JP2002278531A - Information providing system and information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] Since updating information such as a corporate advertisement in a vehicle of public transportation takes time, there is a problem that information with a lack of reliability may be provided. SOLUTION: Various information acquired via a communication network is displayed on a flat display installed in a vehicle of a public transportation or the like and provided to passengers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system and an information providing method for displaying various types of information obtained through a communication network on a flat display installed in a vehicle of a public transportation system and providing the information to passengers of the vehicle. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In public transportation such as trains and buses, advertisements of companies have been carried out by sticking advertisement paper on a wall surface or hanging it. The work of replacing the advertising paper is performed manually. In addition, announcements of stop stations, explanations of situations in an emergency, and the like were carried out by crew announcements or recorded voices.

[0003]

[0005] Conventionally, information provision in public transportation has been carried out as described above. Therefore, it takes time to update information, and there is a possibility that information without reliability may be provided. There were challenges.

[0004] To specifically explain the above problem, information such as a corporate advertisement is updated by manually replacing an advertising paper pasted on the wall of a train or a bus. Even if the date and time or duration of the event is suddenly changed, the passenger cannot be notified in real time. For this reason, there is a possibility that erroneous information is transmitted to the passenger.

[0005] In addition, when information is provided by announcements in a vehicle, it is often difficult to hear the sound of the vehicle, the voice of the passenger, and the like, and there is a problem that inaccurate information may be transmitted to the passenger.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and displays various kinds of information obtained through a communication network on a flat display installed in a vehicle of a public transportation system, thereby achieving the above-mentioned object. An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system and an information providing method capable of providing accurate information in real time to passengers of a vehicle.

[0007]

An information providing system according to the present invention comprises: an information display device installed in a vehicle of a public transportation system; and a plurality of information providing server devices for providing information to be displayed on the information display device. A system which is connected to a management center server installed at a management center of public transportation and editing information from a plurality of information providing server devices and delivering the edited information to an information display device via a communication network. , A management center-side communication means for transmitting and receiving information to and from a plurality of information providing server devices via a communication network by a management center-side server device, and identifying a transmission source of each information obtained from the plurality of information providing server devices. And information editing means for setting a priority display order in the information display device in association with the transmission source of each information, A communication device for transmitting / receiving information to / from the management center server device via the communication network, a flat display device for displaying information acquired from the management center server device, and a management center device Sender discriminating means for discriminating the sender based on the sender identification information of each piece of information obtained from the server device, and the sender discriminating means discriminating a priority display order set for each piece of information for which the sender has been discriminated The information processing apparatus includes a priority determination unit and a display control unit that controls display of each piece of information on the flat display device based on the determination result of the priority determination unit.

[0008] In the information providing system according to the present invention, the management center-side server device includes a reception information storage unit in which the information editing unit stores the source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set, and the information editing unit determines the predetermined information. The information provided by the information providing server device is acquired every period of time, and the contents of the received information storage means are updated.

In the information providing system according to the present invention, the display control means simultaneously displays, on the flat display device, a plurality of pieces of information determined to have the same priority display order by the priority order determination means.

[0010] In the information providing system according to the present invention, the display control means sequentially switches the respective information acquired from the server device on the management center side at a predetermined timing and displays the information on the flat display device.

[0011] In the information providing system according to the present invention, when the information editing means acquires the information to be urgently contacted to the passenger of the vehicle of the public transportation equipped with the information display device, the highest priority display order is set to this information. Is what you do.

The information providing system according to the present invention edits information illustrating the contents based on the information obtained from the management center server device by the information editing means.

[0013] In the information providing system according to the present invention, the flat display device is arranged at a plurality of places in one vehicle of public transportation.

