WO2015055638A1

WO2015055638A1 - Passenger information system

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Publication number: WO2015055638A1
Application number: PCT/EP2014/071996
Authority: WO
Inventors: Anton Ambroz; Thomas AMBROZ
Original assignee: Siemens Ag Österreich
Priority date: 2013-10-15
Filing date: 2014-10-14
Publication date: 2015-04-23

Abstract

The invention relates to a passenger information system, comprising at least one projection device (5), which is designed to project light images (6, 6b, 6c) onto a railway platform (2), and a control device (7), wherein the control device has a signal input (8), by means of which a signal describing the next arriving rail vehicle is fed to the control device, and wherein the control device controls the at least one projection device in accordance with the type of the next arriving rail vehicle in such a way that the projection device projects certain light images onto the railway platform.

Description

description

Passenger information system.

Technical area

The invention relates to a passenger information system, in particular for rail passengers.

State of the art

Platforms are becoming more and more elaborate

Passenger information systems equipped, which the

Provide more and more information to passengers.

In addition to the publication of a roadmap in printed form, electronic information systems represent the state of the art. These information systems typically represent the

Arrival time of the next train, its destination or other operational information such as breakdowns available to the passenger. For public transport with very high passenger volumes and short handling times,

typically subways it is essential that

On the platform side the entry areas are kept free to speed up the passenger change. If a railway system includes platform screen doors, the entrances are already structurally predetermined. For railways without platform screen doors are often colored markings on the platform floor

attached, which the passengers to the position of

Point out. However, this does not make sense if hold on a platform rail vehicles of different types, in which the entrances to each other

Positions are arranged. Do the rail vehicles have one other entry pitch (distance between the entrances to each other), on, so this can not by a modified

Stop position to be compensated.

Presentation of the invention

The invention is therefore based on the object, the

Boarding positions of rail vehicles to be able to show the passengers, being on the same platform

Rail vehicles of different types, each with different entry positions can operate.

The object is achieved by a passenger information system with the features of claim 1. advantageous

Embodiments are the subject of subordinate claims.

The basic idea of the invention according to a

Passenger information system comprising

at least one projection device which is set up for the projection of light images onto a platform and constructs a control device, wherein the control device has a signal input, by means of which the

Control device is supplied to a type of the next incoming rail vehicle descriptive signal, and wherein the control device, the at least one

Projection device as a function of the type of the next incoming rail vehicle so controls that the projection device projects each certain photographs on the platform As a result, the advantage is achievable to be able to mark the input area holding rail vehicle directly on the surface of the platform by means of a light image, with different entry positions are marked. In particular, it is advantageous that there is a flexible marking, which changes rapidly to changing

Entry positions is adaptable and which is easily changeable in the type of marking.

In this case, video projectors (beamer) can advantageously be used as projection devices, since they are also suitable for the reproduction of moving pictures. For more cost-effective conversions of subject invention and projection devices like a

Slide projector can be used.

According to the invention, at least one projection device is provided, wherein all expected entry positions must be covered by the image projection area.

If the expected entry positions differ only slightly from each other, they can be distinguished from one another

Projection device are covered. Are the

Entry positions, however, spatially spaced so that they are no longer coverable by a projection device, so more projection devices can be provided or a projection device can be arranged to be movable and brought before the arrival of a rail vehicle to the respective intended position.

If several projection devices are used, the guides and drives that are otherwise required for movable projection devices and their controls can be dispensed with. A passenger information system according to the invention further comprises a control device, which is set up so that it can be transmitted via a signal input of a type of the next arriving rail vehicle, whereby the control device the Proj ektionseinrichtung (s) respectively control so that they each determined

Projecting slides onto the platform.

As passenger rail vehicles, in particular those for high passenger throughput in general a variety of

Entrance, the position and the number of projection devices shall be adjusted to the expected positions of the entrances. Furthermore, it may be advantageous to provide a mixed assembly of fixed and movably arranged projection devices, if some

Entry areas are only slightly different from each other, while others differ widely. The objective

Passenger information system allows a very flexible adaptation of entry-level markers to concrete applications.

