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EP1337988A1 - Information system for traffic network and method - Google Patents

Information system for traffic network and method

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EP1337988A1
EP1337988A1 EP01996844A EP01996844A EP1337988A1 EP 1337988 A1 EP1337988 A1 EP 1337988A1 EP 01996844 A EP01996844 A EP 01996844A EP 01996844 A EP01996844 A EP 01996844A EP 1337988 A1 EP1337988 A1 EP 1337988A1
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Jens Meinhold
Karsten Schulze
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Haru-Reisen Ohg
Siemens AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/123—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams
    • G08G1/133—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams within the vehicle ; Indicators inside the vehicles or at stops

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  • Deviations from regular operation essentially only through complex information campaigns at the stops or - if this is not possible - by the vehicles driving or accompanying personnel can give.
  • a food traffic communication system is known from WO 91/14247, which permits the transmission of information (especially also advertising information) depending on the location of a vehicle serving a public transport network.
  • the corresponding information is transmitted from a control computer via the public (wired) telephone network to relay stations in the depot or at the vehicle stops and transmitted to receivers in the vehicles via transmitters installed there.
  • This system is complex to set up, since landline connections and corresponding interfaces (modems) must be provided at the points equipped for the transmission of information to the vehicles, and the overall transmission of information is complex in terms of organization and relatively susceptible to faults.
  • modems landline connections and corresponding interfaces
  • GB 2 276 063 A describes an arrangement for displaying locally relevant information within a vehicle, which has a transmitter arranged on the route for transmitting the corresponding information and a receiver arranged in the vehicle for receiving it, and a multimedia system installed in the vehicle -Computer which, in response to the received local signal, displays information associated therewith in the vehicle.
  • the information is pulled from a computer CD-ROM drive.
  • a method and an arrangement for advertising with a vehicle location reference are known from EP 0 772 856 B1.
  • the system comprises a radio transmission system, via which voice advertising with data messages is sent, a GPS navigation system, via which the current position of a vehicle is determined, and a processor, which displays a location-specific section of the overall information transmitted by the radio station.
  • This system cannot work without the GPS location component and requires permanent, complex in-vehicle data processing - which requires a correspondingly powerful computer - and is therefore also relatively expensive.
  • a multimedia presentation system for public transport is known from DE 295 16 556 ül, which has a plurality of stationary transmitter / receiver units, via which mobile transmitter / receiver units in the vehicles of the transport network are supplied with information.
  • This system has the same disadvantages as that according to WO 91/14247 mentioned above.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying an information system and a corresponding method of the type mentioned, with which current and route-specific information — including advertising information — can be transmitted to the users of a traffic network quickly, easily and inexpensively.
  • the invention includes the essential idea of storing the information intended for the users of the traffic network as route-related information packets in a central information store at an information control center.
  • This also has a route memory, in which the currently valid assignments between the individual Routes of the transport network and the vehicles serving them are stored.
  • each vehicle used on a route can thus be uniquely assigned an information package which comprises the information relevant for this route.
  • the invention includes the idea of sending the said information packets to the vehicles via a transmitting device, which is connected directly to the information control center, of an overall wireless communication arrangement, where they are received by corresponding receiving devices and forwarded to a display control device.
  • the proposed system therefore does not require a wired telephone network (landline network) or a plurality of transmitting or relay stations distributed over the route and is therefore extremely simple and inexpensive to set up.
  • the idea of preparing and controlling the display of the information packets in the vehicles is part of the invention of a display of the total information content which is advantageous for the user to process - in particular sequential and distributed over the travel time.
  • the "precise" presentation that is possible as a result already appreciably enhances conventional advertising information, but is of particular value in a particular field of application of the proposed solution - namely the information presentation during city tours or generally city information in a means of transport.
  • the display control devices have means for changing the order in which the contents of the respective information package are displayed as a function of the direction of travel (“outward” or “return”) when driving along the route. Then only one information package has to be created centrally for each route. Alternatively, for each direction of travel formation control center, a separate information package (with a specific order of the same content) is created.
  • the display control devices in the vehicles preferably have an information packet buffer store for the internal storage of at least one information packet - but preferably of several information packets for several routes and / or directions of travel - in the vehicle.
  • the information display in this becomes relatively independent of a communication link with the control center, so that it remains fully functional regardless of the control center even when a new route is unexpectedly assigned (which may well occur in the daily operation of a traffic network).
  • the aim of the invention is not to store the entire information database for the users of the complete traffic network in each vehicle, since the centralization of the information creation and management makes it possible to achieve significant savings in operating and operating costs.
  • Communication between the control center and the vehicles preferably takes place in the context of a wireless local area network (“wireless LAN”), but can also be carried out in the context of a public mobile radio network.
  • wireless LAN wireless local area network
  • the information packets are transmitted in particular on the basis of an Internet protocol adapted to the technical circumstances of the mobile radio network used, that is to say in the case of a GSM network according to the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) standard.
  • control center has a time control stage for controlling the transmission of the information packets to the vehicles at predetermined times or in predetermined time ranges. This means that 1
  • ge such as size, color, special effects, etc.
  • Manual or — preferably — automatic selection means are expediently provided on the display control devices for selecting one of several available information packets.
  • these selection means can address one of these storage areas for the current route of the vehicle.
  • they can also be designed to call up a specific information package directly from the information store of the control center via the wireless communication link.
  • the display devices will be in the form of optical display devices, for example LCD or plasma display screens or LED arrays, and the information packages accordingly generally comprise primarily text or video information.
  • the additional use of audio information for presentation via loudspeakers in the vehicle makes sense.
  • audio information and its acoustic presentation can also form the core of the information packages and of their transmission to the users of the means of transport.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration for illustrating an information system designed to display advertising information according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of the structure of such an information system in the form of a functional block diagram.
  • FIG. 1 shows an illustrative overall illustration of an advertising information system of a bus company, in which the advertising content on the part of the advertising company is transmitted to an advertising management device via the Internet and is compiled into route-related information packages (“route packages”) Transfer the server of an information control center ("control center”) by radio as part of a wireless LAN to display control devices ("display computers”) in the buses, which control display units installed there.
