JP2001122121A - Vehicular information notifying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular information notifying system resolving a problem wherein a user of a station cannot check vehicular information such as a departing time or a departing platform of a required train without moving to a place of an electric sign board or a station platform, and enabling the user to promptly get a required vehicular information by a radio electric wave without mobbing to the place of the electric sign board if only the user is in a specified area of a station and around the station. SOLUTION: A vehicular information notifying system notifying vehicular information to a user around a station by radio is provided with a vehicular information sending means sending a vehicular information such as a departing/ arriving time, a departing/arriving platform number, destination, availability of a train in a specified period after the present time to a specified area through radio communication medium such as a radio electric wave, infrared radiation, ultrasound, an induced magnetic field, and light, and a portable receiving means for receiving the above mentioned vehicular information. The receiving means is provided with either one of a liquid crystal display or a voice informing device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle information notification system for notifying operation information of vehicles such as vehicles and buses by radio waves or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in addition to timetables, several electronic bulletin boards indicating information such as train departure times and departure platforms have been installed in JR and private railway stations. It is well known that station guides provide voice guidance in addition to notification by an electronic bulletin board to provide convenience for customers. Also,
At the bus stop of the route bus, the departure time is posted as a standard timetable. Hereinafter, vehicles such as trains and buses are collectively referred to as vehicles.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned notification method using an electronic bulletin board or voice guidance has the following problems. That is, the user cannot confirm the information such as the departure time and departure platform of the train that he or she wants to know without visiting the place where the electronic bulletin board is located or the platform of the station. In addition, when the station premises are quite large like Tokyo Station, it is often easy to get lost where the electronic bulletin board is. In addition, since information such as train delays and platform changes cannot be obtained without entering the station premises, the customer himself enters the station premises once, confirms information such as time changes, and then goes out of the station again. There were times when it was wasted to come. At the same time, at the bus stop, the arrival time of the bus often deviates significantly from the standard time depending on the degree of traffic congestion, and even if you go to the bus stop at the scheduled time, the bus has already passed the bus stop or has not arrived It is often not possible to determine whether The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and if the user is within a predetermined range such as inside the station yard and around the station, vehicle information that the user wants to know without moving to the place where the electronic bulletin board is located is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle information notification system that can be immediately obtained.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle information notification system according to the present invention.
The described invention is a system for notifying the vehicle information to the passengers at or around the station using radio, and a radio communication medium such as a radio wave, an infrared ray, an ultrasonic wave, an induction magnetic field, and light in a required area. Means for transmitting vehicle information such as vehicle departure or arrival time within at least a predetermined time after the current time, departure and arrival home number, destination, vacant seats, etc., and portable receiving means for receiving the vehicle information, The receiving means is configured to include at least one of a liquid crystal display and a sound alarm. The invention according to claim 2 of the vehicle information notifying system according to the present invention is a system for notifying a vehicle information to a user in or near a station using a wireless transmission means, a wireless transmission means, departure and arrival of various routes. Time information,
Time information generating means, including a portable reception terminal device with a screen display or voice display function, the vehicle transmitting or arriving time within a predetermined time after the current time, departure and arrival home number, destination, vehicle information such as vacant seats, the wireless transmission means The vehicle information is transmitted to a required area such as in the station yard or the vicinity of the station, and the vehicle information is acquired by the portable receiving terminal device carried by the customer.

[0005] The invention according to claim 3 of the vehicle information notification system according to the present invention is the invention according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the portable receiving terminal device is an AM / FM portable radio receiver, and The transmitting means is configured to transmit a radio wave in a receivable frequency range of the AM / FM portable radio receiver. According to a fourth aspect of the vehicle information notification system according to the present invention, in the first to third aspects, the AM / FM portable radio receiver includes a display such as a liquid crystal display. Things. A vehicle information notification system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the vehicle information notification system according to the first to third aspects, wherein the portable receiving terminal device has a receiver added to a notebook personal computer. The invention according to claim 6 of the vehicle information notification system according to the present invention is the vehicle information notification system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a transmission base station function of a mobile phone or a PHS is added to the transmission means. The PHS terminal is configured to receive the vehicle information.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a vehicle information notification system according to the present invention. The vehicle information notification system shown in this example is an AM / FM
Passenger with portable radio 101 or with indicator A
This is a wireless service system that provides vehicle information from a base station 103 to a user who has an M / FM portable radio 102. The base station 103, a time generation unit 104 that generates the current time,
A vehicle information storage unit 105 that stores vehicle information such as a departure time, and outputs vehicle information within a predetermined time based on the time signal.
And a RAM 106 for storing the vehicle information within the predetermined time output from the vehicle information storage unit 105, and reading and processing the vehicle information within the predetermined time stored in the RAM 106 to correspond to the vehicle information within the predetermined time. Audio information and / or
Or a control unit 107 for outputting character information, modulation units 108 and 109 for modulating the audio information and / or character information in a predetermined modulation scheme, respectively, and a multiplexing unit for frequency-multiplexing the modulation signals output from the modulation units 108 and 109. Unit 110 and the multiplexing unit 1
Transmitter 11 for superimposing the multiplexed signal output by 10 on the carrier signal
1 and a transmitting antenna 112 for radiating the carrier signal from the transmitting unit 111 as radio waves. The vehicle information stored in the train information storage unit 105 is updated to the latest vehicle information at any time by an updating unit (not shown in FIG. 1).

