JP4796878B2 - Bus operation support system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bus operation support system that supports bus operation, and more particularly to a bus operation support system that supports optimization of the bus boarding rate.

  In bus operation, the operation time may be disturbed depending on road conditions and the like, and a bus in the same direction may travel close in time and distance. At that time, it is likely that the preceding buses are full and the following buses are vacant.

  In addition, due to the route setting, for example, a plurality of routes are gathered on the way to the bus terminal, and a situation may occur in which the boarding rates of the front and rear buses are significantly different despite traveling on the same route.

  However, in the case of vehicles heading in the same direction, it is desirable from the standpoint of safe operation and comfortable transportation of customers that the congestion situation be the same. Thus, for example, the boarding situation guidance management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for counting the number of passengers of a vehicle and transmitting it to a destination station and guiding the number of passengers and the degree of congestion for each vehicle at the destination station. ing.

JP-A-7-10004

  However, the conventional technology has a problem that the difference in the boarding rate between vehicles once generated cannot be changed. Therefore, the realization of technology that actively supports the adjustment of the boarding rate between vehicles has been an important issue.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art and to solve the problems, and provides a bus operation support system capable of positively adjusting the difference in boarding rates generated between vehicles. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a bus operation support system according to the present invention includes information acquisition means for acquiring boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, and the boarding status and Boarding change judging means for judging the necessity of transfer of passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the position information.

According to the present invention, the bus operation support system acquires boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, and passengers are transferred from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the acquired boarding status and position information. Determine the need for

Further, in the bus operation support system according to the present invention, in the above invention, the boarding change determining means is configured such that the boarding rate of the preceding bus is equal to or higher than a first threshold and the boarding rate of the subsequent bus is a second threshold. In the following cases, it is determined that the passenger needs to be changed.

According to the present invention, the bus operation support system acquires boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, the boarding rate of the preceding bus is equal to or higher than the first threshold, and the boarding of the following bus When the rate is equal to or lower than the second threshold, it is determined that it is necessary to transfer passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus.

Moreover, the bus operation support system according to the present invention is characterized in that in the above-mentioned invention, a privilege granting unit for granting a privilege to a passenger who changes from the preceding bus to the subsequent bus is further provided.

According to the present invention, the bus operation support system acquires boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, and passengers are transferred from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the acquired boarding status and position information. The benefit is given to passengers who transfer when it is necessary to transfer.

According to the present invention, the bus operation support system acquires boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, and passengers are transferred from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the acquired boarding status and position information. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a bus operation support system capable of positively adjusting the difference in the boarding rates generated between the vehicles.

In addition, according to the present invention, the bus operation support system obtains the boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, the boarding rate of the preceding bus is equal to or higher than the first threshold, and the following bus When it is determined that it is necessary to transfer passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus when the boarding rate of the bus is less than or equal to the second threshold, the bus that supports the transfer from the crowded preceding bus to the vacant subsequent bus The operation support system can be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, the bus operation support system acquires boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route, and passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the acquired boarding status and position information. Bus service that judges the necessity of transfer of passengers and grants benefits to passengers who change when necessary, so that passengers can actively change passengers according to the benefits and effectively adjust the difference in boarding rates There is an effect that a support system can be obtained.

  Exemplary embodiments of a bus operation support system according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the operating buses B01 and B02 respectively transmit the number of passengers and position information of the own vehicle to the center A01 (1. Number of passengers and position information transmission). The center A01 determines whether or not it is necessary to change (change in boarding) from the preceding bus B01 to the following bus B02 on the same route based on the travel route of each bus, the number of passengers (boarding rate), and position information. (2. Boarding change judgment), and when it is judged that boarding change is necessary, the preceding bus B01 and the following bus B02 are notified (3. boarding change information notification).

  The preceding bus B01 that has received the boarding change information notification notifies the passenger of the boarding change guidance and benefits when the boarding change is made, such as a discount point. (Incentive) is provisionally set (4. privilege provisional setting).

  Further, the subsequent bus B02 that has received the boarding change information notification reads the content of the provisional provision of the privilege presented by the passenger to board, and confirms the privilege when the provisional setting is performed by the preceding bus B01 (5). (Benefit confirmed).