An information providing method according to the present invention includes an information display device having a flat display device installed in a vehicle of public transportation, a plurality of information providing server devices for providing information to be displayed on the information display device. Information provision of a system which is installed in a public transportation management center and is connected via a communication network to a management center side server device which edits information from a plurality of information providing server devices and distributes the information to an information display device. A method, wherein a management center-side server device adds source identification information for identifying a source to each information obtained from a plurality of information providing server devices via a communication network, and corresponds to a source of each information. Information editing step for setting the priority display order in the information display device, and information obtained by the information display device from the server device on the management center side A source determining step of determining the source based on the source identification information, and a priority determining step of determining a priority display order set for each piece of information whose source has been determined in the source determining step, An information display step of displaying each information on a flat display device based on a result of the determination in the priority order determination step.

The information providing method according to the present invention includes an information updating step of updating the source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set in the information editing step every predetermined period.

In the information providing method according to the present invention, the highest priority display order is set for the information to be urgently communicated to the passenger of the vehicle of the public transportation having the information display device installed in the information editing step.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an information providing system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote management servers (management center side server devices) installed in a management center of a railway company or a bus company, which acquire and edit various information provided by the servers 5 to 11 via the network 4. To the communication devices 3a and 3b of the information display device in the train 12 and the bus 13. 3A, 3
B is a communication device (management center side communication means) of the management servers 1 and 2, and the servers 5 to 11 are connected via the network 4.
And the communication device 3 of the information display device via a wireless communication line (communication network).
a, 3b. Reference numerals 3a and 3b denote communication devices (display device-side communication means) connected to the information display devices in the train 12 or the bus 13, which receive information from the management servers 1 and 2 and send the information to components in the information display device Output. Reference numeral 4 denotes a network (communication network) for communicatively connecting the management servers 1 and 2 and the servers 5 to 11, specifically, a LAN (Local Area Network).
ork) and WAN (Wide Area Network)
k). The communication network 10 includes the Internet, in particular, WWW (World Wide Wed).
It also includes a computer network represented by b).

Reference numeral 5 denotes a company server that manages a website of a company that provides advertisements, 6 denotes a TV station server that manages a website of a TV station that provides various information, and 7 denotes a website of a radio station that provides various information. Is a radio station server that manages the information.
b) A newspaper server that manages the site, 9 is a Meteorological Agency server that manages a Web site of the Meteorological Agency that provides weather-related information such as weather forecasts, and 10 is a Web site of a travel and event company that provides various information on travel and events A travel / event company server that manages the site, and 11 is a police and fire department W that provides various information such as accidents and traffic conditions.
It is a police / fire department server managing the website. These servers 5 to 11 correspond to information providing server devices.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a train on which the information display device of the present invention is installed, and reference numeral 13 denotes a bus on which the information display device of the present invention is installed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the information display device according to the first embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 14 denotes transmission source determining means for extracting transmission source identification information included in information from the management servers 1 and 2 and determining the transmission source of each information. This can be realized by adding the function of extracting the transmission source identification information to software to be executed by a computer. The transmission source identification information may be a file attached to information from the management servers 1 and 2.
2 may be one of the data constituting the information. 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes priority order determining means for determining a priority display order for displaying information from the management servers 1 and 2 on the flat display 17, which is a transmission source for software executed by a microcomputer constituting a control circuit of the information display device. This can be realized by providing a function of extracting the priority display order associated with. Reference numeral 16 denotes display control means for controlling the display processing of the information from the priority order determination means 15, and constitutes a display screen for displaying the information display order and the information on the flat display 17. 17
Is a flat type display for displaying information from the management servers 1 and 2, and is a general liquid crystal display (LC).
D). The same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the management server in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 18 denotes an information editing means for editing information acquired from the servers 5 to 11;
1 is added to each piece of information obtained from No. 1, and the priority display order in the information display device is set in association with the source of each piece of information. In the information editing unit 18, a priority display order is set for each transmission source. For example, a high priority display order is given to information from the police / fire department server 11 that is likely to provide urgent information. The setting of the priority display order can be arbitrarily changed in the management servers 1 and 2. The information editing means 18 can be realized by causing the computer devices constituting the management servers 1 and 2 to execute software having the above functions. Reference numeral 19 denotes a reception information database (reception information storage means) for storing information in which the information editing means 18 sets the transmission source identification information and the priority display order.
2 can be constituted by a hard disk of a computer device, or a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. The same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams for explaining the installation position of the flat type display in the train. FIG. 4A is an inner wall view of the train, and FIG. In the figure, 21 is a train door, 22 is a train seat,
Reference numeral 23 denotes a railing of a train, and reference numeral 24 denotes a passage of a connecting portion of the train.
As shown in FIG. 4, the flat display 17 of the present invention is installed at a plurality of locations so that many passengers in the train 12 can refer to the flat display. For example, since many passengers enter and leave around the door 21 in the train 12, FIG.
(A) As shown in FIG.
1 is easy to see by passengers (particularly, on the side of the door 21, it is a position that is easy to see by the passengers holding on the handrails 23 and the passengers sitting on the seats 22). In addition, when the train 12
For when the passenger is located on the side of the connection passage 24 in the inside,
As shown in FIG. 4B, the flat display 17 is installed above the connection passage 24. Thus, train 1
The information can be provided to many passengers by installing the flat display 17 at a plurality of locations in the 2.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the information providing system according to the first embodiment. The normal operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, the communication devices 3A,
3B acquires various information from each of the servers 5 to 11 via the communication network 4 (step ST1). Specifically, the WWW of the Internet managed by the servers 5 to 11
The servers 5 to 11 may provide the management servers 1 and 2 with various types of information obtained from the above Web site or information edited in a format that can be displayed on the flat display 17. The communication devices 3A and 3B transmit the information to the information editing unit 18 each time information is acquired from each of the servers 5 to 11.

