JPH0480898A - Operating condition announcing device for regular route bus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To announce the operating condition of an bus to users at any place excepting for a bus stop by composing the above device of a transmission part to be installed in the bus and a reception part carried by the users of the bus, receiving the transmitted operation information of the bus and displaying the operating condition of the bus. CONSTITUTION:A transmission part 10 and a reception part 20 are provided. The transmission part 10 is equipped with a first operation information storage part 15 to store the operation information, which is composed of the installed operating blocks and regular route of the bus, and a transmission part 12 to transmit the operation information stored in this part 15. The reception part 20 is carried by the user of the bus and equipped with a second operation information storage part 27 to store various operation information and a use information designation part 24 to designate the desired operation information to be used for the user as use information from the operation information stored in this part 27, and collation with the operation information is executed by a control part 23. Then, the obtained operating condition related to the bus is displayed on a display part 26. Thus, the required operating condition can be announced to the users at any place excepting for the bus stop.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a route bus operation status notification device that notifies users of route bus operation status.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an operation status notification device shown in FIG. 5 that notifies users of the operation status of route buses (hereinafter simply referred to as buses). This operation status notification device consists of a communication part and a receiving part 1, and the receiving part 1 is installed at a bus stop. An antenna 2 receives a signal transmitted from a communication section installed on the bus. Then, based on the received signal and following the display procedure stored in the ROM (leat-only memory) 5, the control unit 4 determines the current position of the bus or the stop where the receiving part I is installed. Alternatively, the display unit 6 displays the operation status indicating how many minutes it will take from the scheduled arrival time.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

Generally, bus users expect that the bus they want to board will arrive at the stop as soon as they arrive at that stop. In the past, users were at their current location (not necessarily at the above-mentioned stop) and wanted to know the operating status of Nosu. However, since the above-mentioned conventional operation status notification device is installed at a bus stop, the user can only know the operation status of the bus after arriving at the bus stop. Therefore, by the time the user arrives at the stop, the target bus may have already passed, and in that case, the above-mentioned operation status notification device is of no use. be. However, the above-mentioned operation status notification device does not simply tell you whether the bus headed for the stop in question is at the specified location or how many minutes late it is; If it is a bus stop, it is not known whether it is the lotus that is approaching the stop or the one on the timetable (in other words, the destination or this bus). Carefully, display＄
There is also the problem that some F2 users are looking forward to the arrival of the bus when they look at the operation status displayed in 6, and are disappointed when they find out that a bus different from the one they want to ride has arrived. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a route bus operation status notification device that can notify a user at a location other than a bus stop of the operation status required by the user.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a route consisting of a transmitting section installed in a bus, and a receiving section that receives signals transmitted from the transmitting section and notifies bus users of the operating status of the bus. In the bus operation status notification device, the transmission section includes a first operation information storage section that stores operation information consisting of at least operation sections and routes related to the bus in which the transmission section is installed, and the first operation information storage section. A transmitting section is provided for transmitting the above-mentioned operation information stored in the section.
The receiving section is carried by the bus user, and includes a second operation information storage section that stores various operation information, and a second operation information storage section that stores various operation information. a second usage information specifying section for specifying the desired operation information as usage information; a receiving section for receiving the bus operation information transmitted from the transmission section; a display section for displaying the bus operation status; If the usage information specified by the usage information designation unit and the bus operation information received by the reception unit are determined to be the bus that the user wants to ride, the operation related to the bus The present invention is characterized by comprising a control unit that displays on the display unit the operating status of the bus, which is obtained through a predetermined procedure based on the information.

[Effect]

Operation information consisting of at least operating sections and routes related to the bus in which the transmitting section is installed is read from the first operation information storage section of the transmitting section while the bus is traveling and is transmitted by the transmitting section. . In this way, the operation information of the bus transmitted from the transmitter is received by the receiver in the receiver carried by the user of the bus. On the other hand, the operation information that the user wants to use is specified as usage information by the usage information designation section from among the various operation information stored in the second operation information storage section in the receiving section. Then, the control unit compares the specified usage information with the bus operation information received by the receiving unit, and if it is determined that the bus is the bus that the user wants to ride, The operating status of the bus is determined according to a predetermined procedure based on the operation information of the bus. Then, the obtained operating status of the bus is displayed on the display section. Therefore, even if the user is not at the bus stop, he or she can accurately know the operating status of the bus he/she wants to board from the information displayed on the display section of the receiving section that he/she is carrying.

