JPH08335906A - Train information notice system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a train information notice system by which each passenger in a train easily delivers a message externally without movement and being kept awaiting. CONSTITUTION: When a passenger depresses a dial button 14 of a pager 1, a signal S1 of a destination telephone number is sent from a transmission reception section 12 to a message receiver 2 and to a message transmitter 3. Then a signal S2 denoting the destination telephone number and a train number added thereto and the signal S2 is sent to a message receiver 5 of a ground system installation. An information addition device 6 generates a signal S3 denoting a station name added to a train start time corresponding to the train number, and the signal S3 and a signal S4 denoting the destination telephone number are fed to a voice message converter 7. Then the train start time and the station name are converted into a voice message signal S5, the signals S4, S5 are outputted to a message transfer device 8, and the voice message signal S5 from the message transfer device 8 is sent to a destination telephone set 90 via an exchange 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a train information notification system capable of transmitting a message from inside a train to the outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a train information notification system of this type, there is a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-117228. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-117228, wherein (a) of FIG. 2 shows the configuration of ground system equipment, and (b) of FIG. 2 shows the configuration of train system equipment. ing. As shown in FIG. 2A, the ground system of this technology includes a message transmitting / receiving station 100 and a relay station 102 having an antenna 103, and each relay station 102 is connected via a transmission line 101. It is connected.

On the other hand, the train system equipment includes a message transmitter / receiver 2 having an antenna 201, as shown in FIG.
00 and a message transmitter 20 having an antenna 204
3 and each of the message transmitters 203 is connected via a transmission line 202. A wireless selective call receiver 205 with a display function is provided corresponding to each message transmitter 203.

With such a configuration, when a passenger in the train transmits a message to an outside person, the passenger moves to the message transceiver 200, operates the message transceiver 200, and transmits wirelessly from the train. To do. As a result, the message is transmitted / received by the message transmitting / receiving station 10 of the ground equipment.
Received with 0.

When the message transmitting / receiving station 100 and the ground paging system are connected, the message can be transmitted to the other party without human intervention. Further, when the message transmitting / receiving station 100 and the ground paging system are not connected, the message is transmitted to the other party by hand using a normal ground information transmission network.

[0006]

However, the train information notification system described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-117228 has the following problems. When a passenger in a train transmits a message to an outside person, the passenger must move to the message transceiver 200. However, when the inside of the vehicle is crowded, it is difficult to move to the message transmitter / receiver 200, and the transmission timing may be missed. In addition, the passengers have to perform complicated operations on the message transceiver 200, which is inconvenient. Further, since there is only one message transmitter / receiver 200, when there are many passengers who want to send, the user has to wait a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a train information notification system which allows passengers in a train to easily transmit a message to the outside without waiting and without waiting. With the goal.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the train information notification system according to the invention of claim 1 adds the train number to the destination telephone number transmitted from the pager possessed by the passenger of the train. And the train system equipment that can be transmitted, and a signal from the train system equipment is received to generate a voice message indicating the departure time and the station name corresponding to the train number, and the voice message is transmitted to the destination telephone number. Along with this, it is configured to include ground equipment that can be transmitted to the exchange.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the train system equipment is installed in each vehicle, and a first message receiving device for receiving a signal from the pager and a signal received by the first message receiving device are provided. A message transmitting device for transmitting a signal to which the train number is added to the ground facility is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the ground facility is provided with a second message receiving device that receives a signal from the message transmitting device, and a departure time of a train number indicated by the signal received by the message receiving device. An information adding device for generating a signal indicating a station name, a voice message converting device for converting a departure time and a station name of the signal generated by the information adding device into a voice message, and a voice message signal from the voice message converting device. And a message transfer device for transferring the signal of the destination telephone number to the exchange to which the destination telephone is connected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the pager includes a memory storing the destination telephone number, a transmission / reception unit for reading out the destination telephone number from the memory for transmission and receiving a message from a telephone line. , A display unit capable of displaying the destination telephone number and a message from the telephone line.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the passenger of the train transmits the destination telephone number from the pager, a signal in which the train number is added to the destination telephone number is transmitted from the train system equipment to the ground system equipment. To be done. Then, the ground facility receives the signal from the train facility, and a voice message indicating the departure time and the station name corresponding to the train number is generated. Then, this voice message is transmitted from the ground-based equipment to the exchange together with the telephone number of the other party, and reaches the telephone of the other party.

