JPH10247261A - System for managing issuing of today's ticket of seat reservation ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provided a management system for issuing today's ticket of a seat reservation ticket, which can precisely grasp and display the number of spare seats for respective stop stations in spare seats occurred since a person does not go aboard the train even he has the reserved seat ticket and since a passenger stops over. SOLUTION: Data of sitting/non-sitting from respective sitting sensors 5-1, 5-2...5-n, data of the getting-on/off number of passenger counters 3 and 4 in the respective stop stations are transmitted to the ticket issuing management device 1 of the stop station in a passenger adding-up device with radio transmission machine 6. The ticket issuing management device 1 obtains sales data from a seat reservation ticket issuing center and operates and displays the issuing possible number of the tickets for respective trains at the stop station based on data from the train, which is received by a radio reception machine 10. Station attendants and conductors can precisely grasp the number of the spare seats and it is connected to the sales increase of the spare seats.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a seat for which a seat reservation ticket of a sold railway train can be accurately grasped and displayed if a seat reservation ticket is not purchased and the passenger does not get on the train or a vacant seat caused by a stopover. The present invention relates to a ticketing management system for designated tickets on the day.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A railway company sells seat reservation tickets.
It is well managed by computer data management and online terminal ticketing. However, if a customer who has purchased a seat reservation ticket in advance becomes vacant without getting on, the computer is not managed and cannot be sold from an online terminal. Therefore, in order to minimize the number of vacant seats caused by not getting on the bus or getting off on the way, some railway companies conduct offline sales at homes and in cars after conductors etc. confirm vacant seats. At present, it is not possible to accurately determine whether or not a seat is actually vacant. Even if a large number of vacant seats are confirmed, the actual sales will be, for example, about half that of avoiding double booking.

[0003]

As a system for checking the use status of seats, a conductor takes in the latest information of seat reservation from a station terminal to a seat information processing terminal, carries it, and checks a seat reservation ticket. A system has been proposed in which when it is recognized that the information does not match the seat status, the information is input to a seat information processing terminal (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 2
-310770). In this system, if a passenger gets off the train, the conductor will judge it and input it to the disembarkation information terminal and send the information to the seat reservation system, and the owner of the designated ticket will get off from the beginning or drop off As in the case described above, it is not possible to accurately determine whether the user is sitting down or sitting in the middle.

[0004] A seat information management system has been proposed as a system for detecting whether or not a user is seated and displaying the usage status (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6-223826). Although this system can also grasp the seating status, it is still not possible to accurately determine whether the vehicle has actually stopped or is in the middle, and it is not possible to determine the total vacancy at each stop. An object of the present invention is to provide a seat reservation ticket that can accurately grasp and display the number of vacant seats at each stop station when the passenger does not get on the train or stops while holding the seat reservation ticket. It is to provide a ticketing management system.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ticket management system according to the present invention is provided with a seating sensor for each seat in a train and a passenger counter near the entrance. A passenger counting means for totalizing the number of passengers in the train based on data from the seating sensor and the passenger counter, and wirelessly transmitting the data, and designated ticket issuance data from a reserved seat issuing center provided at a stop station, and Ticket management means for calculating and displaying the number of seats that can be sold for each train number based on the number of passengers data from the passenger counting means. The transmission / reception part of the passenger counting means and the ticket management means can be one-way communication or two-way communication from the passenger counting means to the ticket management means. The passenger counter comprises a pair of optical sensors or a foot-operated mat switch, and the seating sensor is a mechanical switch provided under the seat, a capacity change detection switch for detecting seating according to a capacity change, or an ultrasonic wave provided on the ceiling. It can be composed of a switch by a sensor. Data communication between the seat reservation ticket issuing center and the ticketing management means can be performed online or offline.

[0006]

According to the above arrangement, the number of tickets available for each train is displayed on the ticketing management means installed at each stop station, most vacant seats can be accurately grasped, and sales of designated seats can be increased. . Thereby, more passengers can buy the designated ticket, and the service to the passengers is improved. In addition, station staff and conductors are less likely to have difficulty in determining the number of additional units to be sold.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present day ticket management system for a seat reservation ticket according to the present invention. .., 5-n are attached to all of the seats in the train 2. The seating sensor is mounted under the seat, and is a switch that is turned on or off mechanically when seated, a capacity change detection switch that is provided on a side of the seat and changes the capacity when seated,
An ultrasonic sensor or the like which is provided on a ceiling and detects the presence of a person using ultrasonic waves is used.

[0008] All the seating sensors 5-1, 5-2 ...
5-n is connected to the passenger counting device 6 with a wireless transmitter via the serial communication line 8, and sends the data of seated / unseat and the seat number. Seating sensors 5-1, 5-2 ... 5-n
In order to prevent a detection error when a passenger temporarily stands in a seat, the data is read twice at regular intervals for an increased accuracy.

[0009] Passenger counters 3, 4 are installed near the entrances of the entrance doors before and after the train. Count the number of passengers getting on and off at the stop station. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing an example of a passenger counter, wherein FIG. 2A shows a case configured by an optical sensor, and FIG. 2B shows a case configured by a foot-operated mat switch. In (a), if there is a disembarking customer 13, the light emission / count control unit 3a detects that the vehicle has crossed by the first optical sensor 3b including a light emitting element and a light receiving element. Further, it is determined that the customer is a passenger by detecting the second optical sensor 3c, and the counter value is reduced by -1.
And In addition, after the detection by the first optical sensor 3b, when the detection is not performed by the second optical sensor 3c, or when the detection is performed again by the first optical sensor 3b, it is determined that the passenger is not a disembarking passenger, and the countdown is not performed.