The vehicle information notification system shown in this example operates as follows. In the base station 103, a vehicle information storage unit 105
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, various vehicle information such as a route name, a vehicle number, a departure time, and a destination are stored as a database. The vehicle information storage unit 105 compares the current time information input from the time generation unit 104 with the scheduled departure time of the vehicle information, and corresponds to a vehicle scheduled to depart within a predetermined time after the current time, for example, within 30 minutes. The vehicle information is output from the vehicle information storage unit 105 within a predetermined time. The control unit 107
The vehicle information within the predetermined interval stored in M106 is read and processed, and is output as a voice information signal and / or a text information signal corresponding to the vehicle information within the predetermined time.

The modulators 108 and 109 perform predetermined modulation at predetermined carrier frequencies f1 and f2 on the audio information signal and / or character information signal output from the control unit 107 to generate an audio modulation signal and a character modulation signal. . The voice modulation signal and the character modulation signal are frequency-multiplexed by a multiplexing unit 110 and transmitted by a transmitting unit 1.
After being superimposed on the carrier at 11, it is radiated as radio waves from the transmitting antenna 112. Here, the frequency spectrum of the radio wave radiated from the transmission antenna 112 is a frequency f1 outside the frequency range used in the broadcast frequency, as shown in FIG.
Two waves of f2 are selected and used. In addition,
The frequencies f1 and f2 can be changed as needed.

The radio wave radiated from the transmitting antenna 112 is received by the AM / FM portable radio 101 or the AM / FM portable radio 102 with a display carried by the customer, so that the vehicle information is converted into voice information or text information. can get. Here, the AM / FM portable radio with display 102
4 includes a receiving antenna 401, a receiving unit 402, a demodulating unit 403, a speaker 404, and a display 405, and amplifies a radio wave received by the antenna 401 by the receiving unit 403, and amplifies the radio wave received by the antenna 401 by the demodulating unit 403. The demodulated vehicle information is heard from the speaker 404 as audio information, or text information is displayed on the display 405. FIG. 5A is a display diagram showing an example of a state in which the character information is displayed on the AM / FM portable radio 102 with a display.

[0010] As shown in FIG. 5A, the display 405 displays vehicle information for each line for each line. The user can freely scroll the cursor 501 up, down, left and right at any time while looking at the display 405, and search for desired vehicle information.
In the display example here, one line is displayed for each route, but the display method may be selected in a menu system. For example, first, the names of the Tokaido Line, the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Joetsu Shinkansen, etc. are displayed as a menu on the display unit 405, and a desired one is selected from the menus, and then various types are displayed as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). It is also possible to display vehicle information. By doing so, it becomes possible to more quickly search for desired train information. Note that the vehicle information stored in the timetable storage unit 105 is updated to the latest information at any time by updating means not displayed in FIG. 1. Therefore, even if a change in the departure time or a departure home time or the like occurs, the change is also made. The contents thus displayed are displayed on the display 405 in real time.

[0011] Further, instead of the above-mentioned AM / FM portable radio with a display, if the user has a receiver connected to a small and lightweight notebook personal computer which can be carried by the user, the above-mentioned menu is provided. -It is possible to create a menu that is easier to search because the display method according to the method can have more flexibility.

In the embodiment of the present invention implemented above,
Although the configuration includes two modulation units, the present invention is not limited to this example, and may be configured as shown in FIG. 6, for example. In the case of this embodiment, the configuration includes three modulation units. Two of these modulators are used for multiplexing audio information. In this case, three radio waves are required to be transmitted from the antenna. For audio information, for example, a group of a specific route is allocated to one channel, and a group of another route is allocated to another channel. This is effective because the time for notifying the vehicle information of each route by voice can be shortened.

