JPH1063729A - Seat management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain various service such as management of each passenger ticket and the announcement of arrival at a detraining station by managing all seats including specified seats and free seats in real time. SOLUTION: When a passenger ticket charge/eject managing device 102 reads out passenger information including an entraining station and a detraining station from a passenger ticket 101 and sends the read information to a computer 104, the computer 104 receives the passenger information, stores the received information in a data base 105, prepares the detraining information of a passenger going to detain soon from the passenger information stored in the data base 105 based on train current position information received from a train position detector 103, and transmits the prepared information to the managing device 102. The device 102 receives the detraining information from the computer 104 and ejects the passenger ticket 101.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat management system for managing all seats including a reserved seat and an unreserved seat in a train such as a bullet train.

[0001]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional seat management is disclosed in
There is one as described in Japanese Patent No. 45576. In this technology, management of designated seats based on reservation information managed by a host computer and management of seat usage based on boarding information input by a conductor at the time of ticket inspection of each seat are performed.

[0002]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technique has a problem that when seat management is performed based on reservation information, it is not possible to grasp the use status of all seats including unreserved seats. .

In the case where seat management is performed based on boarding information inputted by a conductor at the time of a ticket examination for each seat,
There was a problem that the use status of the seat could not be grasped in real time.

[0004] Furthermore, since the use status of the seats is not managed in real time, there is a problem that the service cannot be equally provided to the passengers of all the seats including the reserved seats and the unreserved seats.

An object of the present invention is to provide a seat management system capable of managing all seats including reserved seats and unreserved seats in real time.

Another object of the present invention is to manage passengers of all seats including reserved seats and unreserved seats evenly so as not to lose a ticket or to notify arrival at a station to be disembarked. It is an object of the present invention to provide a seat management system capable of performing various services such as preventing overtaking.

[0007]

A first seat management system according to the present invention is installed at each seat, reads board information including a boarding station name and a boarding station name from a boarding ticket, and then holds the boarding ticket. A ticket input / output management device, a train position detection device that detects current position information of the train when arriving at or passing through the station, the boarding information, and the boarding ticket input / output management device that reads the boarding information. A database that stores the correspondence between the seat numbers of the installed seats and the current position information from the train position detection device, and the correspondence between the boarding information and the seat numbers stored in the database. Extracting the correspondence between the boarding information including the station name of the disembarkation station within a predetermined distance from the current position of the train indicated by the current position information and the seat number corresponding thereto, And a computing device for transmitting rider's information to the ticket insertion-discharge management device of the seat indicated by the seat's seat number as getting off information, the ticket insertion-discharge management apparatus,
Upon receiving the disembarkation information from the computer, it prompts the passenger to disembark.

[0008] In a second seat management system according to the present invention, in the first seat management system, the ticket input / output management device discharges the ticket when receiving the disembarkation information from the computer. The passenger according to the disembarkation information is urged to disembark.

[0009] In a third seat management system according to the present invention, in the first seat management system, the ticket input / output management device reads the board information including the boarding station name and the boarding station name from the boarding ticket. When the ticket is discharged and the disembarkation information is received from the computer, the seat on which the ticket entry / emission management device is installed is vibrated to urge the passenger related to the disembarkation information to disembark.

[0010] In a fourth seat management system according to the present invention, in the first seat management system, the ticket input / output management device reads the board information including the boarding station name and the boarding station name from the boarding ticket. When the ticket is ejected and the disembarkation information is received from the computer, music is played on the seat where the ticket entry / emission management device is installed to urge the passenger related to the disembarkation information to get off.

In a fifth seat management system according to the present invention, in the first, second, third or fourth seat management system, the ticket input / output management device is an input for inputting a stopover instruction. Means, and when the passenger inputs a stopover instruction from this input means at any time, the seat number of the seat on which the ticket input / output management device is installed is transmitted to the computer, and the computer When the seat number is received from the ticket input / output management device, the correspondence including the seat number is extracted from the correspondence between the boarding information and the seat number stored in the database, and the boarding information is disembarked. The information is transmitted to the ticket input / output management device for the seat indicated by the seat number as information.