  • the advertising management device provides a frame structure for the information units, and HTML templates or bitmaps or complex audiovisual performances are created.
  • the advertising company integrates and updates the advertising content in the templates.
  • the information packages are compiled from the finished HTML pages and in an information computer of the control center.
  • the configuration of a corresponding information system 1 is shown in more detail in FIG. 2.
  • Its core is a control center server 3, to which an information memory 5 is assigned as a first database and a route memory 7 as second database.
  • the control center server 3 is connected via an input interface 9 and the Internet 11 to input terminals 13 at advertising partners of the operator of the information system.
  • the control center server 3 realizes a homepage of the operator on the Internet and provides suitably designed input frames for the advertising customers in the web portal.
  • the server also provides standard formats for moving animations, flash techniques, etc.
  • the advertisers currently enter their advertising content in the corresponding templates and specify the territorial scope or routes of the transport network in or on which their advertising content is to be conveyed to the passengers. For this purpose, there is a dialog on the operator's web portal, which also serves to determine details of the display of the advertising information.
  • An authentication check level 15 and a first, central charging unit 17 are assigned to the input interface 9. These are used to check the authorization of users of the web portal accessing the control center server 3 or its information store 5 or to carry out a (first) charging procedure in connection with the data input into the information store 5, as already explained above.
  • the advertising information (templates) to be assigned to a specific route of the traffic network are arranged according to their more precise territorial specification to route-related information packets, which are each stored in a memory area 5i of the information store 5.
  • route memory 7 are assigned to The individual routes of the traffic network are stored by the vehicles currently traveling on them, and the control center server 3 generates a real-time assignment of the current route-related information packets to the individual vehicles of the vehicle fleet while accessing the information memory 5 and the route memory 7 operator.
  • the information packets are sent to the vehicles of the vehicle fleet via a radio transmission stage 21 connected to the control center server 3.
  • These each have radio reception stages 23, which are connected to a display control device 25 for sequential control of the display of the received information packets on display screens 27 and (optionally) via loudspeakers 28 in the vehicle.
  • a GPS receiver 29 is connected to a control input of the display control device 25 and can control the exact points in time of the display of the individual information contents of the route-related information package depending on the actual location of the vehicle.
  • the GPS receiver 29 also selects one of a number of received information packets stored in an information packet buffer store 31 when the vehicle is traveling at its point of departure. This is then loaded into the display control device 25 and shown sequentially. It should be pointed out that the provision of an information packet buffer store with a plurality of memory areas is optional for a plurality of information packets, ie an execution of the system with storage of only a single route-related information packet in the vehicle can also be useful.
  • a second, decentralized charging unit 33 is connected to the display control device 25, with which a second charging component is implemented as a function of the quantity and type of presentation of the information actually displayed.
  • the fee components determined by the two fee units 17, 33 are fed to a charge computer 35 of the central office, which determines and outputs a total amount of fees to be charged to the advertising customer for the use of the system at certain time intervals (for example monthly).

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Abstract

Information system for a traffic network, whereby route related information packets are centrally stored and wirelessly transmitted to the vehicle for display corresponding to progress on the route.

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Abweichungen vom regulären Betrieb im wesentlichen nur über aufwendige Informationskampagnen an den Haltestellen oder - sofern das nicht möglich ist - durch das die Fahrzeuge fahrende oder begleitende Personal geben lassen können.Deviations from regular operation essentially only through complex information campaigns at the stops or - if this is not possible - by the vehicles driving or accompanying personnel can give.
Aus der WO 91/14247 ist ein assenverkehrs- Koramunikationssystem bekannt, welches die Übermittlung von Informationen (speziell auch Werbeinformationen) in Abhängigkeit vom Standort eines ein öffentliches Vekehrsnetz bedie- nenden Fahrzeuges erlaubt. Hierzu werden von einem Steuerrechner aus über das öffentliche (leitungsgebundene) Telefonnetz die entsprechenden Informationen an Relaisstationen im Depot bzw. an den Haltestellen der Fahrzeuge übermittelt und über dort installierte Sender an Empfänger in den Fahrzeugen übermittelt .A food traffic communication system is known from WO 91/14247, which permits the transmission of information (especially also advertising information) depending on the location of a vehicle serving a public transport network. For this purpose, the corresponding information is transmitted from a control computer via the public (wired) telephone network to relay stations in the depot or at the vehicle stops and transmitted to receivers in the vehicles via transmitters installed there.
Dieses System ist aufwendig in der Erstellung, da an den zur Informationsübertragung an die Fahrzeuge ausgerüsteten Stellen Festnetzanschlüsse und entsprechende Schnittstellen (Mo- dems) vorgesehen sein müssen und die Informationsübertragung ist insgesamt organisatorisch aufwendig und relativ störanfällig.This system is complex to set up, since landline connections and corresponding interfaces (modems) must be provided at the points equipped for the transmission of information to the vehicles, and the overall transmission of information is complex in terms of organization and relatively susceptible to faults.
In der GB 2 276 063 A wird eine Anordnung zur Anzeige von lo- kal relevanter Information innerhalb eines Fahrzeuges beschrieben, die einen an der Strecke angeordneten Sender zum Aussenden der entsprechenden Information und einen im Fahrzeug angeordneten Empfänger zu deren Empfang sowie einen im Fahrzeug installierten Multimedia-Rechner umfaßt, der im An- sprechen auf das empfangene lokale Signal eine diesem zugeordnete Information im Fahrzeug zur Anzeige bringt. Die Information wird aus einem CD-ROM-Laufwerk des Computers gezogen. Dieses System ist sowohl in der Installation als auch in der Datenpflege höchst aufwendig.GB 2 276 063 A describes an arrangement for displaying locally relevant information within a vehicle, which has a transmitter arranged on the route for transmitting the corresponding information and a receiver arranged in the vehicle for receiving it, and a multimedia system installed in the vehicle -Computer which, in response to the received local signal, displays information associated therewith in the vehicle. The information is pulled from a computer CD-ROM drive. This system is extremely complex in terms of both installation and data maintenance.