In the information editing means 18, each of the servers 5 to 11
Each time information is obtained from the server, transmission source identification information is added in association with the transmission source of each information. At the same time, the information editing means 18 assigns a priority display order set in advance to each information for each transmission source. In addition, the information editing unit 18 edits each information acquired from the servers 5 to 11 into a display format of the flat display 17 of the information display device. For example, in order to convey the contents of the information as clearly as possible, the information is edited into illustration information including characters and figures (illustrations, photographs, etc.) (step ST2, information editing step). These editing processes are performed in accordance with a preset display screen format (for example, a drawing at the right end of the display screen and an arrangement position on the screen such as an explanatory text relating to the drawing at the left end). This can be realized by software having a function of analyzing contents and sequentially applying the contents. Each piece of information to which the transmission source identification information and the priority display order are assigned by the information editing unit 18 is stored in a database in association with the transmission source, and the reception information database 19
Is stored in Further, the communication means 3A and 3B acquire information provided by the servers 5 to 11 at predetermined intervals, and based on this, the information editing means 18 causes the reception information database 1 to
9 may be updated. By updating the information at predetermined time intervals, accurate and reliable information can be provided.

Next, the edited information is read from the reception information database 19 by the communication means 3A, 3B and transmitted to the information display device installed on the train 12 or the bus 13 (step ST3). This communication means 3A,
The operation by the 3B is a software which has a function of transmitting the edited information to the information display device installed on the train 12 or the bus 13 when the editing of the information from each of the servers 5 to 11 is completed. This can be realized by causing the CPUs of the computer devices constituting the first and second programs to execute the processes.

The communication means 3a and 3b in the information display device are:
Upon receiving the information from the management servers 1 and 2, the information is immediately output to the transmission source determining unit 14. The source determining unit 14 determines the source by extracting the source identification information included in each information from the management servers 1 and 2 (source determining step). The discriminating operation of the transmission source discriminating means 14 can be realized by applying a standard search function to the OS of a general personal computer. For example, a special extension is added to the file as the transmission source identification information, and the transmission source discriminating means 14 determines from the extension that the information is the transmission source identification information. Thereafter, the information identifying the transmission source stored as the content of each transmission source identification information is read out by the transmission source determining means 14 so that the transmission source of each information can be determined.

