JPH0573571A - Seat examining device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the automatic examination of specified seats by communicating with a specified seat card at the time of detecting seating, reading out reserved data, deciding coincidence between a seat reserving number in the reserved data and the seat number of the taken seat, and then displaying the judged result. CONSTITUTION:The area of each seat 3 which a specified seat number is allocated is provided with a seating detecting sensor 5 for detecting the seating of a passenger, an antenna 7 for communicating with a specified seat card 6 carried by the passenger A and a controller 8 for controlling the antenna 7. The card 6 is a contactless card having a communicating function and stores reserved data such as the train code of a train to be taken by the passenger A and seat code number. When the sensor 5 detects passenger's seating, a CPU requests the transmission of the reserved data written in a memory map correspondingly to the card 6, collates the seat specified number in the read reserved data with the seat number practically taken by the passenger to decide the coincidence of both data and displays the judged result on a monitoring board.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a seat ticket inspection apparatus which is provided inside a railway vehicle and automatically inspects reserved seats.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ticket inspection of a reserved seat in a railroad vehicle is processed by a crew member inspecting the inside of the vehicle and inspecting each passenger individually.
It is necessary to secure personnel for the ticket inspection crew. In addition, when the ticket inspection is started, the sleeping passengers must also wake up and inspect the ticket, which causes a problem that passengers feel uncomfortable.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, by automatically inspecting a reserved seat, it is possible to greatly reduce the time and effort required for patrols, reduce the number of crew members, and make passengers feel uncomfortable. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seat ticket inspection device that does not have a seat.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a seating detecting means provided for each seat for detecting seating of a passenger, and a card having a communication function held by the passenger, wherein a seat designation number is reserved data. Reserved seat card entered as
The reading means for reading the reservation data by communicating with the designated seat card upon detection of the seating by the seating detection means, and whether or not the seat designation number in the read reservation data and the number of the seat where the passenger is actually sitting are judged. And a monitoring panel which is provided in a predetermined place and which displays the determination result of the determination means for each designated seat.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when the passenger sits in the seat, the seating detection means operates to operate the reading means to communicate with the reserved seat card possessed by the passenger and read the reservation data of the reserved seat card. Let Then, the determination means determines whether or not the seat designation number in the reservation data and the seat number on which the passenger is currently sitting match, and the determination result is provided in a predetermined part (for example, a passenger compartment). Is displayed on the monitoring panel.

[0006]

Therefore, when the seating detecting means does not detect the seating of the passenger on the monitoring panel, the vacant seat display is executed,
When the seat number mismatch determination by the determination means is performed, NG display is executed,
When it is judged that the seat numbers match, the normal boarding display can be executed to automatically check the reserved seats and check for illegal boarding.As a result, the number of patrols and crew members can be reduced and passengers can be reduced. The effect that the discomfort given can be eliminated occurs.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a seating inspection apparatus, and in FIG. 1, seats 3 are arranged on a floor 1a of a vehicle at equal intervals via seat brackets 2 ...
... is set as a reserved seat.

Further, the seat numbers of the respective seats 3 are set, for example, from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle to 1, 2, 3, 4, ... No., C No.
By setting No. D and combining the vehicle numbers with the numbers of these columns and rows, each seat 3 ... Can be designated by a specific seat number. 4 is a window.

In this way, the seating detection sensor 5 for detecting the seating of the passenger and the reserved seat card 6 of the passenger A communicate with each other in the areas of the respective seats 3 given the specific reserved seat numbers. The antenna 7 and the controller 8 for controlling the antenna 7 are provided.

The seating detection sensor 5 described above uses a human detection sensor such as a heat sensor provided on the ceiling 1b in the illustrated example. However, a pressure sensor for detecting the seating pressure of a passenger on the seat cushion and other sensors are used. It may be used.

The above-mentioned reserved seat card 6 is a contactless card having a communication function, and as shown in FIG. 2, the train in which the passengers should board in the effective date information column in which the date to board is put in the memory map. A train information section b containing a code, a seat information section c containing a seat code number, a security section d, and, in the case of a card with a cash voucher function, other section e containing the amount information etc. are provided. Each reservation data is stored in a to e.

FIG. 3 shows a control circuit for the reserved seat card b,
When the reservation data calling signal is input from the controller 8 to the antenna 9, the CPU 10 transmits the reservation data of the memory map stored in the memory 12 from the antenna 9 according to the program stored in the ROM 11. RAM for communication data with this controller
Store in 13.

On the other hand, the antenna 7 on the controller 8 side is built in the backrest of the seat 3 in front of the seat 3 to be inspected so that communication with the designated seat card 6 can be easily performed. However, the position is not limited to this.

FIG. 4 shows a control circuit of the controller 8,
Based on the seating detection signal from the seating detection sensor 5, the CPU 14 performs various kinds of judgment work (explained in the flowchart of FIG. 5) for the reserved seat card 6 taken in from the antenna 16 according to a program stored in the ROM 15, and makes the judgment. Based on the result, the monitoring board 17 is provided in a predetermined part of the vehicle, for example, inside the conductor's cabin, and visually displays the status of each designated seat by a CRT or LCD.