【Example】

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments. The operating status notification device for a route bus according to the present invention consists of a transmitting part and a receiving part, and the transmitting part is installed on the bus, while the receiving part is carried by the bus user. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the transmitting section, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the receiving section. In FIG. 1, the ROM 15 constituting the first operation information storage section in the transmission section IO includes an operation section code,
Various types of operation information are stored in advance, each of which is associated with a route code and a time code representing the time of a timetable corresponding to the route. When the operating section of the bus is entered manually from the data input section 14, the control section 13 reads from the ROM 15 the route, time, etc. that are not associated with the operating section entered manually. Then, operation information consisting of operation section codes, route codes, time codes, etc. is selected. Furthermore, the selected transport information is transmitted from the ROM 15 to the transmitter 1.
2, the signal is converted into a transmission signal and is intermittently transmitted from the antenna 11 to each of the above-mentioned receiving sections. The display section 16 displays the f2 information inputted from the data input section I4 and read out from the bus service section and RO~115, and prompts the driver etc. to confirm the information. FIG. 3 shows the format of the above-mentioned transmission signal transmitted from the antenna 11. The pit synchronization signal 17 is a signal for achieving hit synchronization when reproducing each pit of the transmitted signal on the receiving side. Further, the frame synchronization signal 18 is a signal for identifying each frame position of the transmission signal, which is a multiplexed signal, and establishing frame synchronization when demultiplexing the signal. The above-mentioned transmission signal is transmitted from the antenna 11 of the transmission part 10 installed on the bus in operation as described above, but by changing the transmission frequency according to the position of the bus, it is possible to receive the signal. The side can know the location of the bus. FIG. 4 shows an example of the relationship between bus position and transmission frequency. In FIG. 4, when the bus I9 arrives at the stop A, the transmission frequency of the transmission section 10 installed in the bus I9 is set to "Fab" by, for example, the driver's operation. Between stop A and stop B, the transmission signal is intermittently transmitted from the transmission section 10 installed on the bus 19 at the transmission frequency "Fab." Thereafter, in the same manner, from stop B to stop C, the transmission frequency is "Fb".
c", the above-mentioned transmission signal is intermittently transmitted at the transmission frequency "Fed" from stop C to the stop.Then, from stop C to the stop, the above transmission signal is transmitted intermittently at the transmission frequency "Fed" in order to make effective use of the transmission frequency. It transmits at the transmission frequency "Fab" used between stop A and stop B.However, if bus I9 is located between stops A and B, the relay station and bus 19 are located at the stop. If the relay station located between Stop C and Stop E is the same relay station, the transmission frequency between Stop C and Stop E will be a frequency different from the above frequency "Pab" (for example, a frequency “
Bus users must use the receiving section 20 that they carry to know the operating status of the lotus by operating the receiving section that they carry as follows. The storage unit 27 stores lotus service information (hereinafter referred to as "usage information") used by users, which is comprised of service area courts and route courts that are associated with stop courts and destination courts.
Store in advance. The user inputs the name of the stop and destination (or stop code and destination code) from the data input section 24. Then, the control unit 23
Based on the input f2 stop name and destination name, the usage information consisting of the corresponding operation section code and route code is read out from the data storage section 27. Further, the control unit 23 reads the current time from the timer 25, and displays on the display unit 26 the timetable for the bus for the destination at the input stop in the current time zone (for example, one hour before and after the current time). That is, the data storage section 27 constitutes a second operation information storage section, and the data input section 24 constitutes a usage information designation section. Here, the second data storage section 27, which stores usage information in advance, is constructed of an IC cart and is made replaceable so as to be able to cope with cases such as timetable revisions and route changes. The receiver section 20 is installed on the bus 19 and receives the L transmission signal transmitted from the transmitter section 10 via the antenna 21. Then, the received transmission signal is converted by the receiving unit 22 into the bus-side operation information, which includes an operation section court route code, a time code, and the like. Then, the control unit 23 collates this operation information with the usage information including the operation section code, route code, etc. read from the data storage unit 27, and the received f2 transmission signal is transmitted from the bus the user wants to board. It is determined whether the transmitted signal is an fco transmission signal or not. As a result, when the control unit 23 determines that the received signal is a transmission signal from the bus that the user wants to ride, the control unit 23 determines the current time of the bus as described above based on the time code of the operation information. The timetable for each zone is displayed on the display section 26. Further, the control unit 23 detects the transmission frequency of the received transmission signal, and uses the detected transmission frequency to look up the frequency table stored in the data storage unit 27 to determine whether the bus is currently running. Determine the location (between stops). Furthermore, the delay time of the bus is calculated with reference to the above timetable. Then, the running position and delay time of the L bus obtained in this way are displayed on the display unit 26 as the operating status. In this way, the display section 26 of the receiving section 20 carried by the user
Then, only the operating status of the bus that the user wants to ride is displayed. As described above, in this embodiment, the transmitting section 10 constituting the route bus operating status notification device is installed on the bus, while the receiving section 20 is carried by the user of the bus. Then, the transmission section 10 side selects the operation information corresponding to the operation section input from the data input section I4 under the control of the control section 3 from among the various operation information stored in the ROM 15, The signal is transmitted via the transmitter 12 at a predetermined transmission frequency that is set in advance to be different for each stop. On the other hand, the receiving section 20 side selects from among the various usage information stored in the data storage section 27 under the control of the control section 23.
Usage information corresponding to the stop name and destination name input from the data input unit 24 is selected. Further, a transmission signal from the transmission section IO is received via the receiving section 22, and operation information of the bus that transmitted the transmission signal is obtained from the received transmission signal. As a result of comparing the above usage information and operation information, if it is determined that the bus that sent the transmission signal just received is the bus that the user wants to board, the bus that the user wants to ride is determined to be the bus that the user wants to board. The determined operating status is displayed on the display unit 26. In this way, each user carries the receiving section 20 that receives the operation information transmitted from the transmitting section installed on the bus and displays the operation status, so that the user can easily check the operation status of the desired bus. You can know in advance that you are likely to miss the bus without going to the bus stop. Also, by comparing the operation information from the transmission part IO and the usage information in the reception part 20,
Since only the operating status of the bus that the user wants to ride is always displayed, the user can accurately know the operating status of the bus he or she wants to ride. In other words, according to this embodiment, if the bus approaching the stop is
This eliminates the need to run toward a stop without knowing whether it is the second bus or not. That is, by using the bus operation status notification device of this embodiment, it is possible to eliminate unnecessary waiting time and use time effectively. In the embodiment described above, the traveling position of the bus can be determined based on the transmission frequency at which the transmission signal is transmitted from the transmission portion IO. However, the determination of the running position of the bus in the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