  In this way, the necessity of boarding change is determined based on the difference in the number of passengers (boarding rate) between vehicles, and passengers are encouraged to change buses by presenting benefits to passengers. Can be adjusted.

  In addition, by designating the bus to be transferred in advance and confirming the benefits for passengers when boarding the designated subsequent bus, it is ensured that passengers who have been transferred will receive benefits without generating unnecessary fares. In addition, it is possible to prevent an illegal acquisition of a privilege when a passenger gets off at a target stop called transfer.

  A schematic configuration of this bus operation support system is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the in-bus fee processing apparatus 10 mounted on the buses B01 and B02 is connected to the in-bus display board 11, the communication apparatus 13, and the bus position acquisition apparatus 14.

  The in-bus display board 11 is output means installed so as to be visible to passengers, and can be shared with bus stop guidance and the like. Further, it can be configured to be connected to a speaker or the like (not shown) to perform audio output.

  The communication device 13 is a communication unit that communicates with a center device outside the vehicle, and includes a reception function 30 and a transmission function 31. In addition, the bus position acquisition device 14 performs a process of providing the position information of the own vehicle acquired by the GPS (Global Positioning System) device 15 or the like to the intra-bus fee processing device 10. Here, the case where the bus position acquisition device 14 acquires position information from the GPS device 15 will be described as an example. For example, the position of the host vehicle is specified by communication with a DSRC communication device or the like provided at each bus stop. The position information may be acquired by any method.

  The in-bus fare processing apparatus 10 includes a display data creation function 21, a fare card reading function 22, a fare card writing function 23, a card information processing function 24, a fare processing function 25, a passenger number measuring function 26, and a discount processing function. 27 and discount information 28.

  The display data creation function 21 is a functional unit that creates content to be displayed on the display board 11 in the bus. The charge card reading function 22 communicates with the bus charge card 12 possessed by the passenger, and performs a process of reading the bus charge card information 29 inside the bus charge card 12. Similarly, the charge card writing function 23 communicates with the bus charge card 12 possessed by the passenger, and performs processing for writing the bus charge card information 29 inside the bus charge card 12.

  The fee processing function 25 is a functional unit that performs fee settlement processing by changing the balance of the bus fee card 12 possessed by the user, or fare settlement processing by cash fee settlement.

  The passenger number measuring function 26 is a functional unit that measures the number of passengers in the bus. Specifically, the number of passengers may be input by, for example, a bus driver, or acquired by using the numbered ticket validity status, fare collection status, entrance / exit opening / closing time, bus sensors, etc. It may be.

  The discount processing function 27 is a function for performing processing such as designation of a subsequent bus as a transfer destination, provisional setting and determination of a privilege by transfer, and reduction of a fare using the privilege. The specific contents of the privilege and the subsequent bus at the transfer destination are stored as discount information 28 and written in the bus fee card 12 of the passenger corresponding to the transfer.

  The card information processing function 24 is a functional unit that performs overall control of the in-bus fare processing apparatus 10, and by causing the appropriate functional unit to execute processing according to the situation, the bus position acquisition apparatus 14 can set the fare payment and the bus position acquisition apparatus 14. Transmission of the acquired position information and the number of passengers measured by the passenger number measuring function 26 to the center device 40, provisional setting and confirmation of a privilege (discount) based on the boarding change information received from the center device, and the like are performed.

  The center device 40 is wirelessly connected to the intra-bus fee processing device 10 via the communication device 41. Similar to the communication device 13, the communication device 41 has a reception function 42 and a transmission function 43 therein.

  The center device 40 includes a main control unit 50, a boarding change database 54, a bus boarding rate database 55, a bus position information database 56, a route position information database 57, and a discount point master 58 therein.

  The main control unit 50 is a control unit that controls the center device 40 as a whole, and includes a bus position information acquisition processing unit 51, a boarding change determination unit 52, and a discount point calculation processing unit 53 therein.

  The bus position information acquisition processing unit 51 registers the bus position information acquired from the in-bus fare processing apparatus 10 in the bus position information database 56, and similarly, the number of passengers acquired from the in-bus fare processing apparatus 10 is stored in the bus occupancy rate database 55. The process of registering to is performed.

