KR20210022385A - System supporting on and off the bus for transportation vulnerable - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a supporting system to get into or out of a bus for the transportation vulnerable, and more specifically, to a supporting system to get into or out of a bus for the transportation vulnerable, which includes: a user terminal for reserving the bus by selecting a point of departure and destination; and a control server which generates reservation information by extracting a route according to the point of departure and destination received from the user terminal, when the reservation information is confirmed, notifies the user terminal of real-time location information and expected arrival time of the bus close to the point of departure among the buses of the reserved route, and monitors user′s movement using information to get into or out of the bus of the user terminal, thereby allowing the transportation vulnerable to conveniently use the bus.

Description

System supporting on and off the bus for transportation vulnerable}

The present invention relates to a bus boarding and alighting support system for the traffic weak.

More specifically, a user terminal that reserves a bus by selecting a departure location and a destination, and a departure location among buses of the reserved route are generated by extracting the route according to the departure location and destination received from the user terminal, and when the reservation information is confirmed. Regarding a bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the traffic weak, characterized in that it comprises a control server that notifies the user terminal of the real-time location information and the expected arrival time of the bus close to and monitors the movement of the user using the boarding and disembarkation information of the user terminal. will be.

Public transportation In particular, ITS (Intelligent Transport System), which was introduced for efficient bus operation, has a bus information system (BIS) and a transportation card system, but it is mostly conducted by suppliers rather than consumers, which makes users inconvenient. Suffering.

In particular, the existing bus information system was installed at the bus stop for the convenience of user transportation, but customized services such as provision of optimal transportation information and optimal route information according to the characteristics of the transportation weak (children, the elderly, pregnant women or the disabled) are not provided. Actually.

In February 2017, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport published a report on the '3rd plan to promote mobility for the vulnerable (2017-2021)' in preparation for the entry of an ultra-aged society and the continued increase in the number of people with limited traffic in 2025.

According to the report above, as of the end of October 2016, the standard conformity installation rate of mobile facilities was 725% on average, and transportation means 774%, passenger facilities 678%, and pedestrian environments were surveyed to be 722%. It can be said that 725% are in a state of inconvenient transportation for the vulnerable.

On the other hand, as a related patent that provides the convenience of the traffic weak, there is Korean Patent Publication No. 2017-0075302 (hereinafter, Patent Document 1). Looking at Patent Document 1, when a stop button implemented in a smart device is selected, a stop signal is transmitted to a bus terminal to control the stop button by the bus terminal. In other words, it is assumed that the traffic weak person is already on the bus, and only provides convenience for getting off the bus.

In addition, in the case of the visually impaired traffic-impaired person, in order to board the bus, they rely on the braille-shaped sidewalk block to enter the bus stop and board the bus according to the bus entrance voice guidance from the ITS equipment installed at the bus stop.

However, when a number of buses enter the bus stop, it is difficult to distinguish which bus to board, so it is difficult to identify the bus to be boarded, and there are frequent cases where the bus departs while waiting at the bus stop. There is a problem in that traffic weak people cannot get on the bus due to the frequent use.

1. Korean Patent Publication No. 2017-0075302 (published 20170703)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the underprivileged to conveniently use the bus by notifying information on bus reservations and getting on and off the bus through an app.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the transportation disadvantaged according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a user terminal that reserves a bus by selecting a departure location and a destination, and a route according to the departure location and destination received from the user terminal. When the reservation information is extracted, reservation information is generated, and when the reservation information is confirmed, the real-time location information and the expected arrival time of the bus close to the departure point among the buses of the reserved route are notified to the user terminal, and the user moves using the boarding and disembarkation information of the user terminal. It may include a control server that monitors.

In addition, it may further include a bus stop terminal that is installed at the bus stop and transmits a beacon in a preset range, and notifies route information and an expected entry time.

At this time, the user terminal, upon receiving the beacon, determines its real-time location, determines that it has arrived at the reserved departure point if it is within a preset range from the location of the bus stop matched with the beacon, and sends an arrival notification to the control server. You can confirm the reservation information by sending it.

In addition, it may further include a bus terminal installed for each bus to receive the confirmed reservation information.