【Effect of the invention】

As is clear from the above, the route bus operation status notification device of the present invention consists of a transmitting part installed on the bus and a receiving part carried by the user of the bus, and the transmitting part is
The transmission section transmits the operation information related to the bus in which this transmission section is installed, which is stored in the first operation information storage section, while the reception section receives the operation information of the bus that is transmitted from the transmission section. Since the operating status of the bus based on the received operating information is displayed on the display unit, according to the present invention, users at locations other than the bus stop can be informed of the operating status of the bus. . At the same time, when the receiving section receives the operation information of the bus transmitted from the transmitting section, the receiving section receives information specified by the usage information specifying section based on various operation information stored in the second operation information storage section. The control unit compares the received usage information with the operation information received by the reception unit to determine whether the bus is the bus that the user wants to ride. , only the operating status of the bus is displayed. Therefore, according to the second invention (7), it is possible to accurately notify the user of the operating status required by the user.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the transmitting part related to the route bus operation status notification device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the receiving part, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the transmitting part of the above-mentioned transmitting part. A diagram showing an example of the format of a transmission signal to be transmitted, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the transmission frequency 9 when transmitting a transmission signal from the transmission section, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional reception section. IO...Transmission section, 13.Control section, 15.ROM. 20 ・Receiving part, 23 ・Control unit, 25 ・Timer,

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Route bus operation status notification consisting of a transmitting part installed on the route bus and a receiving part that receives signals transmitted from this transmitter and notifies route bus users of the route bus's operating status. In the device, the transmitting section is stored in a first operation information storage section that stores operation information consisting of at least operating sections and routes related to the route bus in which the transmission section is installed, and the first operation information storage section. The receiving part is carried by a user of the route bus, and includes a second operation information storage section that stores various operation information, and a second operation information storage section that stores various operation information. a usage information specifying unit for specifying the service information that the user wants to use from among the service information stored in the service information, and a receiving unit for receiving the route bus service information transmitted from the transmitting unit; As a result of comparing the display unit that displays the operation status of the route bus with the usage information specified by the usage information designation unit and the operation information of the route bus received by the reception unit, the route bus is indicated by the user. The vehicle is equipped with a control unit that displays the operation status of the route bus obtained through a predetermined procedure based on the operation information of the route bus on the display unit when it is determined that the route bus is the one you want to ride. Features: Route bus operation status notification device.