A sixth seat management system according to the present invention is provided at each seat, has a seat number of the seat installed, and reads boarding information including a boarding station name, a disembarking station name and a seat number from a ticket. Thereafter, a ticket input / output management device that holds the ticket, a train position detection device that detects current position information of the train when arriving at or passing through the station,
Only when the seat number in the boarding information matches the seat number of the ticket input / output management device, the database storing the boarding information and the current position information received from the train position detecting device, Among the boarding information stored in the database, the boarding information including the station name of the getting off station within a predetermined distance from the current position of the train indicated by the current position information is extracted, and the extracted boarding information is extracted. A computer transmitting the information as the information to the ticket entry / exit management device for the seat indicated by the seat number in the ticket information, wherein the ticket entry / emission management device receives the disembarkation information from the computer, To get off.

[0013] In a seventh seat management system according to the present invention, in the sixth seat management system, the database may be such that the seat number in the boarding information does not match the seat number of the ticket input / output management device. In this case, information indicating unauthorized use of a seat is stored for the seat number of the ticket input / output management device, and the computer stores the seat number and the ticket input / output management device in the boarding information. If the seat number does not match, error information is transmitted to the ticket input / output management device, and the ticket input / output management device displays an error when receiving the error information from the computer.

An eighth seat management system according to the present invention, in the sixth seat management system, wherein the ticket input / output management device discharges the ticket when receiving the getting-off information from the computer. The passenger according to the disembarkation information is urged to disembark.

In a ninth seat management system according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned sixth seat management system, the ticket entry / exit management device may include the boarding information including a boarding station name, a boarding station name and a seat number from the ticket. When the ticket is read, the ticket is discharged, and when the disembarkation information is received from the computer, the seat on which the ticket entry / emission management device is installed is vibrated to urge the passenger related to the disembarkation information to disembark.

In a tenth seat management system according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned sixth seat management system, the ticket input / discharge management device transmits the boarding information including a boarding station name, a boarding station name and a seat number from the boarding ticket. When the ticket is read, the ticket is discharged, and when the disembarkation information is received from the computer, music is played on the seat where the ticket entry / emission management device is installed to urge the passenger related to the disembarkation information to get off.

An eleventh seat management system according to the present invention is the seat management system according to the sixth, eighth, ninth or tenth seat management system, wherein the ticket entry / ejection management device includes an input for inputting a stopover instruction. Means, and when the passenger inputs a stopover instruction from this input means at any time, the seat number of the seat on which the ticket input / output management device is installed is transmitted to the computer, and the computer When the seat number is received from the ticket input / output management device, the boarding information including the seat number is extracted from the boarding information stored in the database, and the boarding information is used as the getting-off information to indicate the seat indicated by the seat number. To the ticket entry / emission management device.

The twelfth seat management system according to the present invention comprises the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
The ninth, tenth, or eleventh seat management system further includes a seat information search device that searches the use status of each seat by inputting a seat number of an arbitrary seat. When the seat number is input from the search device, the database is searched using the seat number as a key, and the usage status of the seat corresponding to the seat number is transmitted to the seat information search device.

[0019]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of a seat management system according to the present invention is installed in each seat and a ticket 101 is provided.
And reads the boarding information from the computer 104 and transmits it to the computer 104, and receives the boarding information from the computer 104 to
1, a train ticket input / discharge management device 102 that discharges 1, a train position detection device 103 that detects the current position information of the train and transmits it to the computer 104, and is installed at a center outside the train.
Receiving the boarding information and accumulating the usage status of each seat in the database 105, and preparing the disembarking information based on the accumulated boarding information and the current position information from the train position detecting device 103, and managing the ticket input / output management. And a computer 104 for transmitting to the device 102.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a passenger inserts a ticket 101 into a ticket input / discharge management device 102 installed in each seat (step 201), the ticket input / discharge management device 102 outputs the ticket 101 from the ticket 101. The boarding information including the boarding station name, the boarding station name and the seat number in the case of the reserved seat is read (the boarding information is printed on the boarding ticket 101 or magnetically recorded on the boarding ticket, and is read by an optical reading device or (Read with a magnetic reading device), add the seat number of the seat where the user is installed, and transmit it to the computer 104 by radio or the like (step 202). Then, the ticket input / output management device 102 holds the ticket 101 (step 2).
03).