Aus der EP 0 772 856 Bl sind ein Verfahren und eine Anordnung zur Werbung mit Fahrzeugortungsreferenz bekannt. Das System umfaßt eine Rundfunksendeanlage, über die Sprachwerbung mit Datennachrichten ausgesandt wird, ein GPS-Navigationssyste , über das die aktuelle Position eines Fahrzeugs ermittelt wird, und einen Prozessor, der einen standortbezogenen Aus- schnitt aus der durch die Rundfunkstation übermittelten Gesamtinformation zur Anzeige bringt. Dieses System kann nicht ohne die GPS-Ortungsko ponente arbeiten und erfordert eine permanente aufwendige fahrzeuginterne Datenverarbeitung - die einen entsprechend leistungsfähigen Computer voraussetzt - und ist daher ebenfalls relativ kostenaufwendig.A method and an arrangement for advertising with a vehicle location reference are known from EP 0 772 856 B1. The system comprises a radio transmission system, via which voice advertising with data messages is sent, a GPS navigation system, via which the current position of a vehicle is determined, and a processor, which displays a location-specific section of the overall information transmitted by the radio station. This system cannot work without the GPS location component and requires permanent, complex in-vehicle data processing - which requires a correspondingly powerful computer - and is therefore also relatively expensive.
Aus der DE 295 16 556 ül ist eine Multimedia-Präsentationsanlage für öffentliche Verkehrsmittel bekannt, die eine Mehrzahl von stationären Sender-/Empfänger-Einheiten aufweist, über die mobile Sender-/Empfänger-Einheiten in den Fahrzeugen des Verkehrsnetzes mit Informationen versorgt werden. Dieses System hat die gleichen Nachteile wie dasjenige gemäß der oben erwähnten WO 91/14247.A multimedia presentation system for public transport is known from DE 295 16 556 ül, which has a plurality of stationary transmitter / receiver units, via which mobile transmitter / receiver units in the vehicles of the transport network are supplied with information. This system has the same disadvantages as that according to WO 91/14247 mentioned above.
Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Informationssystem sowie ein entsprechendes Verfahren der genannten Art anzugeben, mit denen schnell, leicht und kostengünstig aktuelle und routenspezifische Informationen - darunter Werbeinformationen - an die Benutzer eines Verkehrsnetzes über- mittelt werden können.The invention is therefore based on the object of specifying an information system and a corresponding method of the type mentioned, with which current and route-specific information — including advertising information — can be transmitted to the users of a traffic network quickly, easily and inexpensively.
Diese Aufgabe wird hinsichtlich ihres Vorrichtungsaspektes durch ein Informationssystem mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 und hinsichtlich ihres Verfahrensaspektes durch ein Verfah- ren mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 12 gelöst.This object is achieved in terms of its device aspect by an information system with the features of claim 1 and in terms of its method aspect by a method with the features of claim 12.
Die Erfindung schließt den wesentlichen Gedanken ein, die für die Benutzer des Verkehrsnetzes bestimmten Informationen als routenbezogene Informationspakete in einem zentralen Informa- tionsspeicher bei einer Informations-Leitzentrale abzulegen. Bei dieser existiert außerdem ein Routenspeicher, in dem jeweils die aktuell gültigen Zuordnungen zwischen den einzelnen Routen des Verkehrsnetzes und den sie bedienenden Fahrzeugen abgelegt sind. Im Zusammenwirken beider Speicher läßt sich somit jedem auf einer Route eingesetzten Fahrzeug eindeutig ein Informationspaket zuordnen, welches die für diese Route relevanten 'Informationen umfaßt.The invention includes the essential idea of storing the information intended for the users of the traffic network as route-related information packets in a central information store at an information control center. This also has a route memory, in which the currently valid assignments between the individual Routes of the transport network and the vehicles serving them are stored. In the interaction of the two memories, each vehicle used on a route can thus be uniquely assigned an information package which comprises the information relevant for this route.
Weiterhin schließt die Erfindung den Gedanken ein, die besagten Informationspakete über eine direkt mit der Informations- Leitzentrale verbundene Sendeeinrichtung einer insgesamt drahtlosen Kommunikationsanordnung an die Fahrzeuge auszusenden, wo sie durch entsprechende Empfangseinrichtungen empfangen und einer Anzeigesteuereinrichtung zugeleitet werden. Das vorgeschlagene System kommt also sowohl ohne Einbeziehung eines leitungsgebundenen Telefonnetzes (Festnetzes) als auch ohne eine Mehrzahl von über die Route verteilten Sende- bzw. Relaisstationen aus und ist somit äußerst einfach und kostengünstig zu erstellen.Furthermore, the invention includes the idea of sending the said information packets to the vehicles via a transmitting device, which is connected directly to the information control center, of an overall wireless communication arrangement, where they are received by corresponding receiving devices and forwarded to a display control device. The proposed system therefore does not require a wired telephone network (landline network) or a plurality of transmitting or relay stations distributed over the route and is therefore extremely simple and inexpensive to set up.
Schließlich gehört zur Erfindung der Gedanke einer Aufberei- tung und Steuerung der Anzeige der Informationspakete in den Fahrzeugen zu einer für die Benutzer vorteilhaft zu verarbeitenden - insbesondere sequentiellen, über die Fahrzeit verteilten - Anzeige des Gesamt-Informationsgehaltes. Die dadurch mögliche „punktgenaue" Darbietung wertet bereits her- kömmliche Werbeinformationen deutlich auf, ist aber bei einem besonderen Anwendungsgebiet der vorgeschlagenen Lösung - nämlich der Informationsdarbietung bei Stadtrundfahrten bzw. allgemein einer Stadtinformation in einem Verkehrsmittel von besonderem Wert.Finally, the idea of preparing and controlling the display of the information packets in the vehicles is part of the invention of a display of the total information content which is advantageous for the user to process - in particular sequential and distributed over the travel time. The "precise" presentation that is possible as a result already appreciably enhances conventional advertising information, but is of particular value in a particular field of application of the proposed solution - namely the information presentation during city tours or generally city information in a means of transport.