At this time, the control server may confirm the reservation information upon receiving the arrival notification from the user terminal, and transmit the confirmed reservation information to the bus terminal of the bus terminal of the bus of the reserved route that is close to the bus stop matched with the beacon. have.

In addition, the bus terminal may compare the reservation information stored in advance when tagging the user terminal to notify the reserved user's boarding and disembarkation information to the control server, and transmit real-time location information to the control server and the boarding user terminal.

In addition, the control server may monitor the movement of the user and the bus using the received information on getting on and off the user and real-time location information of the bus.

In addition, the control server, the reference time (a) the bus stops for getting on and off at the bus stop, the travel time according to the distance from the real-time location of the reserved bus to the reserved departure point (b), and the reservation confirmation Estimated arrival time (a*w + b) can be calculated using the weight (w) according to the number of reserved users for each bus stop of the bus.

In addition, the control server generates the selected departure point, destination, and corresponding route as reservation information when the departure and destination selected from the user terminal are included in one route, and connects the transfer destination to at least two if not included in one route. It provides three routes, but each route can be created as reservation information.

As described above, the bus boarding and disembarkation support system of the present invention provides information on bus reservations and bus boarding and disembarkation through an app, so that the traffic weakened can conveniently use the bus.

In addition, by transmitting the reservation information to the corresponding bus terminal only when a traffic weak person arrives at the reserved departure place, it is possible to determine the exact number of reserved passengers and to calculate and provide the correct expected arrival time of the corresponding bus.

It is possible to use the bus without difficulty even when transferring by supporting the getting on and off for each route sequentially by setting the departure and arrival points for each route according to the transfer.

1 is a view for explaining a schematic system of a bus boarding and disembarkation support system for a traffic weak person according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal of FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control server of FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bus stop terminal of FIG. 1.
5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bus terminal of FIG. 1.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of supporting getting on and off a bus for a traffic weak person according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to describe his own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that there is.

Accordingly, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus various equivalents that can replace them at the time of application It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

Hereinafter, prior to description with reference to the drawings, matters that are not necessary to reveal the gist of the present invention, that is, known configurations that can be obviously added by those skilled in the art are not shown or specifically described. Make the note clear.

1 is a diagram for explaining a schematic system of a bus boarding/alighting support system for a traffic weak person according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of supporting getting on and off a bus for a traffic weak person according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the basis of the method of supporting bus boarding and disembarkation for the traffic weakened in FIG. 6, the configuration and function of the bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the traffic weakened may be described.

Referring to FIG. 1, a bus stop support system (hereinafter referred to as a support system) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100, a control server 200, and a bus stop installed at the bus stop 10. It may include a terminal 300 and a bus terminal 400 installed on the bus.

At this time, the control server 200 assigns and manages IDs to each of the terminals 100, 300, and 400, and in the case of the bus stop terminal 300, it is possible to match and manage location information with the ID. In addition, each terminal (100, 300, 400) can transmit and receive information with each other using short-range communication such as Bluetooth and Zigbee, and transmit and receive information with the control server 200 through communication networks such as 3G, 4G, 5G, LTE, and wifi. can do.

The user terminal 100 may be a mobile communication terminal or the like of a user (a traffic weak person) installed with a user app that provides a service for getting on and off a bus for the traffic weak. Here, the bus boarding and disembarkation support service for the transportation weak may be a service that provides a bus reservation, a bus reservation notification, a boarding and alighting notification, and the like.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal of FIG. 1. The user terminal 100 may include a communication unit 110, a reservation unit 120, a location confirmation unit 130, and a notification unit 140.

The communication unit 110 may include a first communication unit using short-range communication and a second communication network for communicating with the control server 200. In this case, the beacon signal broadcast by the bus stop terminal 300 may be received through the first communication unit.

The reservation unit 120 may receive a source of departure and a destination from the user, and may be selected by the user by providing a route according to the input source and destination (S610).

The reservation unit 120 may additionally provide a route for transfer when the input source and destination cannot move to one route. The reservation unit 120 may transmit reservation information (departure and destination) input by the user to the control server 200. At this time, the control server 200 may receive a reservation and monitor reservation information for each route (S620).

