit 1 is transmitted to a base station B at intervals of, for example, one hour, and thus, the base station monitors parking data of vehicles V1 to Vn.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle operation management system which is suitably used for the operation management of automobiles, and particularly for the operation management of collection and delivery vehicles in the transport and transportation industry, such as the delivery industry.

0002

[Background Art] Due to the increase in the number of registered automobiles in recent years,
Congestion is becoming chronic in urban areas. One of the reasons for this is the increased number of cars parked on the street for long periods of time. For this reason, the Road Traffic Act was revised from January 1, 1991.
For example, severe penalties are now imposed on not only the driver but also the manager for parking beyond the normal parking time allowed for loading and unloading cargo.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, for example, the management of the parking time of collection and delivery vehicles in the transportation industry is difficult.
Until now, the only way for drivers to do this was to measure it themselves using a wristwatch or the like. Therefore, it lacks accuracy, and it is necessary to perform the above-mentioned complicated parking time management each time the vehicle is moved from one collection/delivery location to another for loading and unloading.

[0004] Furthermore, in the business offices that manage the collection and delivery vehicles, the only way to manage the parking time of each vehicle is to leave it to each driver to declare, and it is difficult to provide guidance based on accurate parking time data. there were.

[0005]Furthermore, it is difficult to know what kind of situation the driverless vehicle is in, for example, how long it has been since it started parking, contact information, etc., and if the vehicle is in the way, a third party There was a problem that the personnel could not deal with.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle operation management device that can manage parking time with high accuracy without complicated operations.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a detection means for detecting whether or not a vehicle is in a parked state, and a system that responds to the output of the detection means and transmits an activation signal when the vehicle is in a parked state. a transmitting means; a receiving means for receiving the activation signal;
A vehicle operation management device comprising: a timekeeping means that starts a timekeeping operation when a start signal is received by the receiving means; and a portable notification means that is provided with a notification means that notifies the timekeeping result of the timekeeping means. It is.

The present invention also provides a vehicle operation management device that manages the operation of each vehicle by communicating between a mobile station constituted by a plurality of vehicles and a base station, wherein the mobile station includes: The mobile station is provided with a detection means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is parked, and a measurement means for measuring at least the parking time in response to the output of the detection means, and the mobile station detects the parking time of the measurement means at every predetermined time. A vehicle that transmits measurement results to a base station, and the base station is provided with processing means for processing the received measurement results of each vehicle, and display means for displaying the processing results of the processing means. This is a traffic management device.

Furthermore, the present invention includes a detection means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is in a parked state; a measuring means for measuring time from the time when the vehicle becomes parked in response to the output of the detection means; A vehicle operation management device characterized in that it includes a display means for displaying measurement results of the measurement means.

The present invention also provides a vehicle operation management device that manages the operation of each of the vehicles by communicating between a mobile station constituted by a plurality of vehicles and a base station, wherein the mobile station includes: a detecting means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is in a parked state; a transmitting means for transmitting a start signal when the vehicle is in the parked state in response to the output of the detecting means; A measuring means for measuring parking time is provided, and the mobile station transmits the measurement results of the measuring means to a base station at predetermined fixed time intervals, and the base station receives the received measurement results of each vehicle. A processing means for processing and a display means for displaying a processing result of the processing means are provided, and in relation to the mobile station, a receiving means for receiving the activation signal, and when the activation signal is received by the reception means. This vehicle operation management device is characterized in that it is provided with a portable notification device that includes a timing device that starts a timing operation and a notification device that notifies the timing result of the timing device.

[0011]

[Operation] According to the present invention, each of a plurality of vehicles, such as collection and delivery vehicles of a delivery business, constitutes a mobile station, and these mobile stations communicate with a base station, and the base station determines the location of each vehicle. Efficient operation management of each vehicle is performed by sending collection orders based on information.