In diesem Zusammenhang ist es zweckmäßig, wenn die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen Mittel zur Veränderung der Reihenfolge der Anzeige der Inhalte des jeweiligen Informationspakets in Abhängigkeit von der Fahrtrichtung („Hinfahrt" oder „Rück- fahrt") beim Befahren der Fahrtroute haben. Dann ist für jede Fahrtroute jeweils nur ein Informationspaket zentral zu erstellen. Alternativ kann für jede Fahrtrichtung bei der In- formations-Leitzentrale ein gesondertes Informationspaket (mit entsprechend spezifischer Reihenfolge von insgesamt gleichen Inhalten) erstellt werden.In this context, it is expedient if the display control devices have means for changing the order in which the contents of the respective information package are displayed as a function of the direction of travel (“outward” or “return”) when driving along the route. Then only one information package has to be created centrally for each route. Alternatively, for each direction of travel formation control center, a separate information package (with a specific order of the same content) is created.
Die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen in den Fahrzeugen weisen bevorzugt einen Informationspaket-Zwischenspeicher zur internen Speicherung mindestens eines Informationspaketes - bevorzugt aber von mehreren Informationspaketen für mehrere Routen und/oder Fahrtrichtungen - im Fahrzeug auf. Die Informations- anzeige in diesem wird damit relativ unabhängig von einer Kommuni ations erbindung mit der Leitzentrale, so daß sie auch bei überraschenden Zuweisungen einer neuen Fahrtroute (die im Alltagsbetrieb eines Verkehrsnetzes durchaus vorkommen) unabhängig von der Leitzentrale voll funktionsfähig bleibt. Mit der Erfindung wird allerdings nicht das Ziel verfolgt, in jedem Fahrzeug den gesamten Informationsdatenbestand für die Benutzer des vollständigen Verkehrsnetzes zu speichern, da gerade mit der Zentralisierung der Informationserstellung und -Verwaltung wesentliche Gestehungs- und Betriebskosteneinsparungen erzielbar sind.The display control devices in the vehicles preferably have an information packet buffer store for the internal storage of at least one information packet - but preferably of several information packets for several routes and / or directions of travel - in the vehicle. The information display in this becomes relatively independent of a communication link with the control center, so that it remains fully functional regardless of the control center even when a new route is unexpectedly assigned (which may well occur in the daily operation of a traffic network). However, the aim of the invention is not to store the entire information database for the users of the complete traffic network in each vehicle, since the centralization of the information creation and management makes it possible to achieve significant savings in operating and operating costs.
Die Kommunikation zwischen der Leitzentrale und den Fahrzeugen läuft bevorzugt im Rahmen eines drahtlosen lokalen Netzes („Wireless-LAN ) ab, kann aber auch im Rahmen eines öffentli- chen Mobilfunknetzes abgewickelt werden. Im letzteren Falle erfolgt die Übertragung der Informationspakete insbesondere auf der Basis eines an die technischen Gegebenheiten des genutzten Mobilfunknetzes angepaßten Internetprotokolls, also bei einem GSM-Netz nach dem WAP(Wireless Application Proto- col) -Standard.Communication between the control center and the vehicles preferably takes place in the context of a wireless local area network (“wireless LAN”), but can also be carried out in the context of a public mobile radio network. In the latter case, the information packets are transmitted in particular on the basis of an Internet protocol adapted to the technical circumstances of the mobile radio network used, that is to say in the case of a GSM network according to the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) standard.
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An den Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen sind zweckmäßigerweise ma- nuelle oder - bevorzugt - automatische, insbesondere mit einem Signalausgang eines GPS-Empfängers verbundene, Auswahlmittel zur Auswahl eines von mehreren verfügbaren Informationspaketen vorgesehen. Diese Auswahlmittel können bei Ausbildung des oben erwähnten Informationspaket-Zwischenspeichers mit mehreren Speicherbereichen einen von diesen Speicherbereichen für die aktuelle Route des Fahrzeugs adressieren. Alternativ können sie auch zum Abruf eines konkreten Informationspaketes direkt aus dem Informationsspeicher der Leitzentrale über die drahtlose Kommunikationsverbindung ausgebildet sein.Manual or — preferably — automatic selection means, in particular connected to a signal output of a GPS receiver, are expediently provided on the display control devices for selecting one of several available information packets. When the above-mentioned information packet buffer is formed with a plurality of storage areas, these selection means can address one of these storage areas for the current route of the vehicle. Alternatively, they can also be designed to call up a specific information package directly from the information store of the control center via the wireless communication link.
Die Anzeigeeinrichtungen werden in den meisten Anwendungsfällen als optische Anzeigeeinrichtungen, etwa LCD- oder Plasma- Anzeigeschirme oder LED-Arrays, ausgebildet sein, und die In- for ationspakete umfassen demzufolge in der Regel vorrangig Text- bzw. Videoinformationen. In vielen Fällen ist aber der zusätzliche Einsatz von Audioinformationen zur Darbietung über Lautsprecher im Fahrzeug sinnvoll. Für Spezialanwendun- gen (Stadtrundfahrten) können Audioinformationen und deren akustiscbe Darbietung auch den Kern der Informationspakete und von deren Übermittlung an die Benutzer des Verkehrsmittels bilden.In most applications, the display devices will be in the form of optical display devices, for example LCD or plasma display screens or LED arrays, and the information packages accordingly generally comprise primarily text or video information. In many cases, however, the additional use of audio information for presentation via loudspeakers in the vehicle makes sense. For special applications (city tours), audio information and its acoustic presentation can also form the core of the information packages and of their transmission to the users of the means of transport.
Zu den oben genannten Systemaspekten korrespondieren Verfah- rensaspekte des Betriebes eines Verkehrsnetz-Informationssystems, die daher hier nicht im einzelnen aufgeführt werden. Es sei hier lediglich darauf hingewiesen, daß das vorgeschlagene System und Verfahren die tagesaktuelle Information der Nutzer des Verkehrssystems bzw. Plazierung von Werbeanzeigen in Korrelation zur konkreten Route ermöglicht. Dem Betreiber (beispielsweise Bus- oder Bahnunternehmen) wird hierdurch eine nicht unerhebliche Refinanzierung der Kapitalkosten über Werbeeinnahmen aus einem wegen seiner Aktualität und punktgenauen Kundenansprache höchst attraktiven Werbesystem ermöglicht .Process aspects of the operation of a traffic network information system correspond to the system aspects mentioned above, which are therefore not listed in detail here. It should only be pointed out here that the proposed system and method enables up-to-date information for the users of the traffic system or placement of advertisements in correlation to the specific route. The operator (e.g. bus or train company) is thereby given a not inconsiderable refinancing of the cost of capital Advertising revenue from an advertising system that is highly attractive because of its topicality and precise customer approach.
