KR20230121210A - Bus station boarding bell method and system for old people - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a boarding bell method and a boarding bell system of a bus stop for elderly people which allow effective communication between a bus driver and disabled and elderly passengers and allow disabled and elderly passengers to get on buses in a relaxed manner. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the boarding bell method of a bus stop for elderly people performed by a boarding notification device installed at a bus stop comprises: a step of reading card information of a card tagged through a card reader part; a step in which a control part analyzes the card information to determine whether the card is a preference card; a step in which the control part receives a bus route desired for boarding by controlling an interface of a device display part if the card is a preference card; a step of generating a boarding notification message corresponding to the bus stop and the selected bus route; and a step of transmitting the boarding notification message to a bus terminal of a target bus corresponding to the bus route through a device communication part.

Description

Bus station boarding bell method and system for old people}

The present invention relates to a ride bell method and a ride bell system at a stop for the elderly.

Currently, the population of the elderly aged 65 or older in Korea is 8,125,000, accounting for 15.7% of the total population. In this aged society, there are many inconveniences in the process of using public transportation for the elderly who feel the physical burden of driving their own car.

In particular, in the case of using a bus, a number of non-stop buses occur in which a bus you want to board passes by without stopping at a stop. When the bus of the route you want to use approaches the stop, act quickly to avoid missing it, and there is a risk of injury in the process of getting on or off. In addition, it is not easy to communicate with the bus driver, so it is difficult to get on the bus.

A dedicated application has been developed that is installed on a smartphone and transmits a boarding notification to a bus you want to ride, but there are problems in that it is not easy to operate and has poor accessibility for the elderly to use.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-2203117 (registered on January 8, 2021) - A method for making a reservation for getting on and off the city bus using an application stored in a recording medium that allows advance reservation for getting on and off the city bus

The present invention is installed at a bus stop, and through a tag method, passengers with reduced mobility, such as the elderly and the disabled, can easily access and transmit a boarding notification to the bus of the route they want to ride, so that smooth communication between the bus driver and passengers with reduced mobility can be achieved. It is to provide a ride bell method and a ride bell system at a stop for the elderly that enable leisurely boarding of passengers with reduced mobility.

The present invention is to provide a boarding bell method and a boarding bell system at a stop for the elderly, which can prevent abuse by passengers other than the transportation vulnerable through image analysis and comparison.

An object of the present invention is to provide a boarding bell method and a boarding bell system for the elderly to enable passengers with reduced mobility to get off the bus comfortably by enabling transfer payment through a tag even after getting off the bus.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a boarding bell method at a station for the elderly performed by a boarding notification device installed at a bus stop, comprising: reading card information of a tagged card through a card reader; determining, by a controller, whether the card is a preferential card by analyzing the card information; In the case of a preferential card, the control unit controls the interface of the device display unit to receive an input of a desired bus route; generating a boarding notification message corresponding to the selected bus route and the bus stop; and transmitting the boarding notification message to a bus terminal of a target bus corresponding to the bus route through a device communication unit.

The boarding notification message may include one or more of stop identification information, bus identification information, and passenger identification information.

The bus terminal that has received the boarding notification message analyzes the boarding notification message, and when predetermined conditions are satisfied, a boarding waiting notification may be displayed through the terminal display unit.

The bus terminal may compare the location of the bus and the location of the bus stop using GPS or a beacon signal to determine whether the bus is stopped normally, and if the bus is stopped normally, the display of the waiting notification may be canceled.

When N number of waiting notifications for boarding are received at the same bus stop for a bus on the same route, it may be determined that the stop time of the bus is a normal stop after N times the standard stop time has elapsed.

Prior to the step of receiving the bus route input, an interface screen for receiving an input of boarding or alighting is displayed through the device display unit, and if the bus route is selected, subsequent steps are sequentially performed, and if the bus route is selected, alighting process is performed. can be performed.

Prior to the step of receiving the bus route, the passenger's face image is obtained through the photographing unit, and the face image of the issuer corresponding to the card information is compared and analyzed, and subsequent steps may be sequentially performed in the case of the same person.