In addition, the reservation unit 120 may provide and guide a navigation through which the user can move to a bus stop corresponding to the departure point based on the current location of the user.

The location check unit 130 may include a GPS that checks the real-time location of the user. In the present invention, the positioning unit 130 may be operated when receiving a beacon from a specific bus stop terminal 300.

Specifically, when the beacon is received through the first communication unit (S630), the location check unit 130 checks the real-time location using GPS (S650), and reserves the location of the bus stop matched with the beacon and within a preset range. It can be determined that the destination has arrived (S660).

The notification unit 140 may notify contents related to a bus reservation and getting on and off a bus, and the notification may provide a voice notification through a speaker (not shown) and a notification through a display unit (not shown). The notification unit 140 may transmit an arrival notification to the control server 200 through the second communication unit when the location check unit 130 determines that the departure point has arrived (S670).

The control server 200 manages the bus reservation of the user terminal 100, and monitors and manages the user's bus getting on and off status and usage status according to the reservation. In addition, the control server 200 may monitor and manage the operation of the bus based on the reservation.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control server of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 3, the control server 200 may include a reservation management unit 210, a bus management unit 220, and a usage status management unit 230.

The reservation management unit 210 may receive reservation information (departure, destination, route, and user ID) selected and input from the user terminal 100 and manage bus reservations for each user/line.

Here, if it is possible to move from the departure point to the destination in one route, the reservation information may be reserved for a corresponding route including the departure point and the destination. However, if it is impossible to move from the origin to the destination on one route, it can be booked through a transfer.

The reservation management unit 210 generates the selected departure, destination, and corresponding route as reservation information when the departure and destination selected from the user terminal 100 are included in one route, and connects the transfer destination to at least two if not included in one route. It provides three routes, but each route can be created as reservation information.

That is, when a transfer is necessary once, the reservation management unit 210 provides a route 1 providing a moving route from the departure point (user reservation) to the transfer destination and a route 2 providing a transfer route to the destination (user reservation) using the transfer point as a departure point. It can be created with each reservation information for.

Alternatively, when the transfer is required twice, the reservation management unit 210 uses the route 1 providing the transfer route from the departure point (user reservation) to the transfer point 1, and the transfer point 1 as the departure point, and an additional transfer point 2 to the destination. It is possible to generate reservation information for each of the route 3 providing the route 2 and the transfer route 2 providing the transfer route to the destination (user reservation) as a departure point.

When the reservation management unit 210 receives the departure arrival notification from the notification unit 140 of the user terminal 100, the reservation information is confirmed and the bus stop 10 at the departure point reserved by the user terminal 100 among buses of the corresponding route. ) Can transmit reservation information to the bus terminal 400 of the bus scheduled to enter. When there is a transfer route, the reservation management unit 210 may determine the user location in the order of the route included in the reservation information and transmit the confirmed reservation information to the bus terminal of the route for which reservation has been confirmed.

That is, the reservation management unit 210 confirms the reservation only when the user arrives at the place of departure and transmits the reservation information to the bus terminal 400 of the bus to be boarded (S680).

As an example, when the reservation information reserved by the user terminal 100 is generated as route 1 (departure point-transfer point)-route 2 (transfer point-destination), the reservation management unit 210 is The reservation information according to the route 1 can be transmitted as confirmed reservation information to the corresponding bus terminal 400 of 1, and the transfer status may also be notified.

In addition, when the user gets off at the transfer point for transfer, it is determined that it has arrived at the departure point of route 2, and the reservation information according to route 2 can be transmitted to the corresponding bus terminal 400 of route 2 as confirmed reservation information.

At this time, the bus terminal 400 may receive the reservation information (S690), and support the boarding and disembarkation of the reservation user for each departure/arrival location.

The bus management unit 220 may match and manage operation information (operation status, real-time location, bus driver information, etc.) and reservation information of a bus for each route. To this end, the bus management unit 220 may receive location information transmitted from the bus terminal 400 at a preset period (S700).

The bus management unit 220 uses the real-time location information of the bus to determine whether the corresponding bus (the bus on which the bus terminal receiving the confirmed reservation information is installed) has arrived at the reservation departure point of the reservation information confirmed by the reservation management unit 210. Whether or not it can be determined (S710).