[0012] Each mobile station is provided with a detection means, a transmission means, a measurement means, and a display means. The detection means detects that the vehicle is in a parked state, for example, by detecting that an ignition key switch is turned off and that the driver leaves the driver's seat using a switch embedded in the seat. . When the parking state is detected, the transmitting means transmits an activation signal. Further, the measuring means measures the number of times the parking state has been entered and the time since the parking state has been entered, and the mobile station transmits the measurement results of the measuring means to the base station at predetermined fixed time intervals. Ru.

Correspondingly, the base station is provided with processing means for processing the received measurement results of each vehicle, and display means for displaying the processing results of this processing means. Therefore, the base station can record, tabulate, and accurately understand the operating status of each mobile station, such as its parking time and number of times it has been parked.
For example, appropriate guidance can be given, such as urging the driver to shorten the parking time.

[0014] Furthermore, since the parking time of the vehicle is displayed on the display means, depending on the time, that is, when the parking time is long, a third party can etc.) or report to the police.

On the other hand, in connection with the mobile station, there is provided a mobile notification means carried by, for example, a passenger of the vehicle. This mobile notification means includes a receiving means, a timekeeping means,
It is configured to include a notification means. The timekeeping means starts a timekeeping operation when the activation signal is received by the receiving means, and the timekeeping result is sent to the notification means by, for example, a synthesized voice or a sound whose tone changes as the parking time elapses. The passenger is notified by outputting the information from. This allows the rider to accurately recognize the parking time without performing complicated timekeeping operations.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a home delivery service in the transportation industry is taken as an example, and a plurality of vehicles V1 constituting a mobile station are used to collect and deliver parcels.
, V2, ..., Vn (hereinafter collectively referred to as V) communicates with the base station B installed in the office to which these vehicles V belong, such as collection commands, and in this way, each vehicle V is operated and managed by base station B.

Each vehicle V has a signal processing circuit 1 realized by a microcomputer or the like, a terminal device 2 for displaying the collection command location, key input operations such as completion of collection, and a terminal device 2 for displaying information such as parking time etc. outside the vehicle. A display device 5 for displaying images, a radio device 3 capable of communicating with a base station B using a so-called multi-channel access method, a transmitter TR to be described later, antennas A1 and A2, and the like are installed.

The signal processing circuit 1 receives the switching states of the hazard switch S1, the ignition key switch S2, the seating switch S3, etc. that constitute the detection means;
Also, the output signal of the far infrared sensor S4 is read. Note that the detection means is not limited to these switches, and other means such as a parking brake switch that indicates the operating state of the parking brake may also be used. The hazard switch S1 is a switch that is operated when parking or stopping the vehicle V. When the hazard switch S1 is turned on, the vehicle enters an emergency blinking state in which the left and right direction indicator lights blink. Further, the ignition key switch S2 is a switch operated to supply power to the ignition circuit of the engine, etc., and the ignition key switch S2 is normally shut off when the vehicle is parked for a long time. Furthermore, the seat switch S3 is realized by a pressure-sensitive switch embedded in the driver's seat, and is turned on when the driver is seated, and shut off when the driver gets out of the vehicle. The far-infrared sensor S4 detects infrared rays emitted from the human body and outputs a signal depending on whether or not a crew member is on board.

The signal processing circuit 1 is provided with a counter C1 for measuring parking time and a memory M for storing the measurement result and the number of parking times. Electric power is directly supplied from the battery 4 to the signal processing circuit 1, so even if the ignition key switch S2 is cut off, the counter C1 can perform a counting operation, and the memory M can store the information. Content can be retained.

The signal processing circuit 1 includes a hazard switch S1
When the ignition key switch S2 and seat switch S3 are turned off, and the far-infrared sensor S4 detects that no crew member is in the vehicle, it is determined that the vehicle is parked, and the counter C1 performs a counting operation. At the same time, a start signal is transmitted from the transmitter TR via the antenna A1. Further, at predetermined times, for example, every hour, parking data such as the number of times of parking and the parking time for each parking is transmitted from the terminal device 2 and the wireless device 3 to the base station B via the antenna A2. At the same time, the parking time and a message (destination and contact information of the crew) are displayed on a display 5 mounted near the windshield, for example on the sun visor or at the rear of the vehicle. The parking time is determined using the data of the counter C1, and the message is input using a keyboard or the like.