Vorteile und Zweckmäßigkeiten der Erfindung ergeben sich im übrigen aus den Unteransprüchen sowie der nachfolgenden Beschreibung eines bevorzugten Ausführungsbeispiels anhand der Figuren. Von diesen zeigen:Advantages and practicalities of the invention result from the subclaims and the following description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the figures. Of these show:
Fig. 1 eine schematische Darstellung zur Illustrierung eines zur Anzeige von Werbeinformationen ausgebildeten Informationssystems gemäß einer Ausführungsform der Erfindung und1 is a schematic illustration for illustrating an information system designed to display advertising information according to an embodiment of the invention and
Fig. 2 eine schematische Darstellung des Aufbaus eines derar- tigen Informationssystems in Form eines Funktions- Blockschaltbildes .Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of the structure of such an information system in the form of a functional block diagram.
Fig. 1 zeigt in einer illustrativen Gesamtdarstellung ein Werbe-Informationssystem eines Busunternehmens, bei dem die Werbeinhalte seitens der werbenden Unternehmen über das Internet an eine Werbungs-Managementeinrichtung übermittelt und zu routenbezogenen Informationspaketen („Routen-Paketen" ) zusammengestellt werden. Diese werden über einen Server einer Informations-Leitzentrale („Leitstand") per Funk im Rahmen eines Wireless-LAN an Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen („Displayrechner" ) in den Bussen übertragen, die dort installierte Anzeigeeinheiten steuern. Durch die Werbungs-Managementeinrichtung wird eine Frame-Struktur der Informationseinheiten bereitgestellt, und es werden HTML-Templates oder auch Bit- maps bzw. komplexe audiovisuelle Darbietungen erstellt. Seitens des werbenden Unternehmens werden jeweils die Werbeinhalte in die Templates integriert und aktualisiert. Aus den fertigen HTML-Seiten werden die Informationspakete zusammengestellt und in einem Informationsrechner des Leitstandes ge- speichert. Die Konfiguration eines entsprechenden Informationssystems 1 ist in Fig. 2 detaillierter dargestellt. Dessen Kernstück ist ein Leitzentralen-Server 3, dem als eine erste Datenbasis ein Informationsspeicher 5 und als zweite Datenbasis ein Routen- Speicher 7 zugeordnet sind.1 shows an illustrative overall illustration of an advertising information system of a bus company, in which the advertising content on the part of the advertising company is transmitted to an advertising management device via the Internet and is compiled into route-related information packages (“route packages”) Transfer the server of an information control center ("control center") by radio as part of a wireless LAN to display control devices ("display computers") in the buses, which control display units installed there. The advertising management device provides a frame structure for the information units, and HTML templates or bitmaps or complex audiovisual performances are created. The advertising company integrates and updates the advertising content in the templates. The information packages are compiled from the finished HTML pages and in an information computer of the control center. The configuration of a corresponding information system 1 is shown in more detail in FIG. 2. Its core is a control center server 3, to which an information memory 5 is assigned as a first database and a route memory 7 as second database.
Der Leitzentralen-Server 3 ist über eine Eingabe-Schnittstelle 9 und das Internet 11 mit Eingabeterminals 13 bei Werbepartnern des Betreibers des Informationssystems verbunden. Durch den Leitzentralen-Server 3 werden eine Homepage des Betreibers im Internet realisiert und geeignet gestaltete Eingabeframes für die Werbekunden im Web-Portal bereitgestellt. Der Server stellt auch Standardformate für bewegte Animationen, Flash-Techniken etc. bereit. Die Werbekunden geben ihre Werbeinhalte in die entsprechenden Templates aktuell ein und spezifizieren den territorialen Wirkungsbereich bzw. die Routen des Verkehrsnetzes, in bzw. auf denen ihre Werbeinhalte den Fahrgästen vermittelt werden sollen. Hierzu gibt es bei dem Web-Portal des Betreibers eine Dialogführung, die im üb- rigen auch zu Festlegungen von Details der Anzeige der Werbeinformation dient.The control center server 3 is connected via an input interface 9 and the Internet 11 to input terminals 13 at advertising partners of the operator of the information system. The control center server 3 realizes a homepage of the operator on the Internet and provides suitably designed input frames for the advertising customers in the web portal. The server also provides standard formats for moving animations, flash techniques, etc. The advertisers currently enter their advertising content in the corresponding templates and specify the territorial scope or routes of the transport network in or on which their advertising content is to be conveyed to the passengers. For this purpose, there is a dialog on the operator's web portal, which also serves to determine details of the display of the advertising information.
Der Eingabe-Schnittstelle 9 sind eine Authentisierungsprüf- stufe 15 und eine erste, zentrale Vergebührungseinheit 17 zu- geordnet. Diese dienen der Berechtigungsprüfung von auf den Leitzentralen-Server 3 bzw. dessen Informationsspeicher 5 zugreifenden Nutzern des Web-Portals bzw. der Ausführung eines (ersten) Vergebührungs organges im Zusammenhang mit der Dateneingabe in den Informationsspeicher 5, wie weiter oben be- reits erläutert.An authentication check level 15 and a first, central charging unit 17 are assigned to the input interface 9. These are used to check the authorization of users of the web portal accessing the control center server 3 or its information store 5 or to carry out a (first) charging procedure in connection with the data input into the information store 5, as already explained above.