Other aspects, features and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is installed at a bus stop and through a tag method, passengers with reduced mobility, such as the elderly and the disabled, can easily access and transmit a boarding notification to the bus of the route they want to ride, so that the bus driver and passengers with reduced mobility can move smoothly. It has the effect of enabling communication and enabling passengers with reduced mobility to ride comfortably.

In addition, there is an effect of preventing abuse by passengers other than the transportation vulnerable through image analysis and comparison.

In addition, even after getting off the bus, transfer payment can be made through the tag, so that passengers with reduced mobility can get off the bus comfortably.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ride bell system at a station for the elderly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart of a boarding bell method at a stop for the elderly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a conceptual diagram of a boarding notification device;
4 is a flow chart of a boarding wait notification method at a bus terminal;
5 is an exemplary view of a bus terminal screen;
6 is a flow chart of a boarding bell method related to getting off;

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. It should be. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no other element exists in the middle.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Terms used in this specification are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

In addition, the components of the embodiments described with reference to each drawing are not limitedly applied only to the corresponding embodiment, and may be implemented to be included in other embodiments within the scope of maintaining the technical spirit of the present invention, and also separate Even if the description is omitted, it is natural that a plurality of embodiments may be re-implemented as an integrated embodiment.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or related reference numerals are given to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known technologies may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

In addition, terms such as "...unit", "...unit", "...module", and "...group" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or hardware and software. It can be implemented as a combination of

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ride bell system at a station for the elderly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A ride bell system and method at a stop for the elderly according to an embodiment of the present invention allows elderly passengers to easily access and select a bus of a route they want to ride through a dashboard-type device installed at a bus stop, and a simple operation of card tagging. It is characterized in that a boarding notification can be transmitted to the bus through the bus.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a boarding bell system 100 at a stop for the elderly according to this embodiment includes a boarding notification device 110 , a bus terminal 120 , and a traffic control server 130 .

The boarding notification device 110 is a dashboard type device installed at a bus stop, receives a boarding request from an elderly passenger, and notifies that there is a passenger waiting to board a target bus.

The boarding notification device 110 includes a device communication unit 111 , a device display unit 112 , a card reader unit 113 , and a control unit 115 . Additionally, a photographing unit 114 may be further included.

The device communication unit 111 communicates with the bus terminal 120 and transmits the generated boarding notification message to the bus terminal 120 when there is a boarding request from an elderly passenger.

In addition, it communicates with the traffic control server 130 to receive various information about buses passing the corresponding bus stop. Bus information for each route may include operation status, expected arrival time, and the like.

The communication method in the device communication unit 111 may be at least one of mobile communication such as 3G, 4G, and 5G, and wired communication through a communication cable.

The device display unit 112 is an instrument panel installed at a bus stop and is a display device having a screen, and may be, for example, an LCD or OLED. The device display unit 112 displays bus information for each route received through the device communication unit 111 .

When the device display unit 112 is implemented as a touch screen, it may receive a touch input from an elderly passenger.

The card reader 113 reads the information recorded on the preferential card when the senior passenger's preferential card is tagged. Passenger identification information, balance information, and the like may be recorded in the preferential card.

In one example, the preferential card is a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) card, and the card reader unit 113 may be an RFID reader. In another example, the preferential card is a Near Field Communication (NFC) card, and the card reader 113 may be an NFC reader.

The controller 115 manages and controls functions of the device communication unit 111 , the device display unit 112 , and the card reader unit 113 .

If an elderly passenger's preferential card is tagged on the card reader 113 and the read card information corresponds to the elderly passenger as a result of analysis, the control unit 115 may control the device display unit 112 to select a bus to board. screen can be displayed.

When an elderly passenger touches a point on the screen to select a bus desired to board, the touch point is analyzed and bus identification information for the bus desired to board is derived. Then, a boarding notification message is generated and transmitted to the bus terminal 120 of the target bus corresponding to the bus identification information through the device communication unit 111.

Through this, the driver of the target bus can recognize the fact that the elderly passenger wants to board, stop the bus at the corresponding bus stop, and board the elderly passenger.

The boarding notification device 110 may further include a photographing unit 114 for photographing the elderly passenger's face.

The preferential card used during the tag operation through the card reader 113 may be used by others other than the elderly passenger himself. Accordingly, when it is desired to check whether the user is a legitimate user, the photographing unit 114 may be activated and used.