The information from which the transmission source determining means 14 has determined the transmission source is sequentially output to the priority order determining means 15. The priority determination unit 15 determines the priority display order of each information from the transmission source determination unit 14 (priority determination step). Specifically, the priority display order to be displayed on the flat display 17 for each transmission source is set in the priority order determination means 15 in advance. That is, the priority determination unit 15 determines the priority display order from the transmission source of the above information. As described above, the transmission source determining unit 14 and the priority order determining unit 1
When the transmission source and priority display order of each information from the management servers 1 and 2 are determined by 5, these information are transmitted to the display control means 16.

The display control means 16 includes the priority determination means 1
The display order and the display format are set for each piece of information based on the priority display order determined by 5. The information for which the display order and the display format are set by the display control means 16 are displayed on the flat display 17 (step ST4, information display step). Here, the display control means 16 transmits these pieces of information to the flat display 1 when the priority of the plurality of pieces of received information is different but the priority display order is the same.
7 may be displayed at the same time.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a plurality of pieces of information at the same time. In the figure, 25 is a display screen of the flat display 17, 26 is an advertisement screen displaying advertisement information from the company server 5, 27 is a weather forecast screen displaying a weather forecast from the Meteorological Agency server 9, 28 is a management server 6 is a diagram information screen displaying diagram information such as a stop station and a stop time of the train from No. 1; The display control means 16
Company server 5, Meteorological Agency server 9, and management server 1
Although the transmission sources are different as described above, if priority display orders equal to these are given, information from these is simultaneously displayed on the flat display 17 as shown in FIG. 6 (advertisement screen 26, weather forecast screen 27, Diamond information screen 2
8) Yes. As this display method, the display screen of the flat-type display 17 is divided into several sections in advance, and information is arbitrarily assigned to each section, or the type of information of the transmission source (for example, the weather forecast is a relatively small display). A predetermined section may be allocated by a section having an area on the screen, and a large section is set for a corporate advertisement. By displaying multiple pieces of information at the same time,
A lot of information can be efficiently provided to passengers.

Further, the display control means 16 sequentially switches each information at a predetermined timing to change the information to the flat type display 1.
7 may be displayed. For example, when a plurality of pieces of advertisement information are provided from the company server 5, these are sequentially switched and displayed at a predetermined timing. By doing so, a large amount of information can be efficiently provided to passengers.

As described above, when the display control means 16 displays the predetermined information on the flat display 17, the display processing is completed (step ST5).

Next, the operation of the train 12 and the bus 13 in an emergency will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another operation example of the information providing system according to the first embodiment, and the operation in an emergency will be described with reference to this figure. First, the communication devices 3A and 3B of the management servers 1 and 2 are connected to the police / fire department server 11 via the communication network 4 or a terminal device (not shown) installed at each station of a railway company or a management center of a bus company. (Step ST1a). Upon acquiring the emergency information, the communication devices 3A and 3B transmit the emergency information to the information editing unit 18.

The information editing means 18 adds transmission source identification information in association with the transmission source of the emergency information. At the same time, the information editing means 18 gives the highest priority display order to the emergency information. In addition, information editing means 18
Edits the emergency information into a display format on the flat display 17 of the information display device. For example, in order to convey the contents of the information as clearly as possible, the information is edited into graphic information including characters and figures (illustrations, photographs, etc.) (step ST2a, information editing step). Further, the information editing means 18 transmits the train 12 as emergency information from a terminal device (not shown) installed at each station of a railway company or a management center of a bus company.
It is determined whether or not there is information specifying the vehicle of the bus 13 or the like. Next, the emergency information is transmitted by the communication means 3A and 3B to an information display device installed on the train 12 or the bus 13 (step ST3a). At this time, if there is information specifying the train 12 or the bus 13, the information editing unit 1
Reference numeral 8 controls the communication means 3A and 3B so that the emergency information is transmitted only to the corresponding vehicle.

