KR20060077142A - Fare informing method of the public transport in the mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of fare guidance of public transportation, and more particularly, after receiving the route information and the origin and destination information from the mobile communication terminal, the departure point and the destination together with the route map including the route information of the public transportation means. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of fare guidance for public transportation in a mobile communication terminal that transmits and guides fare information of public transportation to the mobile communication terminal.

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a first step of transmitting a route information after the mobile communication terminal is connected to the fare information server to drive the swap browser; A second step of mapping, by the fare information server, the map having the route information with the route information and transmitting the same to the mobile communication terminal; A third step of transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal receiving the map information having the route information, a departure point and a destination information to the fare information server; Comprising a fourth process of the fare information server receiving the origin and destination information received in the third process calculates the fare and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal to output the output, improving the convenience of passengers using public transportation Its features to provide.

Public transportation, bus route, subway route, fare information, mobile communication terminal

Description

Fares informing method of the public transport in the mobile communication terminal

1 is a system configuration diagram for fare guidance of public transport in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention,

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile communication terminal;

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fee information server;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a method of guiding a fee for public transportation in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

* Description of Major Symbols in Drawings *

100: mobile communication terminal 200: rate information server

300: communication network

110: Wap Browser 120: Route input unit

210: control unit 220: map information DB

230: bus route DB 240: subway route DB

250: Price Information DB 260: Communication

The present invention relates to a method of fare guidance of public transportation, and more particularly, after receiving the route information and the origin and destination information from the mobile communication terminal, the departure point and the route map including the route information of the public transportation means. The present invention relates to a fare guidance method of a public transportation means in a mobile communication terminal that transmits and guides fare information of a public transportation means to a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, in metropolitan cities including Seoul, the utilization rate of public transportation using buses and subways has increased significantly due to severe traffic jams. Accordingly, various services have been provided to provide convenient public transportation services to general passengers in accordance with the improved utilization rate of public transportation.

As an example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-8007 discloses a subway line guidance method using a mobile communication terminal.

The above-described method of Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-8007 includes selecting a subway route guide mode by selecting a subway route guide menu from a user interface menu of a mobile communication terminal storing subway route information; Calculating a shortest distance line and time required for a departure station and an arrival station input in the selected subway line guidance mode; Displaying the calculated shortest route and the shortest route with the required time on the liquid crystal display of the terminal; An alarm selection determining step of determining whether the terminal user selects an alarm function after checking the displayed shortest distance line and required time; When the determination result alarm function is selected, the timer starts up to the selected alarm time, and when the timer counted value reaches the alarm time, the alarm sounds. If the determination result alarm function is not selected, the alarm is terminated after checking the shortest distance line and the required time. Including the alarm setting step, the user of the mobile communication terminal can check the shortest distance to the destination to move to the liquid crystal display of the terminal and the required time, by recognizing that near the destination before the arrival time through the alarm function It provides the effect of preventing mistakes that go past the destination.

However, the above-described conventional technology only provides rough line image information of the subway line, but does not provide map information for identifying the surrounding area of the subway line, and does not provide any information on the bus line. I have a problem.

Recently, the bus route and fare system have been completely reorganized due to the change of the city bus system in Seoul. Accordingly, the above-described prior art does not provide route information and fare information for the reformed public transportation.

In addition, passengers using public transportation have a problem in that they are not familiar with the changed public transportation route and the fare system, and thus experience a lot of confusion in using public transportation.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the bus route and subway line information and fare system information is stored as a public transport means that the route information and starting point and destination information is input from the mobile communication terminal In this case, an object of the present invention is to provide a fare guidance method of a public transportation means in a mobile communication terminal to output map information having route information, fare information to a departure point and a destination through a mobile communication terminal.

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a first step of transmitting a route information after the mobile communication terminal is connected to the fare information server to drive the swap browser; A second step of mapping, by the fare information server, the map having the route information with the route information and transmitting the same to the mobile communication terminal; A third step of transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal receiving the map information having the route information, a departure point and a destination information to the fare information server; And a fourth process of the charge information server receiving the origin and destination information received in the third process, calculating the fee and transmitting the fee to the mobile communication terminal for output.

The route information is characterized in that the bus route information and subway line information.

The starting point and destination information of the third process is input as text.

The starting and destination information of the third process is input by using a cursor moved by a direction key of the mobile communication terminal and selected by a selection key.

The fare information transmitted to the mobile terminal in the fourth process may further include distance information between the starting point and the destination and estimated time required information.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system configuration diagram for the public transportation fee guidance to the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication terminal, Figure 3 is a block diagram of a fee information server.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system of the present invention is configured such that the mobile communication terminal 100 and the fee guide server 200 are connected through a communication network.

Although not shown in the drawing, the communication network 300 includes a mobile communication network including a base station, a base station controller, and a base station switch to provide a voice communication service, a wireless Internet service, and a data packet transmission service to a mobile communication terminal. Internet network, such as a swap gateway, router, and the like, and the fee server is configured to provide fee information to the mobile communication terminal via the Internet network and the mobile communication network.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 provides a departure point from a route map having route information output from the swap browser 110 and the swap browser 110, as shown in FIG. 2. And a route input unit 120 for inputting destination information.

The swap browser 110 is configured to output a map information image of a bus line and a subway line transmitted through a wireless Internet access function and the wireless Internet.

In addition, the above-described route input unit 120 allows the user to input the starting point and destination information, which is configured in the form of a text input window, or the cursor is moved on the map by the direction key of the mobile communication terminal, and the destination and the destination by the selection button. It may be configured to select and input a starting point.

In the above configuration, when the destination and the starting point information are input by the text input window or the selection by the cursor, the input data is transmitted to the toll information server through the swap browser.

