JPH0651937U - Station yard guidance device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Use a non-contact type commuter pass to guide and guide visually impaired people. [Structure] Transmitters installed at major points such as branch points in the station yard, a storage section installed in the transmitter that stores data of guidance contents at the installation location of the transmitter, and a communication area of the transmitter And a speaker provided in the non-contact type commuter pass, which receives the data stored in the storage unit, converts the received data into voice, and outputs the voice.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a station yard guidance device, and more particularly to a device for guiding and guiding a visually impaired person by using a non-contact type commuter pass used in a non-contact type automatic ticket gate.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Traditionally, Braille blocks have been laid in the station yard for visually impaired users (passengers). Therefore, visually impaired people can proceed to a predetermined home by following the Braille block.

Further, in recent years, automatic ticket gates have been introduced, but for the convenience of commuter ticket users, the automatic ticket gates are of a non-contact type and commuter tickets are non-contact type. It has also been proposed to use a contact type commuter pass (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-246687).

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, although the conventional braille block guidance described above can guide visually impaired persons safely, it cannot guide the user to the current position or destination, and thus has a drawback of poor guideability.

Therefore, the present inventors have found out that the characteristics of the non-contact type commuter pass can be used to provide detailed guidance within the station yard, and have proposed a station yard guidance device according to the present invention. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The station yard guidance device according to the present invention is particularly for guiding and guiding visually impaired persons, and its configuration is such that a transmitter provided at a main point such as a branch point in the station yard, The storage unit provided in the transmitter that stores the data of the guide content at the installation location of the transmitter and the data stored in the storage unit when the communication area of the transmitter is received, And an output unit provided in the non-contact type card for converting the received data into voice and outputting the voice.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the above configuration, when the non-contact type commuter pass enters the communication area of the transmitter, the output means provided in the non-contact type card provides voice guidance based on the data received from the transmitter.

[0008]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a station yard A to which the device of one embodiment is applied, in which a non-contact type automatic ticket gate a is installed at a ticket gate 1, and a non-contact type commuter ticket (hereinafter referred to as a card). A user who has C) is configured to be capable of automatic ticket gates in a contactless manner.

Braille blocks B are laid in the station premises A, which is the main way for users, as in the conventional case. In the example shown in the figure, it is laid so that it can lead to the ticket gates and each platform.

Transmitter T₁~ T_n(T in Figure 1₁~ T_Five) Are embedded in the braille block B at predetermined major locations. In FIG. 1, the installation position (T₁), Branch point position to each home (T₂~ T_Four) And the ascent of stairs S (T _Five ) Are provided respectively.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment. First, the transmitters T _{1 to} T _n will be described. Since the electrical configurations of the transmitters T _{1 to} T _n are the same, the transmitter T ₂ will be described here as an example. The transmitter T ₂ includes the system program stored in the ROM 2 and the working data stored in the RAM 3. It has a central processing unit (CPU) 4 that performs arithmetic processing using. The CPU 4 is connected to a communication control unit 6 for communicating with the management center side via the I / O unit 5, and a transmitting / receiving unit 8 having an antenna 7 for communicating with the card C. The RAM 3 stores in advance data about the contents of the plan at the place where the transmitter T ₂ is installed, for example, data such as “straight line home if going straight ahead” and “second line home if turning right”. The data is rewritable on the management center side via the communication control unit 6.

[0012] card C is not exhibited IC card shape having a communication function, but the commuter pass and the basic structure of a known non-contact type is the same, as shown in FIG. 3, the speaker C _1, press The difference is that it has a button C ₂ .

The electrical configuration of this card C is such that each transmitter T₁~ T_nIt has a transmitting / receiving unit 10 having an antenna 9 for communicating with. The transmission / reception unit 10 is connected to a CPU 13 that performs arithmetic processing based on the data stored in the memory 12 via the I / O unit 11. In addition, the push button C is connected to the CPU 13 via the I / O unit 11.₂Input driver 14 for inputting the input signal of ₁ Is connected to the audio unit 15 that drives the. In addition, reference numeral 16 in the figure denotes a battery of the drive power source of the card C.

Next, the control operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. Now, it is assumed that the user a who has the card C approaches the transmitter T ₂ . It is assumed that the user a knows that he / she is approaching the branch point due to the shape of the Braille block and then presses the push button C ₂ .

[0015] When the card C enters the communication area of the transmitter T _2, in between the transmitter T ₂ and the card C, transfer of data has been initiated, guidance data for transmitter T ₂ within the memory 12 of the card C Has been captured. At this time, since the push button C ₂ is pressed, the CPU 13 starts calculation based on the data stored in the memory 12 to drive the voice driver 15, and the speaker C ₁ provides a predetermined guidance. (See Figure 2).

Therefore, the user a can go to the destination according to the voice guidance from the speaker C ₁ .

In the above-described embodiment, the guidance is provided when the push button C ₂ is pressed, but based on the boarding section data of the commuter pass stored in the memory 12 of the card C. The guidance may be started. In other words, when Card C enters the communication area of each transmitter so that it can guide you to the platform that corresponds to the commuter pass section, for example, "For XX, you are at Platform 〇. Go straight! It is to make voice guidance such as ".

Further, although the above-mentioned embodiment shows the example of the guidance guidance of the visually impaired person, the guidance of the healthy person may be performed. In this case, instead of the voice guidance, it is possible to provide the card C with a display unit and display the guidance on the display unit. Therefore, when converting to voice and outputting in the present invention, output to the display screen is also included.

[0019]

[Effect of device]

 A station yard guide device according to the present invention is a transmitter provided in a main part of a station such as a branching point, and a storage unit provided in a transmitter for storing data of guidance contents at a place where the transmitter is installed. And an output means provided on the card for receiving the data stored in the storage unit and converting the received data into voice when the transmitter enters the communication area. , It is possible to guide the visually impaired user in detail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a card.

[Explanation of symbols]

A station yard B Braille block C card (contactless commuter pass) T _{1 to} T _n transmitter

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A transmitter provided at a main location such as a branching point in a station, a storage unit provided at the transmitter for storing data of guidance contents at the installation location of the transmitter, and a communication area of the transmitter. And an output unit provided in the non-contact type card, which receives the data stored in the storage unit when the user enters, converts the received data into voice, and outputs the voice. A station yard guidance device.