Referring to FIG. 3, the computer 104 receives the boarding information (step 301), and if the boarding information relates to a designated seat, the seat number in the boarding information and the ticket input / output management device 102 It is determined whether or not the seat number matches the seat number added (step 302). If the seat numbers do not match in this determination, the computer 104 may transmit the error information to the ticket input / output management device 102 (step 303) because the seat may be about to be illegally used (step 303). The input / output management device 102 receives the error information as shown in FIG. 2 (step 206).
Is displayed (step 207). Further, the computer 104 registers this seat in the database 105 as a vacant seat and an unused seat (Step 30).
4). If the seat numbers match, the seat is not illegally used, so the boarding information including the boarding station name, the getting off station name and the seat number is registered in the database 105 (step 305).

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 4, when the train arrives at the station or passes through the station (step 401), the train position detecting device 103 acquires the current position information indicating the current position of the train, and (Step 40)
2).

The method of detecting the position of the train at this time and the method of transmitting the detected current position information to the computer 104 outside the train use a well-known technique, and thus the description thereof is omitted here. Next, referring again to FIG. 3, the computer 104 receives the current position information of the train from the train position detecting device 103 (Step 306), and among the ride information stored in the database 105, for example, the current position of the train Boarding information including the name of the getting off station where the distance from the position to the getting off station is less than a certain distance,
It is extracted as the disembarkation information, and the ticket input / output management device 102
(Step 307). The station information used here may be information registered in advance in the memory or database of the center.

Referring again to FIG. 2, when the ticket input / output management device 102 receives the disembarkation information (step 20).
8) The ticket 101 can be discharged to notify the passenger of the approach of the getting off station (step 209). Alternatively, the ticket 101 is discharged at the time of reading the boarding information. Instead, the ticket input / output management device 102 and the seat are linked, and when the boarding information is received, the seat is shaken or music is played. Then, it is possible to prevent the passenger from getting over.

When the passenger enters and exits while the ticket input / output management device 102 is holding the ticket 101, the input device provided in the ticket input / output management device 102 issues an instruction to exit the vehicle. Go (Step 2
04), it is possible to instruct creation of disembarkation information for discharging the ticket 101 (step 205). Thereby, the computer 104 creates the getting-off information, and the ticket input / discharge management device 102 receives the getting-off information (step 208), and discharges the ticket 101 (step 20).
9).

Further, as an application of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, if a crew member's portable seat information search device 106 is added, the computer 104 can use any seat from the database 105 at any time. It is possible to inquire about the situation, whereby it becomes possible to immediately provide vacant seat information to passengers and to immediately check for illegal riding.

With the above, the operation of the present embodiment ends.

In the present embodiment, the boarding information including the boarding station name and the boarding station name read from the ticket by the ticket input / emission management device provided in each seat is stored in the computer, so that the designated seat, This has the effect that all seats including unreserved seats can be managed in real time.

The ticket is held by the ticket input / discharge management device, so that a service for equally managing passengers in all seats including designated seats and unreserved seats so as not to lose the ticket can be provided. When the distance from the current position of the train to the disembarkation station becomes less than a certain distance, the disembarkation information is created, so that the service to notify the arrival to the station to be disembarked and prevent overtaking is provided. Has the effect of being able to

[0032]

As described above, the present invention has an effect that management of all seats including reserved seats and unreserved seats can be performed in real time.

According to the present invention, passengers of all seats including reserved and unreserved seats are equally managed so as not to lose a ticket, or are notified of arrival at a station to be dropped off and passed. There is an effect that various services, such as prevention of the problem, can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ticket input / output management device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the train position detecting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an application example of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Ticket 102 Ticket entry / emission management device 103 Train position detection device 104 Computer 105 Database 106 Seat information search device