Die einer bestimmten Route des Verkehrsnetzes zuzuordnenden Werbeinformationen (Templates) werden entsprechend ihrer genaueren territorialen Spezifikation geordnet zu routenbezoge- nen Informationspaketen zusammengestellt, welche jeweils in einem Speicherbereich 5i des Informationsspeichers 5 gespeichert werden. In dem Routenspeicher 7 sind in Zuordnung zu den einzelnen Routen des Verkehrsnetzes die diese jeweils aktuell befahrenden Fahrzeuge gespeichert, und der Leitzentra- len-Server 3 erzeugt unter Zugriff auf den Informationsspeicher 5 und den Routenspeicher 7 jeweils eine Echtzeit-Zuord- nung der aktuellen routenbezogenen Informationspakete zu den einzelnen Fahrzeugen des Fuhrparks des Betreibers.The advertising information (templates) to be assigned to a specific route of the traffic network are arranged according to their more precise territorial specification to route-related information packets, which are each stored in a memory area 5i of the information store 5. In the route memory 7 are assigned to The individual routes of the traffic network are stored by the vehicles currently traveling on them, and the control center server 3 generates a real-time assignment of the current route-related information packets to the individual vehicles of the vehicle fleet while accessing the information memory 5 and the route memory 7 operator.
Unter Zeitsteuerung durch eine Zeitsteuerstufe 19 werden die Informationspakete über eine mit dem Leitzentralen-Server 3 verbundene Funksendestufe 21 an die Fahrzeuge des Fuhrparks ausgesandt. Diese haben jeweils Funkempfangsstufen 23, die mit einer Anzeigesteuereinrichtung 25 zur sequentiellen Steuerung der Anzeige der empfangenen Informationspakete auf Anzeigeschirmen 27 und (wahlweise) über Lautsprecher 28 im Fahrzeug verbunden ist.Under time control by a time control stage 19, the information packets are sent to the vehicles of the vehicle fleet via a radio transmission stage 21 connected to the control center server 3. These each have radio reception stages 23, which are connected to a display control device 25 for sequential control of the display of the received information packets on display screens 27 and (optionally) via loudspeakers 28 in the vehicle.
Mit einem Steuereingang der Anzeigesteuereinrichtung 25 ist ein GPS-Empfänger 29 verbunden, der die genauen Zeitpunkte der Anzeige der einzelnen Informationsinhalte des routenbezo- genen Infor ationspaketes in Abhängigkeit vom tatsächlichen Standort des Fahrzeugs steuern kann. Durch den GPS-Empfänger 29 erfolgt auch bei Fahrtantritt des Fahrzeuges an seinem Ausgangsort die Auswahl eines von mehreren in einem Informationspaket-Zwischenspeicher 31 gespeicherten empfangenen In- formationspaketen. Dieses wird dann in die Anzeigesteuereinrichtung 25 geladen und sequentiell dargestellt. Es ist darauf hinzuweisen, daß das Vorsehen eines Informationspaket- Zwischenspeichers mit mehreren Speicherbereichen für eine Mehrzahl von Informationspaketen optional ist, d. h. auch ei- ne Ausführung des Systems mit Speicherung nur eines einzigen routenbezogenen Informationspaketes im Fahrzeug sinnvoll sein kann. (In einer einfacheren alternativen Ausführung kann dessen Funktion bis zu einem gewissen Grade - insbesondere im Sinne einer Fahrtrichtungsumschaltung der Anzeige-Reihenfolge - durch eine manuelle Umschalteinrichtung ersetzt werden.) Außerdem ist mit der Anzeigesteuereinrichtung 25 eine zweite, dezentrale Vergebührungseinheit 33 verbunden, mit dem eine zweite Vergebührungskomponente in Abhängigkeit von der Menge und Darbietungsart der tatsächlich angezeigten Information realisiert wird. Die durch beide Vergebührungseinheiten 17, 33 ermittelten Gebührenkomponenten werden einem Vergebüh- rungsrechner 35 der Lei zentrale zugeführt, der in bestimmten Zeitabständen (z. B. monatlich) einen dem Werbekunden insgesamt in Rechnung zu stellenden Gebührenbetrag für die Nutzung des Systems ermittelt und ausgibt.A GPS receiver 29 is connected to a control input of the display control device 25 and can control the exact points in time of the display of the individual information contents of the route-related information package depending on the actual location of the vehicle. The GPS receiver 29 also selects one of a number of received information packets stored in an information packet buffer store 31 when the vehicle is traveling at its point of departure. This is then loaded into the display control device 25 and shown sequentially. It should be pointed out that the provision of an information packet buffer store with a plurality of memory areas is optional for a plurality of information packets, ie an execution of the system with storage of only a single route-related information packet in the vehicle can also be useful. (In a simpler alternative embodiment, its function can be replaced to a certain extent - in particular in the sense of changing the direction of travel of the display sequence - by a manual switching device.) In addition, a second, decentralized charging unit 33 is connected to the display control device 25, with which a second charging component is implemented as a function of the quantity and type of presentation of the information actually displayed. The fee components determined by the two fee units 17, 33 are fed to a charge computer 35 of the central office, which determines and outputs a total amount of fees to be charged to the advertising customer for the use of the system at certain time intervals (for example monthly).
Die Ausführung der Erfindung ist nicht auf das oben beschriebene Beispiel beschränkt, sondern im Rahmen der Ansprüche ebenso in einer Vielzahl von Abwandlungen möglich, die im Rahmen fachgemäßen Handelns liegen. The implementation of the invention is not limited to the example described above, but is also possible within the scope of the claims in a large number of modifications which are within the scope of professional action.