The above-mentioned base station is an example in which a radio frequency is used so that a user can use an AM / FM portable radio. However, train information is stored for a user who has a portable telephone or a PHS. The mobile phone and PHS
Mobile phone and PHS to display on the display of
If the transmission base function is added, it will be possible to provide a more complete train information radio service, and access to the base station using a mobile phone or a PHS transmission / reception function, and the vehicle information desired by the passenger May be drawn. Further, if the above-mentioned train information communication service is provided by using a radio communication medium such as infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, light, etc. in addition to radio waves as a communication medium between the base station and the customer, the service area by radio waves will be further expanded. It will be possible to provide a full-featured train information service suitable for the coming information society.

Furthermore, the present invention may be installed not only for trains but also at bus stops. By adding communication means between the bus and the base station, it is possible to determine whether or not the bus at the scheduled time has already passed. If displayed, the service to the customer will be further improved. Further, the receiver carried by the user may be a small pager as well as a normal pager or a small television. Each pager has an individual calling function, and if the individual calling code does not match, it is not possible to receive it.However, if the call function cancel button is pressed, a specific frequency signal can be received for a certain period of time. It will be convenient if the above-mentioned vehicle information notification service is provided by using the specific frequency (frequency at which paging service is not performed). It would be useful to add such a call release function to a PHS or a mobile phone. Further, a memory function is added to a receiver carried by the user, and all timetables of a predetermined route at a desired station or timetables of a frequently used route or time zone are acquired and stored by the wireless communication. Then, it may be appropriately called up and displayed. That is, as described above, if the vehicle information is transmitted from a station, a bus stop, or the like by a weak radio wave or the like, various utilization forms are conceivable and extremely useful.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, vehicle information such as a departure time and a departure home number is notified to a user who is in a required area such as in the station yard or around the station by using a radio. If the customer is within a predetermined range such as inside the station yard and around the station, it is possible to immediately obtain the vehicle information that the customer wants to know without moving to the place where the electronic bulletin board is located,
It is very effective in providing better service to station users.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a vehicle information notification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vehicle information database of a vehicle information storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a frequency spectrum of a radio wave transmitted by a base station.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an AM / FM portable radio with a display.

FIG. 5 is an example of character information displayed on an AM / FM portable radio with a display.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the vehicle information notification system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101: AM / FM portable radio 102: AM / FM portable radio with display 103: Base station 104: Time generator 105: Vehicle information storage 106: RAM 107 Control units 108, 109: Modulation unit 110: Multiplexing unit 111: Transmission unit 112: Transmission antenna 401 ... Reception antenna 402 ... Reception unit 403: Demodulation unit 404 ..Speakers 405 ... Display unit 501 ... Cursor

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A system for notifying vehicle information to a passenger in or around a station using a wireless communication, wherein a wireless communication medium such as a radio wave, an infrared ray, an ultrasonic wave, an induction magnetic field, or light is transmitted to a required area. Means for transmitting vehicle information such as vehicle departure or arrival time within at least a predetermined time after the current time, departure and arrival home number, destination, vacant seats, etc., and portable receiving means for receiving the vehicle information, A vehicle information notification system, wherein the receiving means includes at least one of a liquid crystal display and a sound alarm. 2. A system for wirelessly notifying vehicle information to a passenger in or near a station premises, comprising wireless transmission means, departure arrival time information on various routes, time information generation means,
Including a mobile reception terminal device with a screen display or voice display function, vehicle departure or arrival time within a predetermined time after the current time, departure and arrival home number, destination, vehicle information such as vacant seats in the station premises or via the wireless transmission means or A vehicle information notification system, wherein the vehicle information is transmitted to a required area such as around a station and the vehicle information is acquired by the portable reception terminal device carried by the user. 3. The portable receiving terminal device is an AM / FM portable radio receiver and the transmitting means is the AM / F.
The radio wave of a frequency range receivable by an M portable radio receiver is transmitted.
Vehicle information notification system described. 4. The vehicle information notification system according to claim 1, wherein said AM / FM portable radio receiver includes a display such as a liquid crystal display. 5. The portable receiving terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the portable receiving terminal device is obtained by adding a receiver to a portable personal computer.
4. The vehicle information notification system according to claim 3. 6. The transmission means according to claim 1, wherein a transmission base station function of a mobile phone or a PHS is added to said transmission means so that said vehicle information can be received by a mobile phone or a PHS terminal. Vehicle information notification system.