Claims (12)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A ticket entry / emission management device installed at each seat and including a boarding station name and a disembarkation station name from a ticket, reading the boarding information, and arriving at or passing through the station. A train position detecting device for detecting the current position information of the train, and a database storing a correspondence relationship between the boarding information and a seat number of a seat on which the boarding ticket input / output management device that has read the boarding information is installed. And receiving the current position information from the train position detection device,
In the correspondence between the boarding information and the seat number stored in the database, the boarding information including the station name of the getting off station within a predetermined distance from the current position of the train indicated by the current position information, and A computer for extracting a corresponding relationship with the corresponding seat number and transmitting the extracted boarding information as the dismounting information to the ticket entry / exit management device of the seat indicated by the seat number, The emission management device, when receiving the dismount information from the computer, prompts a passenger to disembark. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the boarding ticket input / discharge management device discharges the boarding ticket and urges a passenger according to the boarding information to get off when receiving the boarding information from the computer. The seat management system described in 1. 3. The boarding ticket input / discharge management device reads the boarding information including the boarding station name and the boarding station name from the boarding ticket, discharges the boarding ticket, and receives the boarding information from the computer. The seat management system according to claim 1, wherein the seat on which the ticket input / output management device is installed is vibrated to urge the passenger related to the getting off information to get off. 4. The boarding ticket input / discharge management device reads the boarding information including the boarding station name and the boarding station name from the boarding ticket, discharges the boarding ticket, and receives the boarding information from the computer. 2. The seat management system according to claim 1, wherein music is played on a seat where the ticket input / output management device is installed to urge a passenger related to the getting off information to get off. 5. The ticket input / discharge management device includes an input unit for inputting a stopover instruction, and when a passenger inputs a stopover instruction from the input unit at any time, the ticket input / discharge management device. The computer transmits the seat number of the seat on which the device is installed to the computer.When the computer receives the seat number from the ticket input / output management device, the boarding information and the seat number stored in the database are transmitted. And extracting the corresponding relationship including the seat number from the corresponding relationship, and transmitting the boarding information as the getting-off information to the ticket entry / exit management device of the seat indicated by the seat number. 2, 3, or 4
The seat management system described in 1. 6. A ride which is installed in each seat, has a seat number of the seat installed, reads boarding information including a boarding station name, a boarding station name and a seat number from a boarding ticket, and holds the boarding ticket. A ticket input / output management device, a train position detection device that detects current position information of a train when arriving at or passing through a station, a seat number in the boarding information and a seat number of the ticket input / emission management device Only when and matches, a database that stores the boarding information, receiving the current position information from the train position detecting device,
From the boarding information stored in the database, the boarding information including the station name of the disembarkation station within a predetermined distance from the current position of the train indicated by the current position information is extracted,
A computer that transmits the extracted boarding information to the boarding ticket entry / exit management device of the seat indicated by the seat number in the boarding information as the getting-off information, and wherein the boarding ticket entry / exit management device receives the boarding information from the computer. A seat management system, wherein upon receiving the disembarkation information, prompts a passenger to disembark. 7. The database, if the seat number in the boarding information does not match the seat number of the ticket input / discharge management device, the seat number of the boarding ticket input / discharge management device. The computer stores information indicating the improper use of the seat. If the seat number in the boarding information does not match the seat number of the ticket entry / emission management device, the computer inputs error information to the boarding ticket. 7. The seat management system according to claim 6, wherein the ticket management device transmits the error information to the emission management device, and the ticket management device performs an error display when receiving the error information from the computer. 8. 8. The system according to claim 6, wherein, when receiving the disembarkation information from the computer, the boarding ticket input / discharge management device discharges the boarding ticket and urges a passenger according to the disembarkation information to get off. The seat management system described in 1. 9. The boarding ticket input / discharge management device reads the boarding information including the boarding station name, the boarding station name and the seat number from the boarding ticket, discharges the boarding ticket, and receives the boarding information from the computer. 7. The seat management system according to claim 6, wherein the seat on which the ticket entry / exit management device is installed is vibrated to urge the passenger related to the getting-off information to get off. 8. 10. The boarding ticket input / discharge management device reads the boarding information including the boarding station name, the boarding station name and the seat number from the boarding ticket, discharges the boarding ticket, and receives the boarding information from the computer. 7. The seat management system according to claim 6, wherein music is played on a seat on which the ticket entry / exit management device is installed to urge a passenger related to the getting off information to get off. 11. The ticket entry / exit management device includes an input unit for inputting a stopover instruction, and when a passenger inputs a stopover instruction from the input unit at any time,
The computer transmits the seat number of the seat where the ticket input / output management device is installed to the computer, and the computer receives the seat number from the ticket input / output management device, and stores the seat number in the database. Extracting the boarding information including the seat number from the boarding information,
11. The seat management system according to claim 6, wherein the boarding information is transmitted to the boarding / discharging management apparatus for the seat indicated by the seat number as the getting-off information. 12. 12. The computer further comprising a seat information retrieval device for retrieving the usage status of each seat by inputting a seat number of an arbitrary seat, wherein the computer receives the seat number from the seat information retrieval device. Then, the database is searched using the seat number as a key, and the usage status of the seat corresponding to the seat number is transmitted to the seat information search device. , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 1
2. The seat management system according to 1.