At this time, the bus management unit 220 detects the expected arrival time and current location of the reserved bus in case of non-arrival, and notifies the corresponding user terminal 100 (S720, S730), and when the corresponding bus arrives at the reserved departure point, the corresponding bus arrival notification It can be notified to the user terminal 100 (S740, S750). Upon receiving the notification, the user terminal 100 may provide notification contents through voice notification and text/image display (S730 and S750).

In addition, the bus management unit 220 can provide a notification of the arrival of the bus to the corresponding bus stop terminal 300 (S740, S751), and notify the bus stop terminal 300 through the display unit 330 and the speaker 340. have.

Meanwhile, the bus management unit 220 may calculate the estimated arrival time based on the real-time location of the reserved bus and the number of reserved users at the bus stop before the departure point. For example, by using the reference time (a) to stop for getting on and off at the bus stop, the travel time according to the distance from the real-time location of the reserved bus to the starting point bus stop (b), and the weight (w) according to the number of reserved users. Estimated arrival time (a*w + b) can be calculated.

The usage status management unit 230 may monitor the usage status by using the bus boarding and disembarkation information of the reserved users, and can also grasp the bus usage status of the user (the traffic weak). In this case, the usage status management unit 230 may receive bus boarding and disembarkation information from the bus terminal 400.

For example, when the user terminal 100 receiving the bus arrival notification boards the bus and tags the user tag through the user app to the bus terminal 400 of the bus on which the user app was boarded (S760), the bus terminal 400 recognizes the tag. The user tag is recognized through the unit 440, information of the recognized user tag and reserved information are matched to confirm the user's ride, and the ride information may be transmitted to the control server 200 (S770).

In addition, the usage status management unit 230 transmits an alighting notification to the user terminal 100 when passing the bus stop before the destination so that the user can get off at the destination through real-time bus location information at the time of receiving the ride information (S780). It can be done (S790).

At this time, when the user tag retagging is performed by the user terminal 100 (S800), the corresponding bus terminal 400 may confirm the user's getting off (S810) and transmit the getting off information to the control server 200.

Here, the destination at the time of getting off may be a final destination or a transfer point, which is a destination on a route prior to transfer.

When receiving the alighting information (S820), the usage status management unit 230 determines whether the destination is the final destination upon getting off (S830), and if it is a transfer point other than the final destination, the departure point (transfer point) and the destination according to the next transfer route By resetting, the determined reconfiguration information may be transmitted to the corresponding bus terminal 400 of the transfer route. That is, when transferring, it is possible to support the boarding and disembarkation of the user according to the transfer route from step S680.

On the other hand, the usage status management unit 230 may notify the arrival of the destination destination to the corresponding user terminal 100 if the destination from which the user alighted is the final destination (S850 and S860).

In addition, the usage status management unit 230 may provide the user's getting on and off the bus and real-time location through the user app, monitoring the movement of the user and providing it to a guardian terminal (not shown), a terminal at a destination location (not shown). .

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bus stop terminal of FIG. 1. The bus stop terminal 300 may include a beacon transmission unit 310, a wireless transmission/reception unit 320, a display unit 330, and a speaker 340, and may receive power using a solar cell module.

The beacon transmitter 310 may broadcast a beacon including its ID within a preset range at a preset period.

At this time, when the app installed in the user terminal 100 and the bus terminal 400 are close to within a preset range, a beacon may be received. Using this, the user terminal 100 can notify the arrival of the departure point to the control server 200, and the bus terminal 400 can notify the control server 200 of the arrival at a specific bus stop and departure from the bus stop. have.

The wireless transmission/reception unit 320 may perform communication with the control server 200. The wireless transmission/reception unit 320 may provide bus entry information and user reservation information received from the control server 200 through the display unit 330 and the speaker 340. In this case, the user reservation information may include the number of users who have reserved the corresponding bus stop as the departure point, the number of passengers who have reserved boarding of the entering bus, and the like.

5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bus terminal of FIG. 1. The bus terminal 400 may include a communication unit 410, a memory 420, a location check unit 430, a tag recognition unit 440, and a notification unit 450.