The information about the type of the next incoming

Rail vehicle, the expected arrival time or other operational parameters can be advantageously transmitted from a parent, the railway operation controlling device to the control device of the passenger information system. The usual in modern railway companies

used Linienzugbeeinflussungen can this

Information simply raise, there for example the

so-called feedback diagrams from a vehicle to a control center containing the required information. In a further development of the invention, however, a self-sufficient, separate from the railway operation detection of the type of the next incoming rail vehicle can take place. For this example, the vehicles are equipped with suitable transponders, which emit the respective vehicle type wirelessly. The control device is extended in this embodiment of the invention by a receiving device which is arranged at the track at a certain distance in front of the station.

Further suitable possibilities of vehicle recognition are the type recognition by means of a digital camera and a computer-aided image evaluation or the provision of markings (for example barcodes) on the vehicles, which are detected by means of a reading device.

The image output by the projection devices and projected onto the platform floor may include text, graphic elements or moving images. The used

Pictograms must be clearly recognizable in their meaning. It is particularly advantageous to use moving images, since the natural curiosity of the

Passengers are addressed, which the contents of

Want to follow moving pictures and thus will not enter this area. For passengers who do not pay attention to these films and enter the area

Experience has shown that social pressure is exerted by the other passengers, thereby keeping the entry area free. It is advisable to interrupt the projection of these films shortly before the entrance of the rail vehicle and to project a motionless graphic. This ensures that the passengers are not so distracted that they are surprised by the entrance of the train. It is advisable to store the texts to be projected, graphic elements or moving images in the control device or a memory device associated with the control device and to the projection devices

to transfer. As a result, the advantage can be achieved, the

customary and inexpensive projection devices

(Beamer) can be used.

In a further development of the invention, it is advisable to provide a central distribution of these texts, graphic elements or moving images, said data from a central point to the control devices of all

Passage information systems of an entire railway system (for example, a subway network) are transmitted. This is particularly advantageous if frequently changing moving pictures are to be displayed. This is typically the case when advertisements are presented as moving images.

Brief description of the drawings

They show by way of example:

Fig.l Two platforms, view from above.

Fig.2 entry into a rail vehicle, two

Projection devices.

Fig.3 entry into a rail vehicle, a bewegl

Projection.

Fig.4 passenger information system with three fixed

Projection devices.

Fig.5 passenger information system with movable

Projection devices. Embodiment of the invention

Fig.l shows an example and schematically two platforms in a view from above. There are two platforms 2

represented, on each of which hold a rail vehicle 1. The two rail vehicles 1 differ in their length and their number of entrances 4. The rail vehicle 1 shown in Fig.l above has two cars, each with two entrances 4, the dargestelle in Fig.l below

Rail vehicle is also has two cars, but with three entrances 4. As a result, the entrances 4 come to rest at other positions along the platforms 2. It follows that the entry areas 3 come to rest on the platforms 2 on each different position. These entry areas 3 are preferably at the stop of a

Rail vehicle 1 of passengers free to make the passenger change efficient. If the two rail vehicles 1 shown are at the same platform, then no firm ground marking can be meaningfully carried out. Fig. 1 illustrates the problem underlying the subject invention.

2 shows an example and schematically an entry into a rail vehicle. It is the view of a holding on a platform 2 rail vehicle 1 shown with the door open. A projection device 5 is arranged above the platform 2 and projects a light image 6 onto the surface of the platform 2. This light image 6 marks the entrance area to be kept clear just in front of the door of the rail vehicle 1. It is another

Projection device 5a is provided, which is arranged at a further position above the platform 2 and which another light image 6a on the surface of the Platforms 2 can project. This second light image 6a is not projected in the displayed status of the passenger information device, since there is no door of a rail vehicle 1 at the position of the light image 6a. However, if a rail vehicle 1 of a different type, which has a door at this point, does not leave the projection, the projection device 5 does not emit a light image, but instead the projection device 5a. The projection devices 5, 5a are centrally controlled, the assemblies required for this purpose are shown in FIG.