The communication means 3a and 3b in the information display device are:
Upon receipt of the emergency information, the emergency information is output to the transmission source determining means 14 immediately. The source determining means 14 extracts the source identification information included in the emergency information and determines the source (source determining step). The emergency information whose source has been determined by the source determining means 14 is sequentially output to the priority determining means 15. The priority determination unit 15 determines the priority display order of the emergency information from the transmission source determination unit 14 (priority determination step). Here, since the highest priority display order is set in the emergency information, it is immediately transmitted to the display control means 16.

The display control means 16 sets a display order and a display format for the emergency information having the highest priority display order. The emergency information in which the display order and the display format are set by the display control means 16 is displayed on the flat display 17 (step ST4a, information display step). At this time, for example, the information that has been displayed so far is switched to the emergency contact display, and a voice notification is performed as necessary.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen of an emergency contact of the information providing system according to the first embodiment. In the figure,
An emergency contact screen 29 is displayed on the flat display 17. The same components as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted. In the illustrated example, an emergency message is shown when the train 12 stops due to an overhead line accident. Explaining the flow until this emergency message is displayed, first, information indicating that the train 12 has been stopped due to an overhead line accident is transmitted to the management server 1 from a terminal device (not shown) installed at each station of the railway company. . Accordingly, the management server 1 determines that this information is an emergency, and the information editing means 18 edits the information for displaying the display screen as shown in FIG. Set. In addition, the information editing unit 18 specifies the train 12 stopped due to an overhead line accident from the information from the terminal device (not shown), and transmits the emergency information to the information display device of the train 12.

The information display device recognizes that the information received by the transmission source determining means 14 and the priority order determining means 15 is emergency information, and immediately outputs the emergency information to the display control means 16. The display control means 16 saves the information that has been displayed so far into a memory (not shown),
The emergency information is displayed on the flat display 17. At this time, if necessary, an announcement by the occupant is made simultaneously with the display of the emergency information.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the communication means 3A, 3B for transmitting and receiving information between the management servers 1, 2 and the plurality of servers 5 to 11 via the communication network 4, Information editing means 18 for assigning source identification information for identifying the source to each piece of information obtained from the plurality of servers 5 to 11 and setting a priority display order in the information display device in association with the source of each piece of information. Communication means 3a for transmitting and receiving information between the management server 1 and the management server 1 via the wireless communication network.
3b, a flat display 17 for displaying information obtained from the management servers 1 and 2, a transmission source discriminating unit 14 for discriminating the transmission source based on the transmission source identification information of each of the information, and a transmission source discriminating unit. A priority order determining means 15 for determining a priority display order set for each piece of information whose source has been determined, and a display of each piece of information on the flat display 17 is controlled based on the determination result of the priority order determining means 15. Since the display control means 16 is provided, the information to be provided to the passenger is displayed on the flat display 17, so that missed or missed hearings such as announcements are prevented. In addition, since the servers 5 to 11 on the information providing side can provide information at an arbitrary timing, when there is a change from the information provided before, the updated information is distributed to the management servers 1 and 2. The updated information can be provided to the passenger only (for example, accurate information can be transmitted to the passenger even when the date and time or the period of the event is suddenly changed). Thereby, the reliability of the information to be provided to the passenger can be improved.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the information editing means 18 includes the reception information database 19 for storing the transmission source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set, and the information editing means 18 is provided for every predetermined period. , The information provided by the servers 5 to 11 is acquired and the content of the reception information database 19 is updated.
Since the information to be provided to the passenger can be updated at an arbitrary timing from either side, the degree of freedom in updating the information can be improved.