The communication unit 410 may include a first communication unit for short-range communication with the user terminal 100 and the bus stop terminal 300, and a second communication unit for communication with the control server 200.

The beacon broadcasted by the bus stop terminal 300 can be received through the first communication unit, and a real-time location is provided to the user terminal 100 so that the user terminal 100 can check the location of the user (user). .

Reservation information according to the route of the corresponding bus determined according to the arrival of the departure point of the user terminal 100 may be received from the control server 200 through the second communication unit.

The memory 420 may store its own bus operation route information and reservation information received from the control server 200. In addition, the route information and reservation information stored in the memory 420 may be displayed on a panel through the notification unit 450 based on location/time information (not shown) and an announcement through a speaker (not shown) may be output. .

The output information may be provided with information on getting on and off bus stops, number of users with reservations for boarding (traffic weak), number of users with reservations for getting off (traffic weak), and a concession information broadcast.

The location check unit 430 may include a GPS module capable of checking the real-time location of the bus. The location checking unit 430 may determine a real-time location using a GPS module and provide location information to the user terminal 100 and the control server 200 through the communication unit 410. In this case, the location information may be used for monitoring the user's movement route, monitoring the bus operation, and calculating the estimated bus arrival time.

The tag recognition unit 440 may recognize the tagging of the user terminal 100 and provide it to the notification unit 450. The notification unit 450 may compare the tagged user information and the reservation information to determine the boarding/alight of the reserved user and notify the control server 200. Accordingly, the control server 200 may monitor the movement of the user by receiving the user boarding/alighting information.

On the other hand, what has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 above is a description of only the main matters of the present invention, and the present invention is limited to the configuration of FIGS. 1 to 6 as various designs are possible within the technical scope. It is self-evident that it is not.

100: user terminal 200: control server
300: bus stop terminal 400: bus terminal
10: bus

Claims (6)

A user terminal to reserve a bus by selecting a departure location and a destination; And
Generating reservation information by extracting the route according to the departure and destination received from the user terminal, and notifying the user terminal of the real-time location information and expected arrival time of the buses of the reserved route that are close to the departure point among buses of the reserved route when the reservation information is confirmed. And a control server for monitoring the movement of the user using the boarding and disembarkation information of the user terminal.
The method of claim 1,
It is installed at the bus stop and transmits a beacon in a preset range, and further includes a bus stop terminal for notifying route information and an expected entry time,
When receiving the beacon, the user terminal determines its real-time location and, if it is within a preset range from the location of the bus stop matched with the beacon, determines that it has arrived at the reserved departure point, and transmits an arrival notification to the control server. A bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the transportation disadvantaged, characterized in that the reservation information is confirmed.
The method of claim 2,
Further comprising a bus terminal installed for each bus to receive the confirmed reservation information,
The control server, when receiving an arrival notification from the user terminal, confirms the reservation information and transmits the confirmed reservation information to a bus terminal of a bus of a bus of a reserved route that is close to a bus stop matched with the beacon. Bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the traffic weak.
The method of claim 3,
The bus terminal notifies the reservation information of the reserved user to the control server by comparing with the reservation information previously stored when tagging the user terminal, and transmits real-time location information to the control server and the boarding user terminal,
The control server is a traffic weak bus boarding and disembarkation support system, characterized in that for monitoring the movement of the user and the bus using the received information on the boarding and disembarkation of the user and real-time location information of the bus.
The method of claim 3,
The control server,
The standard time the bus stops for boarding and disembarkation at the bus stop (a), the travel time according to the distance from the real-time location of the reserved bus to the reserved departure point (b), and the reservation for each bus stop of the reserved bus. Bus boarding and disembarkation support system for the traffic weak, characterized in that the estimated arrival time (a * w + b) is calculated using the weight (w) according to the number of users.
The method of claim 3,
The control server,
The origin and destination selected from the user terminal,
If included in one route, the selected departure point, destination, and corresponding route are generated as reservation information, and if not included in one route, at least two routes are provided by connecting a transfer point, but each route is generated as reservation information. Bus getting on and off support system for the transportation weak.

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