3 shows an example and schematically an entry into a rail vehicle. It is the view of a holding on a platform 2 rail vehicle 1 shown with the door open, similar to the embodiment of Figure 3. It is provided a projection device 5, which is arranged by means of a sliding device 10 movable above the platform 2 and which in a certain

Movement range is mobile by means of a power drive. By way of example, three positions A, B, C are shown as holding positions for the projection device 5. The

Pusher 10 may for example as

Rack drive or as a spindle drive or as

Timing belt drive, each with an electric motor, be executed.

4 shows an example and schematically a

Passenger information system with three fixed

Projection devices. The block diagram of a passenger information system is shown, which is a

Control device 7 and three projection devices 5, 5a, 5b includes. The control device 7 transmits signals to the projection devices 5, 5a, 5b, which control the delivery of Control light images by the Pro] ektionsemrichtungen 5, 5a, 5b. The control device 7 has an input for a control signal 8, by means of which the control device 7 is controlled by a superordinate train operation

Facility information regarding the next incoming rail vehicle to be transmitted. Furthermore, the

Control device 7 equipped with an input for a data signal 9, via which the control device. 7

is configurable. For example, about the

Data signal 9 of the control device 7 graphics, images or videos are transmitted, which are subsequently projected by the projection devices 5, 5a, 5b. Fig. Shows the principle of principle, in specific applications, an inventive

Passenger information system to a higher number

Projection on.

5 shows an example and schematically a

Passenger information system with mobile

Projection devices. The block diagram of a passenger information system is shown, which comprises a control device 7 and two projection devices 5. In contrast to that shown in Fig.4

Embodiment, the projection devices 5 are supported by power assisted sliding and are each controlled by a control signal from the controller 7 so that they occupy the required position along herers Bewegungsraums and reproduce the required Lichbild, or video. List of terms

track vehicle

platform

Boarding area of platform door opening

, 5a,

b, 5c projection device

, 6a,

b, 6c Photograph

control device

control signal

data signal

shifter

First position

Second position

Third position

Claims

claims

Passenger information system comprising

at least one projection device, which is set up to project photographs onto a platform, and a control device,

characterized in that

the control device has a signal input, by means of which the control device is supplied with a signal describing the type of the next incoming rail vehicle signal, and wherein the control device, the at least one projection device in

Depending on the type of the next incoming rail vehicle so controls that the

Projection device each projected specific photographs on the platform.

Passenger information system according to claim 1, characterized in that the control device is supplied to the period until the arrival of the next incoming rail vehicle descriptive signal and wherein the control device, the at least one projection device depending on the period until the arrival of the next incoming

Rail vehicle so controls that the

Projection device each projected specific photographs on the platform.

Passenger information system according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the photographs comprise film sequences.

4. Passenger information system according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the at least one projection device is arranged to be movable, and by means of a power drive to any position within a certain range of motion is mobile.

5. Passenger information system according to claim 4, characterized in that the positioning of the at least one projection device by the

Control device depending on the type of the next incoming rail vehicle takes place.

6. Passenger information system according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that

the control device is set up for data communication with a superordinate device controlling the web operation, and information about the type or the time duration until the arrival of the next device is provided by the web operation controlling device

Railway vehicle can be transmitted.

7. Passenger information system according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that

for the force-assisted movement of the at least one projection device, an electric drive is provided which transmits the driving force to the at least one toothed belt

Proj ector sent.

8. Passenger information system according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that

for power assisted movement of at least one Pro] ektionseinrichtung an electric drive is provided, which the driving force via a spindle drive on the at least one

Proj ector sent.

Passenger information system according to one of claims to 6, characterized in that

for the force-assisted movement of the at least one projection device, an electric drive is provided, which drives the drive power via a rack drive to the at least one

Proj ector sent