Although the above-described mobile communication terminal 100 is not shown in the drawing, like the conventional mobile communication terminal, a key input unit for receiving a user control command; A display unit displaying a driving state of the mobile communication terminal; A control unit controlling call connection control and data signal processing of the mobile communication terminal; A storage unit for storing driving software, user input information, external reception information, and outgoing information of the mobile communication terminal; And an RF unit for performing RF communication with the mobile communication network and an audio unit for performing audio signal processing for voice communication. This is obvious in the prior art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned fee guide server 200 controls the overall function of the server, detects map information and route information, synthesizes the route information in the mobile information, and outputs the same. A control unit 210 for calculating and outputting a fare when starting and destination information are input; A map information DB 220 for storing route-related map information; A bus route DB 230 for storing bus route information; A subway line DB 240 for storing subway line information; A fare information DB 250 for storing fare information and a fare calculation algorithm for each section of the bus line and the subway; And a communication unit 260 which communicates with the mobile communication terminal 100 via the communication network 300 including the Internet network and the mobile communication network.

The above-mentioned fee information server 200 may include a secondary storage device such as a hard disk and a central processing device such as a CPU; A memory for performing temporary storage such as loading of data for driving a program; An input / output device including a printer, a display device, etc. for reading data such as a card reader, a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD, and outputting the read data; It refers to a server computer in the prior art having a key input device for receiving a control command of an administrator.

The above-described map information DB 220 stores the map information about the surrounding geography for each bus route and subway line (220).

The above-described bus route DB 230 stores route information for each bus route and distance information for each section.

The above-described subway line DB 240 stores subway line route information and section distance information.

The above-described communication unit 260 is composed of a high-speed LAN card, ATM modem, etc. to perform data communication through the communication network 300.

When the route information is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100, the controller 210 outputs a map image having a corresponding route in the map information DB 220, and the bus route DB 230 or the subway route DB 240. ) Is synthesized in the map image read the route information and the distance information of each section to the mobile communication terminal 100. Thereafter, when the starting point and destination information of the corresponding line is input from the mobile communication terminal 100, the fare between the starting point and the destination is calculated using the fare information DB and the fare calculation algorithm of the fare information DB 250. Transmission to the terminal 100. In this process, the control unit 210 may also calculate the distance between the starting point and the destination and the expected time to provide the mobile communication terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a method of fare guidance of public transportation in a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a process of a method of guiding a fare for public transportation in a mobile communication terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

First, the user drives the swap browser 110 of the mobile communication terminal 100, inputs URL information, and then accesses the fee management server 200 through a communication network. When the fee guide service by the fee management server 200 is provided by the mobile communication service provider, the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected to the fee management server 200 by the Internet access shortcut of the mobile communication terminal 100. It may also be (S1).

When the connection to the tariff management server 200 by the swap browser 110 of the mobile communication terminal 100 is completed, the user inputs route information to be searched through the route input unit 120. The route information input in this process may be a route number of a bus, a subway route number, or a departure point and a destination information. When the route information is input by the user, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the route information to the tariff management server 200 through the driven swap browser 110 (S2).

The controller 210 of the tariff management server 200 receiving the route information in step S2 map information of the region including the corresponding route in the map information DB 220 and the bus route DB 230 or the subway route DB 240 After detecting the route information on the route of the route information input from the mobile communication terminal 100 to generate a route map by synthesizing the route information, and transmits to the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives The route map is output through the swap browser 110 of the mobile communication terminal 100. When the route information input in the above-described S2 process is a departure point or a destination, a plurality of bus or subway lines passing through the departure point and the destination may be displayed on the route map displayed on the mobile communication terminal (S3).

Next, when the user selects and inputs a starting point and a destination on the route map through the route input unit 120, the WP browser 110 of the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the selected starting point and destination information to the tariff management server 200. (S4).

The control unit 210 of the tariff management server 200 receives the starting point and destination information on the route transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100, and then reads the tariff information for each section and the tariff calculation algorithm in the tariff information DB 250. The operation calculates the fares from the starting point and the destination on the corresponding route map transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100. In this process, distance information and estimated time information between the starting point and the destination may also be calculated and output (S5).

Next, when the charge information is calculated in step S5, the control unit 210 transmits the charge information calculated through the communication unit 260 and the communication network 300 to the mobile communication terminal 100, the swap of the mobile communication terminal 100 The browser 110 outputs fare information together with a route between the corresponding starting point and the destination on a separate popup window or an output route map (S6).

 The above-described present invention outputs a route map of public transportation through a mobile communication terminal so that users can easily grasp information on the changed route of public transportation, and the user inputs starting and destination information. As it is possible to easily grasp the rate of use of public transportation, it provides an effect of increasing the convenience of using public transportation.

Claims (5)

A first step of the mobile communication terminal driving the swap browser to access the fare information server and then transmitting route information; A second step of mapping, by the fare information server, the map having the route information with the route information and transmitting the same to the mobile communication terminal; A third step of transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal receiving the map information having the route information, a departure point and a destination information to the fare information server; In the mobile communication terminal characterized in that the charge information server receiving the source and destination information received in the third process calculates the charges to the departure and destination, and transmits to the mobile communication terminal to output the output; How to pay fare for public transportation. The method of claim 1, wherein the starting point and destination information of the third process is input as text. According to claim 1, The starting point and destination information of the third process, The fare guidance method of the public transportation means in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that is input by using a cursor that is moved by the direction key of the mobile communication terminal and selected by the selection key. According to claim 1, wherein the route information, A fare guidance method for public transportation in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the bus route information and subway route information. The method of claim 1, wherein the charge information transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in the fourth process, The fare guidance method of the public transportation means in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises the distance information between the departure point and the destination information.

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