According to the invention of claim 2, when a signal is transmitted from the pager, the first train-related equipment installed for each vehicle
Is received by the message receiving device, and the message transmitting device transmits a signal in which the train number is added to the received signal to the ground facility.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the signal transmitted from the message transmitting device of the train-related equipment is received by the second message receiving device of the ground-based equipment, and the train indicated by the received signal is indicated by the information adding device. A signal indicating the departure time of the number and the station name is generated. Then, the departure time and station name of this signal are converted into a voice message by the voice message conversion device, and this voice message signal is sent from the message transfer device to the exchange together with the signal of the telephone number of the other party.

According to the invention of claim 4, the destination telephone number is read from the memory and transmitted by the transmitting / receiving section of the pager. Further, the transmission / reception unit receives a message from the telephone line and displays the message on the display unit.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a train information notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A shows the configuration of ground equipment, and FIG. 1B shows the configuration of train equipment. Indicates. The train information notification system of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
1 (a) and the train system equipment shown in FIG. 1 (b).

First, train system equipment will be described. As shown in (b) of FIG. 1, the train system equipment includes a pager 1 with a calling function, a message receiving device 2 (first message receiving device), and a message transmitting device 3.

The pager 1 is carried by a passenger of a train. Inside the pager 1, a memory 10 in which a destination telephone number is stored, a transmitting / receiving unit 12 for transmitting / receiving a signal via an antenna 11, and a display unit 13 are provided. And have. Specifically, when the destination telephone number is read from the memory 10 with an operation button (not shown), the content is displayed on the display unit 13. When the call button 14 is pressed, a signal S1 indicating the destination telephone number is sent from the transmitting / receiving unit 12 to the antenna 1
1 is transmitted. Further, the pager 1 has a pager function and can display a message from the other party by telephone on the display unit 13.

The message receiving device 2 is a device for receiving the signal S1 from the pager 1 via the antenna 20, and is provided in each vehicle in a state of being connected by the transmission path 4. The message transmitting device 3 adds a train number to the signal S1 received by the message receiving device 2 and outputs the signal S2.
Is a device for transmitting a train number via the antenna 30, and a train number adding section 31 for adding a train number to the signal S1 is provided in the message transmitting device 3.

Next, ground equipment will be described. Ground equipment is located in the station yard where radio waves can reach from a stopped train,
As shown in FIG. 1A, a message receiving device 5 (second message receiving device), an information adding device 6, a voice message converting device 7, and a message transferring device 8 are provided.

The message receiving device 5 is a device for receiving the signal S2 from the message transmitting device 3 via the antenna 50. The information adding device 6 is a device that generates a signal S3 in which the departure time is added to the train number. In particular,
The memory 60 has a memory 60 in which a correspondence table between train numbers and departure times is stored. Then, the departure time corresponding to the train number indicated by the signal S2 from the message receiving device 5 is searched for in the above correspondence table, and the signal S obtained by adding the station name where this ground facility is provided to the departure time
3 is output to the voice message conversion device 7, and a signal S4 carrying the destination telephone number indicated by the signal S2 is output.

The voice message conversion device 7 is a device for converting the signal S3 from the information adding device 6 into a voice message and outputting the voice message signal S5 and the signal S4 to the message transfer device 8. The message transfer device 8
It is a device that sends the signal S4 to the exchange 9 and sends a voice message signal S5 to the destination telephone 90 after the response.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. When the passenger in the train shown in FIG. 1 (b) transmits a message of the station name and departure time to a person outside, it is transmitted from the destination telephone number displayed on the display unit 13 of the pager 1. The number of the person to be selected is selected and the call button 14 is pressed. Then, the signal S1 indicating the destination telephone number is transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit 12 to the message receiving device 2 via the antenna 11.

When the signal receiving device 2 receives the signal S1, the signal S1 is sent to the message transmitting device 3. Then, in the message transmitting device 3, the signal S1
The signal S2 in which the train number is added to the destination telephone number indicated by is generated and transmitted to the message receiving device 5 of the ground facility.