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Bezugszeichenliste1 Informationssystem3 Leitzentralen-Server5 Informationsspeicher (erste Datenbasis)5i Speicherbereich■7 Routenspeicher (zweite Datenbasis)9 Eingabe-Schnittstelle11 Internet 3 Eingabeterminal 5 Authentisierungsprüfstuf 7 zentrale Vergebührungseinheit 9 Zeitsteuerstufe 1 Funksendestufe 3 Funkempfangsstufe 5 Anzeigesteuereinrichtung 7 Anzeigeschirm 8 Lautsprecher 9 GPS-Empfänger 1 Informationspaket-Zwischenspeicher 3 dezentrale Vergebührungseinheit 5 . Vergebührungsrechner Patentansprüche LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS 1 information system 3 control center server 5 information memory (first database) 5i memory area ■ 7 route memory (second database) 9 input interface 11 Internet 3 input terminal 5 authentication check level 7 central charging unit 9 time control level 1 radio transmission level 3 radio reception level 5 display control device 7 display screen 8 loudspeaker 9 GPS receiver 1 information package Buffer 3 decentralized charging unit 5. Fees calculator
1. Informationssystem (1) für ein Verkehrsnetz, das mit einer Mehrzahl von jeweils routengebunden verkehrenden Fahrzeugen realisiert wird, insbesondere für ein Linienbus-, Bahn- oder Flugnetz, mit1. Information system (1) for a traffic network, which is implemented with a plurality of vehicles, each of which is route-bound, in particular for a regular bus, train or flight network
- einer Informations-Leitzentrale (3 bis 9, 15 bis 19) mit einem zentralen Informationsspeicher (5) , der eine Mehrzahl von Informationspaket-Speicherbereichen (5i) für jeweils ein routenbezogenes Informationspaket aufweist, sowie einem Routenspeicher (7) , in dem aktuelle Zuordnungen zwischen Routen des Verkehrsnetzes und Fahrzeugen gespeichert sind,- An information control center (3 to 9, 15 to 19) with a central information store (5), which has a plurality of information packet storage areas (5i) for each route-related information packet, and a route store (7) in which current assignments are stored between routes of the transport network and vehicles,
- einer einzelnen, direkt mit der Informations-Leitzentrale verbundenen Sendeeinrichtung (21) einer drahtlosen Kommunika- tionsanordnung (21, 23) zur Aussendung der routenbezogenen Informationspakete an eine bestimmte Route bedienende Fahrzeuge,a single transmission device (21), connected directly to the information control center, of a wireless communication arrangement (21, 23) for sending the route-related information packets to vehicles serving a specific route,
- einer Mehrzahl von Empfangseinrichtungen (23) drahtlosen Kommuni ationsanordnung, die jeweils in einem Fahrzeug des Verkehrsnetzes angeordnet sind, zum Empfang jeweils eines für dieses Fahrzeug vorbestimmten Informationspaketes,- A plurality of receiving devices (23) wireless communication arrangement, which are each arranged in a vehicle of the transport network, for receiving a respective information packet predetermined for this vehicle,
- einer Mehrzahl von Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen (25), die jeweils in einem Fahrzeug angeordnet und eingangsseitig mit einer Empfangseinrichtung verbunden sind, zur Aufbereitung und Steuerung der Anzeige des jeweils empfangenen Informationspaketes und- A plurality of display control devices (25), each arranged in a vehicle and connected on the input side to a receiving device, for processing and controlling the display of the respectively received information packet and
- einer Mehrzahl von Anzeigeeinrichtungen (27), die jeweils in einem Fahrzeug angeordnet und eingangsseitig mit der dort vorgesehenen Anzeigesteuereinrichtung verbunden sind, zur, insbesondere sequentiellen, über die Fahrzeit verteilten, An¬ zeige des für das Fahrzeug ausgewählten routenbezogenen Informationspaketes während der Bedienung einer Route durch das Fahrzeug .- a plurality of display devices (27) which are each arranged in a vehicle and an input connected with the provided there display control means for, in particular sequential, distributed over the travel time, An ¬ show of the selected for the vehicle route-related information packet during the operation of a route through the vehicle.
2. Informationssystem nach Anspruch 1, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen (25) Steuermittel (29) zur Veränderung der Reihenfolge der Anzeige der Inhalte des jeweiligen Informationspaketes in Abhängigkeit von der Fahrtrichtung beim Bedienen der Route durch das Fahrzeug aufweisen.2. Information system according to claim 1, characterized in that the display control devices (25) control means (29) for Have a change in the order in which the contents of the respective information package are displayed depending on the direction of travel when operating the route through the vehicle.
3. Informationssystem nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen (25) einen Informationspaket- Zwischenspeicher (31) zur internen Speicherung mindestens ei- nes Informationspaketes, bevorzugt von mehreren Informationspaketen für mehrere Routen und/oder Fahrtrichtungen, im Fahrzeug aufweisen.3. Information system according to claim 1 or 2, so that the display control devices (25) have an information packet buffer (31) for the internal storage of at least one information packet, preferably of several information packets for several routes and / or directions, in the vehicle.
4. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n t, daß die Kommunikationsanordnung (21, 23) als drahtloses lokales Netz, insbesondere mit einem Mobilfunk-Sendeteil und einer Mehrzahl von Mobilfunk-Empfangsteilen, ausgebildet ist.4. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, that the communication arrangement (21, 23) is designed as a wireless local area network, in particular with a mobile radio transmission part and a plurality of mobile radio reception parts.
5. Informationssystem nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Kommunikationsanordnung (21, 23) eine Mehrzahl von Mobilfunk-Endgeräten in einem öffentlichen Mobilfunknetz aufweist.5. Information system according to one of claims 1 to 3, so that the communication arrangement (21, 23) has a plurality of mobile radio terminals in a public mobile radio network.
6. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Informations-Leitzentrale (3 bis 9, 15 bis 19) eine Zeitsteuerstufe (19) zur Steuerung der Übertragung der Informationspakete an die Fahrzeuge zu vorbestimmten Zeitpunkten bzw. in vorbestimmten Zeitbereichen aufweist.6. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, that the information control center (3 to 9, 15 to 19) has a timing control stage (19) for controlling the transmission of the information packets to the vehicles at predetermined times or in predetermined time ranges.
7. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Speicherbereiche (5i) des zentralen Informationsspeichers (5) zur Realisierung standardisierter Eingabeframes, insbesondere gemäß einem Internet-Protokoll, konfiguriert sind. 7. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, that the storage areas (5i) of the central information store (5) are configured to implement standardized input frames, in particular according to an Internet protocol.
•8. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t,, daß die Informations-Leitzentrale eine Eingabe-Schnittstelle (9) zur Verbindung mit einem IP-Netz, insbesondere dem Internet (11), zur formalisierten externen Eingabe von Informationen in den Informationsspeicher zur Formierung der Informationspakete aufweist. •8th. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information control center has an input interface (9) for connection to an IP network, in particular the Internet (11), for the formalized external input of information into the information store in order to form the information packets having.