The preferential card is a card for supporting transportation costs issued to seniors of a standard age or older, and information on the issuer of the senior citizen may be stored and managed in a database. The issuer information may include a face image of the elderly issuer.

It communicates with an external server through the device communication unit 111 to transmit a user confirmation request, and receives a face image (issuer's face image) of the issuer of the preferential card stored in the database as a response.

In addition, a facial image of an elderly passenger who has been tagged with a preferential card at a current bus stop may be photographed through the photographing unit 114 to obtain a facial image of the passenger.

The controller 115 compares the face image of the issuer and the face image of the passenger to determine whether or not they are the same person, and selects a bus route or creates a boarding notification message only when it is determined that the face image of the issuer is the same person. Since the algorithm for determining the same person according to the comparison of face images is obvious to those skilled in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The bus terminal 120 is a terminal device installed on the bus and manipulated and checked by the bus driver.

The bus terminal 120 includes a terminal communication unit 121, a terminal display unit 122, and a boarding notification unit 123.

The terminal communication unit 121 communicates with the boarding notification device 110 and/or the traffic control server 130 and transmits/receives various types of information. A communication method in the terminal communication unit 121 may be mobile communication such as 3G, 4G, or 5G.

The terminal display unit 122 processes various types of information received through the terminal communication unit 121 according to a predetermined data processing method and displays them so that the bus driver can visually check them.

The terminal display unit 122 is a display device having a screen, and may be, for example, an LCD or OLED. Also, the terminal display unit 122 may be implemented as a touch screen type to enable touch input.

Various types of information related to bus operation may be provided through the terminal display unit 122 . For example, an interval between the preceding bus/later bus, a scheduled stop, an estimated arrival time, and the like may be displayed.

When the boarding notification unit 123 includes the boarding notification message transmitted from the boarding notification device 110 among the information received through the terminal communication unit 121, there are passengers waiting to board at a specific stop through the terminal display unit 122. (boarding waiting notification).

The boarding notification message may include bus stop identification information of a bus stop at which a passenger is located, bus identification information of a route bus to be boarded, and the like. In addition, the boarding notification message may include passenger identification information indicating whether or not an elderly passenger is present.

When the bus normally stops at a bus stop corresponding to the stop identification information included in the boarding notification message, the boarding notification unit 123 may cancel the boarding waiting notification.

The traffic control server 130 includes a server communication unit 131 , a user information database 132 , and a traffic information database 133 .

The server communication unit 131 transmits and receives various information to and from the bus terminal 120 and/or the boarding notification device 110 .

The information on the current location of the bus received from the bus terminal 120 is stored in the traffic information database 133 and can be integrated and managed as information on the locations of currently running buses and traffic conditions.

The user information database 132 stores information about the issuer of the preferential card (eg, issuer identification information and issuer's face image). When a user confirmation request is received from the boarding notification device 110, the issuer's face image of the issuer of the preferential card stored in the user information database 132 is read based on the issuer identification information included in the user confirmation request, and the face image of the issuer is read as a response. can transmit

Hereinafter, with reference to related drawings, a boarding bell method at a station for the elderly according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

2 is a flowchart of a boarding bell method at a stop for the elderly according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a boarding notification device, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a boarding waiting notification method at a bus terminal, and FIG. 5 is a bus terminal. 6 is a flow chart of a boarding bell method related to getting off.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a boarding bell method at a station for the elderly performed by a boarding notification device 110 installed at a bus stop is illustrated.

An elderly passenger who arrives at the bus stop tags his/her preferential card to the card reader 113 (step S200). Referring to FIG. 3 , a card reader 113 is provided at the bottom of the device display unit 112 of the boarding notification device 110, so that elderly passengers can easily tag a card.

The controller 115 analyzes the card information read from the preferential card tagged in the card reader 113 to determine whether it is a preferential card (step S205). If it is not a preferential card, the tag action can be failed.

If it is a preferential card, it is determined whether it is a legitimate user (step S210). A legitimate user means a person who has been issued a preferential card, and as described above, whether or not a legitimate user can be determined through comparative analysis of facial images using the photographing unit 114 . If the user is not a legitimate user, the tag action may be failed (step S215).