On the other hand, if there is a passenger 14, the light emission / count control unit 3a detects that the vehicle has crossed by the second optical sensor 3c including a light emitting element and a light receiving element. Further, the detection by the first optical sensor 3b determines that the vehicle is a passenger, and sets the counter value to +1. The second
If detection is not performed by the first optical sensor 3b after detection by the optical sensor 3c, or if detection is performed again by the second optical sensor 3c, it is determined that the vehicle is not a passenger and the count is not performed.
The number of passengers and the number of disembarking passengers are counted separately, and the count value is sent to the passenger counting device 6 with a wireless transmitter via the communication line 8.

(B) Foot type mat switches 18 and 19
Is used, the count control unit 20 counts up and down the passengers 16 and the disembarking passengers 17 in the same manner. The above two types of sensors may be used in combination to increase the counting accuracy. The passenger counting device 6 with a wireless transmitter is
Passenger counters 3, 4 and seating sensors 5-1 and 5-2
... Based on the data from 5-n, the number of passengers at the station is immediately calculated and sent to the ticketing management device 1 by the wireless transmitter. In the ticketing management device 1, the data is received by the wireless receiver 10 and transmitted to the arithmetic and control unit 11. The arithmetic and control unit 11 inputs release data (vacant seat information) from a seat designation ticket issuing center (not shown) by the communication control unit 9 and calculates the number of seats that can be issued based on the release data and data from the train. Number 1 that can be sold on display 12
2a, number of unreleased seats (unsold seats) 12b, train number 12
Display c.

The ticketing management device 1 has an input section for inputting a train number, and can obtain release data for the input train number from the seat reservation ticket issuing center. Although the ticketing management device 1 collects data online from the seat reservation ticket issuing center, it is also possible to receive data offline and manually input the data to the ticketing management device 1. This is because stations with few passengers may not have the online function. For the transmission of data between the train 2 and the ticketing management device 1, one-way communication in which the train 2 side is always kept in the transmitting state and the ticketing management device 1 at the station catches radio waves is sufficient, but two-way communication. It is a matter of course that data transmission may be performed by using.

Although this embodiment shows a case where the number of unsold seats is also displayed on the display, the number of unsold seats can be displayed if necessary. Next, an actual calculation example at a certain stop station will be described. The stop station is defined as this station, the station that has already passed the rear station, and the destination station are the stations to be stopped from now on, and are defined as follows. T: Total number of seats A: Number of vehicles sold from the rear station B: Number of vehicles sold from the destination station C: Expected number of sales at the destination station (if available) D: Number of passengers from the rear station = A-number of cancellations E: Number of getting off at this station + rear station F: Number of boarding sales from this station G: Number of boarding at this station

The total number of seats is A + B + F + vacant seats. A,
B and F are obtained from online data. D and E are based on the data of the seating sensor. G is based on the data of the passenger counter.
Here, the arithmetic and control unit can calculate the sellable number H by the following calculation method. H = A + F−D−G (1) This is obtained by subtracting the actual number of rides from the number of rides sold at the rear station, and further subtracting the actual number of rides from the number of rides sold from this station. The number of units available for sale is calculated.

Also, it can be calculated by H = T−D−G + E−B (2). This means that the number of seats sold at the station at the destination is subtracted from the total number of seats, then the number of gets off at this station and the rear station (the number of passengers) is added, and the number of rides at this station and the rear station is subtracted. The number of units available for sale is calculated. Various modifications can be made to the above embodiment. The seating sensor and the passenger counter other than those described above can be used. The arithmetic expression is also (1)
Other than (2) can be used.

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of vacant seats due to a stopover or the like can be grasped almost accurately at each stop station when the driver does not get on while holding the seat reservation ticket, and Most can be sold to passengers on the way, leading to increased sales. Passengers can almost certainly buy a designated ticket if there are vacant seats, improving the service to passengers. Station staff and conductors can grasp the number of additional sales from the display of this system, so it is possible to improve the conventional disadvantage that it is difficult to determine the number of additional sales, and it will not bother passengers with double booking etc. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a present-day ticket issuance management system for a seat reservation ticket according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a passenger counter of the system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ticketing management device 2 ... Train 3, 4 ... Passenger counter 5-1, 5-2 ... 5-n ... Seating sensor 6 ... Passenger counting device with wireless transmitter 7 ... Antenna 8 ... Communication line 9 ... Communication Control unit 10 Wireless receiver 11 Arithmetic unit 12 Display 12a, 12b, 12c Display

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A seating sensor is provided for each seat in a train, and a passenger counter is provided near a boarding / exiting gate. Data on the number of passengers in the train is tabulated based on data from the seating sensor and the passenger counter, and wirelessly transmitted. Ticketing management that is provided at a stop station and calculates and displays the number of seats that can be sold for each train number based on the designated ticket issuing data from the designated seat issuing center and the number of passengers from the passenger counting means. Means, and a ticket management system for the same day of the reserved seat ticket, comprising: 2. The seat designation ticket according to claim 1, wherein the transmission / reception portion between the passenger counting means and the ticket management means is one-way communication or two-way communication from the passenger counting means to the ticket management means. Ticket management system for the day. 3. The passenger counter comprises a pair of optical sensors or a foot-operated mat switch, wherein the seating sensor is a mechanical switch provided under the seat, a capacity change detection switch for detecting seating based on a capacity change, or a ceiling. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system comprises a switch using an ultrasonic sensor provided in the vehicle. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein data communication between the designated seat issuing center and the ticket management means is performed online or offline.