9. Informationssystem nach Anspruch 8, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß der Eingabe-Schnittstelle (9) eine Authentisierungseinrich- tung (15) zur Berechtigungsprüfung im Zusammenhang mit einer Eingabe und/oder eine Vergebührungseinriσhtung (17) zur Ver- gebührung einer Eingabe in den Informationsspeicher zugeord- net ist.9. Information system according to claim 8, characterized in that the input interface (9) is assigned an authentication device (15) for authorization check in connection with an input and / or a charging device (17) for charging an input into the information memory. is not.
10. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen (25) Erfassungseinrichtungen (33) zur Erfassung der Menge bzw. Dauer von Informationsanzeigen in einem vorbestimmten Zeitraum aufweisen, deren Erfassungsergebnis von der Informations-Leitzentrale aus auslesbar ist.10. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, so that the display control devices (25) have detection devices (33) for detecting the quantity or duration of information displays in a predetermined period of time, the detection result of which can be read out from the information control center.
11. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Anzeigesteuereinrichtungen (25) manuelle oder automati- sehe, insbesondere mit einem Signalausgang eines GPS-E - pfängers (29) verbundene, Auswahlmittel zur Auswahl eines von mehreren verfügbaren routenbezogenen Informationspaketen aufweisen.11. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, that the display control devices (25) have manual or automatic see, in particular with a signal output of a GPS-E receiver (29), selection means for selecting one of several available route-related information packets.
12. Informationssystem nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Anzeigeeinrichtungen als optische Anzeigeeinrichtungen, insbesondere LCD-, Plasma- oder LED-Anzeigeeinheiten und/oder akustische Übertragungseinrichtungen, insbesondere Lautsprecher oder Kopf öreranordnungen, ausgebildet sind.12. Information system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the display devices are designed as optical display devices, in particular LCD, plasma or LED display units and / or acoustic transmission devices, in particular loudspeakers or headphone assemblies.
13. Verfahren zur Informationsdarstellung in routengebunden verkehrenden Fahrzeugen, die ein Verkehrsnetz, insbesondere ein Linienbus-, Bahn- oder Flugnetz, realisieren und jeweils eine Anzeigeeinrichtung zur Informationsanzeige und eine An- zeigesteuereinrichtung zur Anzeigesteuerung aufweisen, wobei die Informationen in einer Informations-Leitzentrale gespeichert und von dieser an die Fahrzeuge übergeben werden, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß in einem zentralen Informationsspeicher der Infor ations- Leitzentrale mit einer Mehrzahl von Informationspaket- Speicherbereichen jeweils ein routenbezogenes Informationspaket und in einem Routenspeicher aktuelle Zuordnungen zwischen Routen des Verkehrsnetzes und diese bedienenden Fahrzeugen gespeichert werden, durch eine mit der Informations-Leitzentrale verbundene Sendeeinrichtung einer drahtlosen Kommunikationsanordnung routenbezogene Informationspakete jeweils an eine bestimmte Route bedienende Fahrzeuge ausgesandt werden, durch Empfangseinrichtungen der drahtlosen Kommunikationsan- Ordnung in den Fahrzeugen jeweils ein für dieses Fahrzeug vorbestimmtes routenbezogenes Informationspaket empfangen und durch die Anzeigesteuereinrichtung im Fahrzeug dieses Informationspaket aufbereitet und seine, insbesondere sequentielle, über die Fahrzeit verteilte, Anzeige auf der Anzeigeein- richtung gesteuert wird.13. A method for displaying information in route-bound vehicles that implement a traffic network, in particular a bus, train or flight network and each have a display device for information display and a display control device for display control, the information being stored in an information control center and are transferred from this to the vehicles, characterized in that a route-related information package is stored in a central information store of the information control center with a plurality of information packet storage areas and current assignments between routes of the traffic network and vehicles serving them are stored in a route memory by a with the information control center, transmitting device of a wireless communication arrangement, route-related information packets are each sent to vehicles serving a specific route, by receiving devices of the wireless communication arrangement in the vehicles each receive a route-related information packet predetermined for this vehicle and this information packet is prepared by the display control device in the vehicle and its, in particular sequential, display time distribution is controlled on the display device.
14. Verfahren nach Anspruch 13, d a'd u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e , daß die Inhalte des jeweiligen Informationspaketes in einer in Abhängigkeit von der Fahrtrichtung beim Bedienen der Route durch das Fahrzeug gewählten Reihenfolge angezeigt werden. 14. The method according to claim 13, since ' durchgekennzeichne that the contents of the respective information package are displayed in a sequence selected by the vehicle depending on the direction of travel when operating the route.
15. Verfahren nach Anspruch 13 oder 14, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß eines aus einer Mehrzahl von im Fahrzeug zwischengespeicherten Informationspaketen manuell oder automatisch in Abhängig- 5 keit von der konkreten Route ausgewählt wird.15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, so that one of a plurality of information packets temporarily stored in the vehicle is selected manually or automatically as a function of the specific route.
16. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 13 bis 15, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die einzelnen Inhalte eines routenbezogenen Informationspake- 10 tes in Abhängigkeit von der Position des Fahrzeuges beim Bedienen der Route zur Anzeige gebracht werden.16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, so that the individual contents of a route-related information package are displayed as a function of the position of the vehicle when operating the route.
17. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 13 bis 16, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß17. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 16, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that
15 der zentrale Informationsspeicher der Informations- Leitzentrale, insbesondere über eine Eingabe-Schnittstelle zur Verbindung mit einem IP-Netz, extern mit Informationen, insbesondere Werbeinformationen, gespeist wird.15 the central information store of the information control center, in particular via an input interface for connection to an IP network, is fed externally with information, in particular advertising information.
20 18. Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die externe Speisung des zentralen Informationsspeichers mit Informationen in Abhängigkeit von einer Authentisierung und/oder der Erhebung einer Gebühr zugelassen wird.20 18. The method of claim 17, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the external supply of the central information store with information depending on an authentication and / or the collection of a fee is allowed.
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19. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 13 bis 18, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t, daß die Informationspakete Werbeinformationen und/oder ortsbezogene und/oder verkehrsnetzbezogene Informationen als Text-,19. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 18, d a d u r c h g e k e n n e e c h n e t that the information packets advertising information and / or location-related and / or traffic network-related information as text,
30 Video- und/oder Audioinformation umfassen. 30 include video and / or audio information.
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