When the signal S2 from the message transmitting device 3 is received by the message receiving device 5, it is sent to the information adding device 6 and the departure time corresponding to the train number of the signal S2 is found from the correspondence table in the memory 60. Then, the signal S3 to which the station name is added at the departure time is generated and output to the voice message conversion device 7. At the same time, the signal S4 carrying the destination telephone number indicated by the signal S2 is also output to the voice message conversion device 7.

When the signal S3 is input to the voice message converter 7, the signal S3 is converted into a voice message indicating the departure time and the station name, and the voice message signal S5.
And the signal S4 are output to the message transfer device 8.

Then, the message transfer device 8 sends a signal S4 to the exchange 9, and when there is a response from the other party's telephone 90, a voice message signal S5 is sent from the exchange 9 to the other party's telephone 90, and the other party is the passenger. You can know the train station name and departure time.

In order to inform the passenger that the other party has received the message from the passenger, the pager 1 having the pager function is called by the telephone 90 and a confirmation message is sent. As a result, the display unit 13 of the pager 1
A confirmation message from the other party is displayed in, and the passenger can know that his message has been transmitted to the other party.

As described above, according to the train information notification system of this embodiment, the message can be transmitted to the external destination telephone 90 by causing the passenger to send the pager 1 while sitting in the seat. Passengers do not have to travel.
Therefore, even if the train is crowded, the message can be transmitted at any time without delaying the transmission timing, and it is not necessary to wait a long time for transmission, which is very convenient. Further, the pager 1 can be handed, the destination telephone number can be selected, and the call can be made by simply pressing the call button 14. Therefore, the sending operation is easy.

[0030]

As described above, according to the train information notification system of the present invention, when a passenger of a train transmits a destination telephone number from a pager while sitting on a seat, the train system equipment transmits it to the ground system equipment. A voice message indicating the departure time and station name corresponding to the train number is sent from the ground equipment to the other party's telephone via the exchange, so that passengers do not have to move inside the vehicle. As a result, even if the train is crowded,
The message can be transmitted at any time without delaying the transmission timing, and since it is not necessary to wait for a long time for transmission, there is an effect that convenience can be improved. Furthermore, since the pager can be kept at hand for transmission, the transmission operation is easy.

Also, since the message from the telephone line is received by the transmitter / receiver of the pager and the message is displayed on the display, there is an effect that reception confirmation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a train information notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (a) of FIG. 1 shows a configuration of ground system equipment, and (b) of FIG. 1 shows a configuration of train system equipment. Indicates.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a train information notification system according to a conventional example, FIG. 2 (a) shows a configuration of ground equipment, and FIG. 2 (b) shows a configuration of train equipment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 pager 2 message receiving device 3 message transmitting device 5 message receiving device 6 information adding device 7 voice message converting device 8 message transferring device 9 switching device 90 destination telephone

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Train-related equipment capable of adding the train number to the other party's telephone number transmitted from a pager possessed by a passenger of the train and transmitting the train-related equipment, and receiving the signal from the train-related equipment to carry out the train. A train information notification system comprising: a voice message indicating a departure time and a station name corresponding to a number, and ground equipment capable of transmitting the voice message together with the telephone number of the other party to the exchange. 2. The train-related equipment is installed for each vehicle, and a train number is added to a signal received by the first message receiving device that receives a signal from the pager and a signal received by the first message receiving device. The train information notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a message transmission device that transmits a signal to the ground facility. 3. The ground system equipment includes a second message receiving device for receiving a signal from the message transmitting device, and a signal indicating a departure time and a station name of a train number indicated by the signal received by the message receiving device. An information addition device for generating a voice message conversion device for converting the departure time and station name of the signal generated by the information addition device into a voice message, and a voice message signal from the voice message conversion device and a destination telephone number. The train information notification system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a message transfer device that transfers the signal of (1) to the exchange to which the destination telephone is connected. 4. The pager includes a memory that stores the destination telephone number, a transmission / reception unit that reads out the destination telephone number from the memory to make a call and receives a message from a telephone line, and the destination telephone. The train information notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit capable of displaying a number and a message from the telephone line.