If necessary, the legitimate user determination step may be omitted.

If it is a preferential card and it is determined as a legitimate user (or determined as a preferential card if the legitimate user determination step is omitted), the interface of the device display unit 112 can be controlled to allow input of a bus route to be boarded. (Step S220).

Bus routes stopping at the corresponding bus stop may be listed, and the elderly passenger may select a desired route through a touch.

When listing bus routes, all routes stopping at a corresponding bus stop may be listed. Alternatively, the list may be sequentially listed according to the scheduled arrival time starting from the route of the bus currently scheduled to arrive.

For elderly passengers, it may be difficult to check the route due to the small text on the screen. Accordingly, a magnifying glass function is implemented in the display unit 112 of the device, so that elderly passengers can more smoothly select a bus route by enlarging and displaying content in a region desired to be enlarged. In this case, as an input method, for example, a single touch may be recognized as a magnifying glass function activation/deactivation command, and two consecutive touches or a touch continued for a certain period of time or longer may be recognized as a bus route selection.

When the bus route is selected, the controller 115 generates a boarding notification message (step S225). The boarding notification message may include stop identification information about a bus stop where the boarding notification device 110 is installed, bus identification information about a target bus, and passenger identification information about an elderly passenger tagged with a preferential card.

Here, the target bus may be a route bus that has not reached the corresponding bus stop but is closest to the current bus stop among a plurality of buses belonging to the selected bus route.

The control unit 115 transmits a boarding notification message to the target bus corresponding to the bus identification information through the device communication unit 111 (step S230).

Referring to FIG. 4 , a boarding waiting notification method performed by the bus terminal 120 is illustrated.

When a boarding notification message is transmitted from the boarding notification device 110 to the bus terminal 120, the boarding notification message is received through the terminal communication unit 121 (step S300). The boarding notification message includes one or more of stop identification information, bus identification information, and passenger identification information.

The boarding notification unit 123 analyzes the boarding notification message and displays a boarding waiting notification through the terminal display unit 122 when a predetermined condition is satisfied (step S305).

The specified conditions include whether or not the bus on which the current bus terminal 120 is installed matches the target bus. The boarding notification message will take effect only for the target bus.

In addition, the specified conditions include location conditions. The location of the bus stop identified through the stop identification information is compared with the location of the current bus, and when approaching the corresponding bus stop or departing from the previous bus stop, a boarding waiting notification may be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the boarding notification unit 123 notifies the bus driver that there is waiting for boarding at this bus stop through the terminal display unit 122 so that the bus driver can stop without missing it.

In addition to the visual method, the boarding notification unit 123 may also provide boarding waiting notification in an auditory method by outputting an audio signal through a speaker.

When the bus normally stops at the bus stop corresponding to the stop identification information included in the boarding notification message, the boarding notification unit 123 may release the boarding waiting notification (step S310).

By comparing the real-time location of the bus and the location of the bus stop using GPS coordinates, it is possible to determine whether the bus stops normally. Alternatively, when a beacon is installed at a bus stop, when a bus approaches within a certain interval and receives a beacon signal, it is regarded that the bus has arrived at the corresponding bus stop, and it may be determined whether the bus stops normally.

In addition to the location of the bus and bus stop being within the margin of error, the stop time of the bus can also be a parameter for determining whether or not the stop is normal. This is to allow the elderly passengers to board safely by allowing the bus to stop at the corresponding bus stop for a sufficient amount of time, since the passenger who has transmitted the boarding wait notification is an elderly passenger and is a transportation weak person who has difficulty boarding quickly.

Depending on the embodiment, waiting notifications by two or more elderly passengers may be received at the same bus stop for the same route bus.

In this case, the stopping time for determining whether or not the vehicle is normally stopped may vary according to the number of waiting notifications. When the number of boarding waiting notifications is N, the required stopping time may also increase up to N times the standard stopping time.

When the designated stop time elapses or when a preferential card tag is applied to the bus card reader by an elderly passenger on board, it is considered that a normal stop has been made and the boarding wait notification can be canceled. In addition, payment of fares for elderly passengers may be made.

Referring to FIG. 6, a boarding bell method for a case where an elderly passenger gets off is shown.