The base station B includes an antenna A 3 , the multi-channel access type radio 11 , a host computer 12 , a plurality of terminal devices 13 , and a monitoring device 14 .
It is composed of: In response to a collection request received by telephone or the like, a collection command to a vehicle considered to be appropriate is inputted from each terminal device 13 comprising a keyboard, a cathode ray tube, or the like. The collection command is sent from the host computer 12 via the radio 11 and antenna A3.
The information is transmitted to each vehicle V, and displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2, such as a liquid crystal display device, as described above.

[0022] Furthermore, the parking data from each vehicle V is
The signal is inputted from the antenna A3 via the radio 11 to the host computer 12, which is a signal processing means, and after being totaled for each vehicle V by the host computer 12, it is sent to the monitoring device 14.
For example, an image is displayed as shown in FIG. From the display screen of the monitoring device 14, for example, the administrator can determine that within one hour, vehicle V1 with vehicle number 1 has been parked for less than 5 minutes five times, and has been parked for more than 5 minutes but less than 6 minutes twice. 8
It is possible to know that the vehicle was parked once for more than 9 minutes.

On the other hand, the crew members riding in each of the vehicles V carry a portable alarm 21 with them. This mobile alarm 2
1 is an antenna A4, a receiver RX, and a signal processing circuit 2
3, a voice synthesis circuit 24 and a speaker 25 that constitute a notification means. A counter C2, which is a time measuring means, is provided in the signal processing circuit 23, and when the activation signal from the transmitter TR is received by the receiver RX via the antenna A4, the counter C2 starts counting. Start operation.

The signal processing circuit 23 notifies the driver of the parking time by voice, for example every minute, after a predetermined time, for example 5 minutes, has elapsed, corresponding to the count value of the counter C2. In other words, for example, even if the mobile alarm 21 is stored in the crew member's pocket, the crew member can say "5 minutes" when 5 minutes have passed, "6 minutes" when 6 minutes have passed, etc. The parking time is notified by voice so that the parking time can be recognized without taking out the portable notification device 21 from the pocket. Note that for this parking time notification, instead of the voice, for example, a sound whose tone changes with the passage of time may be used. Further, visual notification using a display is also possible, and it is also possible to combine visual notification and auditory notification.

[0025] The crew member finishes the collection and delivery work and takes a seat,
When at least one of the switching states of the switches S1 to S3 changes from the parking state, or when the far-infrared sensor S4 detects that a crew member is in the vehicle, the signal processing circuit 1 Transmit a stop signal from transmitter TR. As a result, the counter C2 of the receiver RX is reset, and the parking time notification operation is stopped. Note that the reach distance of the start signal and stop signal transmitted from the transmitter TR is
For example, the radio waves are very weak, about 1 meter long, and therefore will not cause malfunction of portable alarms carried by the crew of other vehicles.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of transmitting the start signal and stop signal by the signal processing circuit 1. In step n1, each switch S1
It is determined from the switching state of ~S3 and the detection result of the far infrared sensor S4 whether or not it is the timing of the parking state, and if so, the process moves to step n2;
After transmitting the activation signal from the transmitter TR and starting the counting operation of the counter C1 in step n3,
Return to step n1.

Further, if in step n1 it is not the timing when the parking state is entered, the process moves to step n4, and it is determined whether or not it is the timing when the parking state is released.If so, the process moves to step n5, and the transmitter The stop signal is transmitted from TR, and the counting operation of the counter C1 is stopped at step n6. In step n7, the count value C1 is added to the count value of the corresponding segment in each segment of the parking time as shown in FIG. 2, and stored in the memory M to update the parking data. return.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of transmitting the parking data from the signal processing circuit 1. Step n is performed by the predetermined hourly interruption.
11, the parking data stored in memory M is transmitted to base station B. In step n12, the parking data in the memory M is cleared and the process returns to the main routine.