[0039]

As described above, according to the information providing system of the present invention, an information display device installed in a public transportation vehicle and a plurality of information providing servers for providing information to be displayed on the information display device are provided. A system, which is connected to a management center-side server installed at a management center of a public transport system, which edits information from a plurality of information providing server devices and distributes the information to an information display device, via a communication network. A management center-side communication means for transmitting and receiving information to and from a plurality of information providing server devices via a communication network by the management center-side server device; Information editing means for assigning transmission source identification information for identifying information, and setting a priority display order in the information display device in association with the transmission source of each information. A display device-side communication means for transmitting and receiving information between the information display device and the management center-side server device via the communication network; a flat display device displaying information obtained from the management center-side server device; Sender discriminating means for discriminating the sender based on the sender identification information of each piece of information obtained from the server device, and the sender discriminating means discriminating a priority display order set for each piece of information for which the sender has been discriminated. Since the display device includes the priority determination unit and the display control unit that controls the display of each information on the flat display device based on the determination result of the priority determination unit, the information to be provided to the passenger is displayed on the flat display device. As a result, there is no possibility of missing or mistaken listening unlike announcements, and each information providing server device provides information at an arbitrary timing. There is an effect that can be. As a result, there is an effect that the reliability of information to be provided to the passenger can be improved.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, the management center-side server device includes the reception information storage unit in which the information editing unit stores the source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set. Since the information provided by the information providing server device is acquired and the content of the received information storage means is updated every predetermined period, the information is provided to the passenger at any timing from either the management center server device or the information providing server device. Since the information to be updated can be updated, the degree of freedom in updating the information can be improved.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, the display control means simultaneously displays, on the flat display device, a plurality of pieces of information determined to have the same priority display order by the priority order determination means. There is an effect that it can be efficiently provided to passengers.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, the display control means sequentially switches each piece of information obtained from the management center side server device at a predetermined timing and displays the information on the flat display device, so that a large amount of information is provided to the passenger. There is an effect that it can be provided efficiently.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, when the information editing means acquires information to be urgently contacted to the passenger of the vehicle of the public transportation having the information display device, the highest priority display order is given to this information. Even if it is necessary to provide passengers with accurate information promptly, such as in an emergency, the emergency notification is displayed on the flat display, so unlike the announcement, there is no oversight or mistake, By setting a high priority display order, there is an effect that information can be promptly provided.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, since the information editing means edits the information illustrating the contents based on the information acquired from the management center side server device, it is possible to provide the information which is easy for children and elderly to understand. There is an effect that can be.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, since the flat display devices are arranged at a plurality of places in one vehicle of public transportation, there is an effect that information can be provided to many passengers.

According to the information providing method of the present invention, an information display device having a flat display device installed in a vehicle of a public transportation system, and a plurality of information providing server devices for providing information to be displayed on the information display device And a management center server installed at a management center of public transportation, which edits information from a plurality of information providing server devices and distributes the information to an information display device via a communication network. Providing a source identification information for identifying a source of each information obtained by a management center server device from a plurality of information providing server devices via a communication network, and providing a source of each information to a source of the information. An information editing step of setting the priority display order in the information display device in association with each other; and information obtained by the information display device from the server device on the management center side. A source determining step of determining the source based on the source identification information of the source, and a priority determining step of determining a priority display order set for each information whose source is determined in the source determining step. An information display step of displaying each information on a flat display device based on a result of the determination in the priority order determination step, so that information to be provided to the passenger is displayed on the flat display device, such as an announcement. The information providing server device provides the information providing service in which the information providing server device provides information at an arbitrary timing to the management center side server device and the computer device constituting the information providing server device. There is an effect that can be.

According to the information providing method of the present invention, the information center includes the information updating step of updating the source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set in the information editing step every predetermined period. In addition, an information providing service that can update information to be provided to a passenger at any timing from either of the information providing server device and the information providing server device can be executed by the management center side server device or the computer device constituting the information providing server device. This has the effect.