Further, the CPU 14 described above uses the reserved seat card 6
Of the validity date, vehicle number, seat designation number of the vehicle and the validity date, vehicle number, seat designation number set in the seat 3 are determined (fifth step 25 in the flowchart of FIG. 5, 6th step 26, 7th step 27), and when the seating detection sensor 5 outputs a non-seating signal, an empty seat display, an NG display when the above-mentioned determination means does not match, and a normal boarding display when the above-mentioned determination is made. It also serves as a control means for visually displaying on the board 17, respectively.

Each of the above-mentioned three types of display may be a single display such as character display, color display or symbol display, or may be a composite display in which these display modes are combined. For example, in the case of symbol display, the vacant seat display is a "-" symbol,
The NG display and the normal boarding display may be visually displayed with the "x" symbol and the "o" symbol, respectively.

The operation of the seat ticket inspection apparatus thus configured will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

In the first step 21, the CPU 14 determines, based on the output signal from the seating detection sensor 5, whether the seat 3 is empty or the passenger A is seated, and the seating detection sensor 5 detects the seating. Sometimes the process moves to the second step 22. Further, the CPU 14 executes the vacant seat display on the monitoring panel 17 when the seating is not detected in the first step 21.

In the above-mentioned second step 22, the CPU 14
Requests the reservation data written in the memory map corresponding to the reserved seat card 6 of the passenger A. In the third step 13, the CPU 14 fetches the above-mentioned transmitted reservation information, and if the fetching information cannot be fetched (take-in NG), the re-fetching is executed. In that case, the process proceeds to the fourth step 24. If the number of retries exceeds the preset retry count n
The process proceeds to step 25, and NG is displayed on the monitoring board 17.

When the reservation information is fetched in the above-mentioned third step 13, the process proceeds to the sixth step 26, where C
The PU 14 checks the effective date of the reservation information and determines whether the reserved seat card 6 is used on the regular reserved day. Then, when it is used on the regular stipulated day, the process shifts to the seventh step 27, and the CPU 14 checks the train code in the reservation information to judge the suitability of the reserved train and the train. When the train codes match, the process proceeds to the eighth step 28, and the CPU 14 checks the seat code in the reservation information and compares the seat code number with the seat number of the seat 3 on which the passenger A sits to check whether the two match. judge.

Then, in the above-mentioned eighth step 28, when the seat code number and the seat number as the reservation data match, the process proceeds to the ninth step 29, and the CPU 14 displays the normal boarding on the monitoring board 17 to perform the processing. finish.
However, the above-described sixth step 26, seventh step 27,
If a problem occurs in any of the eighth steps 28,
That is, when it is determined in the sixth step 26 that the reserved seat card 6 is out of the effective date, when it is determined that the train is wrong in the seventh step 27, there is a mismatch in seat numbers in the eighth step 28. At this time, the CPU 14 immediately proceeds to the fifth step 25, displays NG on the monitoring board 17, and ends the processing.

The above-mentioned vacant seat display, NG display, and normal boarding display are performed by, for example, displaying all the reserved seats for each car on the display screen of the monitoring panel 17 at once, and operating switches for setting the displayed car. By selecting (No.), the other cars are sequentially displayed.

In short, it is possible to automatically check the reserved seats and to check the illegal boarding by the display by the monitor panel 17 arranged in a predetermined part such as the passenger compartment, and as a result, the number of patrols can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of ticket inspection personnel and to eliminate discomfort to passengers.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the seating detection means of the present invention corresponds to the seating detection sensor 5 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, the seat corresponds to the seat 3. The reading means corresponds to the third step (see FIG. 5) controlled by the CPU 14, the determination means corresponds to the sixth, seventh, and eighth steps (see FIG. 5) controlled by the CPU 14, and the predetermined portion is the conductor. Although it corresponds to a room, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the trains described above, and can be applied to buses with all seats designated, ships and other vehicles, as well as halls, movie theaters and other buildings.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the inside of a vehicle equipped with a seat ticket inspection apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a memory map diagram of a reserved seat card used in the seat ticket inspection apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the reserved seat card described above.

FIG. 4 is a control circuit block diagram showing a seat ticket inspection apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an automatic ticket inspection processing flowchart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 ... Seat 4 ... Seating detection sensor 6 ... Reserved seat card 17 ... Monitoring board 23 ... 3rd step (reading means) 26 ... 6th step (determination means) 27 ... 7th step (determination means) 28 ... 8th step ( (Determination means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reserved seat card which is provided for each seat and has a seating detection means for detecting seating of a passenger and a communication function held by the passenger, in which a seat reserved number is inputted as reservation data. And the reading means for reading the reservation data by communicating with the reserved seat card upon detection of seating by the seating detection means, and whether the seat designation number in the read reservation data and the seat number where the passenger is actually sitting A seat ticket inspection apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not a seat is selected, and a monitoring panel that is provided in a predetermined place and that displays the determination result by the determination unit for each designated seat.