When an elderly passenger riding a bus wants to get off after reaching a destination, it is quite dangerous for an elderly passenger to get up early in a running bus. However, when a bus stops at a destination stop and gets off, it may be difficult to tag a bus card reader for getting off or transfer payment under a complicated situation where the bus stop time is not long and a large number of passengers get on and off.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is intended to enable getting off/transfer processing using the boarding notification device 110.

When the elderly passenger gets off the bus without being able to get off the bus card reader (step S400), the boarding notification device 110, especially the card reader 113, at the destination stop where he gets off is tagged with a preferential card (step S405) .

The boarding notification device 110 recognizes the tagging behavior of the preferential card and checks whether it is for boarding or getting off (step S410). This can be confirmed by displaying a separate pop-up window through the device display unit 112 and receiving a selection for boarding or alighting.

In the case of boarding, a boarding notification message may be generated and transmitted to the bus terminal 120 as described above with reference to FIG. 2 .

In the case of getting off, the elderly passenger is disembarked by using the stop identification information on the destination stop (step S415). In addition, a fare according to the distance traveled may be calculated or a transfer may be made.

According to the system and method of the bus stop for the elderly according to the present embodiment, it is possible for the elderly passengers to minimize injuries while boarding the bus and get on the bus with maximum margin. Also, it can solve the communication between the bus driver and the elderly passengers. In addition, it is possible to minimize the space and financial cost of the station. In addition, transfer processing can be made possible even after getting off the bus.

The above-described method of ringing a ride at a stop for the elderly and a method of notifying boarding waiting may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as an application or a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. Also, computer readable media may include computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

The above-mentioned method of ringing a boarding bell at a stop for the elderly and a method of notifying waiting for a ride can be executed by an application basically installed in a terminal (this may include a program included in a platform or operating system, etc. It may be executed by an application (that is, a program) directly installed in the master terminal through an application providing server such as a store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service. In this sense, the above-mentioned senior station ride bell method and boarding wait notification method are implemented as applications (i.e., programs) that are basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and are recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a terminal. can

Although the above has been described with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will variously modify the present invention within the scope not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. And it will be understood that it can be changed.

100: Ride bell system for senior citizens
110: boarding notification device 111: device communication unit
112: device display unit 113: card reader unit
114: photographing unit 115: control unit
120: bus terminal 121: terminal communication unit
122: terminal display unit 123: boarding notification unit
130: traffic control server 131: server communication unit
132: user information database 133: traffic information database

Claims (7)

A boarding bell method at a stop for the elderly performed in a boarding notification device installed at a bus stop,
reading card information of a tagged card through a card reader;
determining, by a controller, whether the card is a preferential card by analyzing the card information;
In the case of a preferential card, the control unit controls the interface of the device display unit to receive an input of a desired bus route;
generating a boarding notification message corresponding to the selected bus route and the bus stop; and
and transmitting the boarding notification message to a bus terminal of a target bus corresponding to the bus route through a device communication unit.
According to claim 1,
The boarding notification message includes at least one of stop identification information, bus identification information, and passenger identification information.
According to claim 2,
Wherein the bus terminal receiving the boarding notification message analyzes the boarding notification message and displays a boarding waiting notification through a terminal display unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
According to claim 3,
The bus terminal determines whether the bus stops normally by comparing the location of the bus and the location of the bus stop using a GPS or beacon signal;
In the case of a normal stop, the boarding bell method for the elderly stop, characterized in that to cancel the display of the boarding wait notification.
According to claim 4,
When N number of waiting notifications for boarding are received at the same bus stop for a bus on the same route, it is determined that the stop time of the bus is a normal stop after N times the standard stop time has elapsed.
According to claim 1,
Before the step of receiving an input of the bus route, displaying an interface screen for receiving an input of whether to get on or off through the device display unit,
If selected for riding, the following steps are performed sequentially,
A boarding bell method at a stop for the elderly, characterized in that, when selected for getting off, a getting off process is performed.
According to claim 1,
Prior to the step of receiving the bus route input,
A method of obtaining a passenger's face image through a photographing unit, comparing and analyzing the facial image of the issuer corresponding to the card information, and sequentially performing subsequent steps in the case of the same person.