According to the information providing method of the present invention, in the information editing step, the highest priority display order is set for the information to be urgently contacted to the passengers of the vehicle of the public transportation having the information display device installed. Even when it is necessary to provide passengers with accurate information promptly, such as at times, unlike emergency announcements, unlike emergency announcements, there is no oversight or mistake, and the highest priority display order is displayed. By setting, there is an effect that an information providing service that can provide information promptly can be executed by the server device on the management center side and the computer device constituting the information providing server device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the information display device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a management server in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an installation position of a flat display in a train.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the information providing system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a plurality of pieces of information at the same time.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another operation example of the information providing system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen of an emergency contact of the information providing system according to the first embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 management server (management center side server device), 3
A, 3B communication device (management center side communication means), 3a,
3b Communication device (display device communication means), 4 network (communication network), 5 company server, 6 TV station server, 7 radio station server, 8 newspaper server, 9 Meteorological Agency server, 10 travel and event company Side server, 11 police / fire department side server, 12 trains, 13 buses, 14 transmission source determination means, 15 priority order determination means, 16 display control means, 17 flat display (flat display device), 18 information editing means, 19 Reception information database (reception information storage means), 21 doors, 22 seats, 23 handrails, 24 connecting passages, 25 display screens, 26 advertisement screens, 27 weather forecast screens, 28 diamond information screens, 29 emergency contact screens.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An information display device installed in a vehicle of a public transportation system, a plurality of information providing server devices for providing information to be displayed on the information display device, A management center-side server device that edits information from a plurality of information providing server devices and distributes the information to the information display device via a communication network; A management center side communication means for transmitting / receiving information to / from the plurality of information providing server devices via a communication network, and transmission source identification information for identifying the transmission source of each information acquired from the plurality of information providing server devices Information editing means for setting a priority display order in the information display device in association with the transmission source of each of the information. A display device-side communication means for transmitting and receiving information to and from the management center-side server device via the communication network; a flat display device for displaying information obtained from the management center-side server device; Sender discriminating means for discriminating the sender based on the sender identification information of each piece of information obtained from the server device on the management center side, and a priority display order set for each piece of information determined by the sender discriminating means. Priority determining means for determining
An information providing system comprising: display control means for controlling display of the information on the flat display device based on a result of the determination by the priority order determining means. 2. The management center-side server device comprises a reception information storage unit for storing information in which the information editing unit sets the transmission source identification information and the priority display order, wherein the information editing unit stores the information every predetermined period. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information is acquired from the providing server device and the content of the received information storage unit is updated. 3. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the display control means simultaneously displays, on the flat display device, a plurality of pieces of information determined to have the same priority display order by the priority order determination means. . 4. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the display control means sequentially switches each piece of information obtained from the management center side server device at a predetermined timing and displays the information on a flat display device. 5. The information editing means, when acquiring information to be urgently contacted to a passenger of a vehicle of a public transportation equipped with an information display device, sets the highest priority display order to this information. The information providing system according to claim 1. 6. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information editing means edits information illustrating the contents based on the information acquired from the management center-side server device. 7. The flat display device is a public transportation system.
2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information providing system is arranged at a plurality of locations in one vehicle. 8. An information display device having a flat display device installed in a vehicle of a public transport, a plurality of information providing server devices for providing information to be displayed on the information display, and management of the public transport. An information providing method for a system, which is installed in a center and connected via a communication network to a management center side server device that edits information from the plurality of information providing server devices and distributes the information to the information display device. The management center-side server device adds source identification information for identifying the source of the information obtained from the plurality of information providing server devices via the communication network, and corresponds to the source of the information. An information editing step of setting a priority display order in the information display device, and obtaining the information display device from the server device on the management center side. Source determination step of determining the source based on the source identification information of each piece of information, and priority order of determining the priority display order set for each piece of information whose source has been determined in the source determination step An information providing method, comprising: a determining step; and an information displaying step of displaying the information on the flat display device based on a result of the determination in the priority order determining step. 9. The information providing method according to claim 8, further comprising an information updating step of updating the source identification information and the information in which the priority display order is set in the information editing step for each predetermined period. . 10. The information display device according to claim 8, wherein in the information editing step, the highest priority display order is set to the information to be urgently communicated to the passenger of the vehicle of the public transportation equipped with the information display device. Information provision method.