As described above, in the operation management method according to the present invention, since the parking time is automatically notified from the portable alarm 21 stored in the passenger's pocket, for example, the passenger does not have to bother checking the clock. This eliminates the need for additional work and greatly improves operability. Also,
It is possible to notify the crew of the parking time that has been measured with high precision. Furthermore, the parking data for each vehicle V can be grasped with high accuracy on the base station B side, and can be used for guidance to the crew members of each vehicle V.

Furthermore, since the parking time of the vehicle V is displayed on the display 5, depending on the time, that is, when the parking time is long, a third party can determine the ownership of the vehicle (for example, the affiliation of the parked vehicle). Appropriate measures such as reporting to transportation companies, etc.) or the police can be taken quickly.

In the above embodiment, the base station B and each vehicle V communicate wirelessly using a multi-channel access method. However, as another embodiment of the present invention, a normal commercial radio may be used. In this case, on the vehicle V side, a modem for converting parking data into a modulated signal is provided between the signal processing circuit 1 and the radio device 3,
Furthermore, on the base station B side, a modem is provided between the radio device 11 and the host computer 12 for demodulating the modulated signal into parking data.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rider can accurately recognize the parking time based on the sound emitted from the mobile notification means without having to perform complicated timekeeping operations. Furthermore, the base station that manages each vehicle can accurately grasp the parking time and number of times each vehicle has been parked, and can provide appropriate guidance to passengers, such as shortening the riding time. Furthermore, since the parking time is displayed outside the vehicle, a third party can quickly take appropriate action when the parked vehicle becomes an obstruction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Each vehicle V displayed on the monitoring device 14 of base station B
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of parking data.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of transmitting a start signal and a stop signal by the signal processing circuit 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of transmitting parking data from the signal processing circuit 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,23 Signal processing circuit 2,13 Terminal device 3,11 Radio equipment 5 Display unit 12 Host computer 14 Monitoring device 21 Mobile alarm 24 Speech synthesis circuit 25 Speaker B Base station C1, C2 counter RX receiver S1~S3 switch S4 Far infrared sensor TR Transmitter V1~Vn Vehicle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A detecting means for detecting whether or not a vehicle is in a parked state; a transmitting means for transmitting a starting signal when the vehicle is in a parked state in response to an output of the detecting means; The portable notification device is characterized by comprising a receiving device that receives the signal, a clock device that starts a timing operation when the receiving device receives the activation signal, and a notification device that notifies the timing result of the timing device. Vehicle operation control device. 2. A vehicle operation management device that manages the operation of each vehicle through communication between a mobile station constituted by a plurality of vehicles and a base station, wherein the mobile station The mobile station is provided with a detection means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is in a parking state, and a measurement means for measuring at least the parking time in response to the output of the detection means, and the mobile station measures the measurement results of the measurement means at predetermined intervals. Vehicle operation management, characterized in that the base station is provided with a processing means for processing the received measurement results of each vehicle, and a display means for displaying the processing results of the processing means. Device. 3. A detecting means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is in a parked state; a measuring means for measuring time from the time when the vehicle is in the parked state in response to an output of the detecting means; A vehicle operation management device comprising: display means for displaying measurement results. 4. A vehicle operation management device that manages the operation of each vehicle through communication between a mobile station constituted by a plurality of vehicles and a base station, wherein the mobile station a detecting means for detecting whether or not the vehicle is in the parking state; a transmitting means for responding to the output of the detecting means and transmitting a start signal when the vehicle is in the parking state; The mobile station is provided with a measuring means for measuring, and the mobile station transmits the measurement results of the measuring means to a base station at predetermined fixed time intervals, and the base station is provided with processing for processing the received measurement results of each vehicle. means and a display means for displaying a processing result of the processing means, and in relation to the mobile station, a receiving means for receiving the activation signal, and a timekeeping operation when the activation signal is received by the receiving means. 1. A vehicle operation control device comprising a portable notification device including a timing device for starting a clock and a notification device for notifying the timing result of the timing device.