  The boarding change determination unit 52 refers to the bus boarding rate database 55, the bus position information database 56, and the route position information database 57, and determines whether or not the boarding change is necessary. If it is determined that the boarding change is necessary, information about the boarding change is registered in the boarding change database 54.

  When the boarding change is necessary, the discount point calculation processing unit 53 refers to the discount point master 58 based on the boarding change information, and sets the content of the discount point that is a privilege to be given to the boarding change. .

  The contents of the boarding change database 54 and the set discount points are notified to a bus that changes boarding, that is, a preceding bus that requests passengers to change boarding and a subsequent bus that accepts passengers according to boarding changes.

  A specific example of the bus occupancy rate database 55 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the bus boarding rate database 55 stores the number of passengers in association with the bus ID for identifying the bus, and calculates the boarding rate from the number of passengers and the number of passengers specified from the bus ID. .

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the bus position information database 56 associates a route ID for specifying a bus travel route, a bus ID for specifying a bus, a latitude / longitude for specifying bus position information, and the presence or absence of traffic congestion. It is recorded. The route ID may be received from the bus by communication or may be specified from the bus ID. The position information is not limited to latitude and longitude, and may be arbitrary information. Further, the traffic jam information may be received from the bus by communication, or may be determined based on the position information on the center side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the route position information database 57 is a fixed database that stores the position information of specific points such as bus stops on bus routes and the time required for traveling between specific points. The required time in this route position information database 57 is the required time during normal operation without considering the influence of traffic jams.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the boarding change database 54 stores the difference between the bus ID of the preceding bus requiring the boarding change and the subsequent bus that accepts the boarding change and the operation time thereof. As shown in FIG. 7, the discount point master 58 sets different discount points based on the time difference between the preceding bus and the subsequent bus. Specifically, the discount point master 58 is set so that the privilege to be given increases as the time difference increases. To do.

  By storing information on such boarding changes and discount points, the bus fare card information changes as shown in FIG. That is, in the state of getting on the preceding bus, the card ID for specifying the bus boarding card, the balance, and the stop where the boarding was taken are written.

  And when getting off the preceding bus in response to the boarding change guidance, the getting-off stop is written, and the balance is updated by paying the fare once. Furthermore, the provisionally issued discount points and the ID of the subsequent bus to be boarded are written.

  Thereafter, when boarding the designated subsequent bus, the balance is returned to the same value as when the preceding vehicle was boarded, and the discount points are determined. Further, when using the discount point to get off at the destination, the fare is settled with the discounted amount corresponding to the discount point, the balance is updated, and the discount point is cleared.

  Next, the processing operation of the bus operation support system will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining processing that starts when the bus position information acquisition processing unit 51 in the center device 40 receives information from the intra-bus fee processing device 10.

  As shown in the figure, first, the bus position information acquisition processing unit 51 receives the bus ID and the number of passengers from the in-bus fee processing apparatus 10 which is a bus installation terminal (step S101), and determines the bus capacity to the occupancy rate database 55. (Step S102). Then, the boarding rate is calculated from the bus capacity and the number of passengers and stored in the bus boarding rate database 55 (step S103), and the process is terminated.

  Next, the processing operation of the boarding change determination unit 52 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is started when the boarding change determination unit 52 repeats at an arbitrary timing or when the bus boarding rate database 55 is changed.

  As shown in the figure, the boarding change determination unit 52 first searches the bus boarding rate database 55 to obtain a bus ID having a boarding rate of 100 or more (step S201). As a result, if there is no bus having a boarding rate of 100 or more (No in step S202), the process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if there is a bus ID with a boarding rate of 100 or more (step S202, Yes), that bus is regarded as a preceding bus, the bus position information database 56 is searched for the preceding bus ID, and the subsequent bus ID is obtained on the same route. (Step S203).

  Then, the bus occupancy rate database 55 is searched with the subsequent bus ID to extract a bus ID with a occupancy rate of 80 or less (step S204), and if there is no bus ID with a occupancy rate of 80 or less (step S205, No). The process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if there is a bus ID with a boarding rate of 80 or less (step S205, Yes), the current position of the preceding bus and the extracted subsequent bus is acquired from the bus position information database 56 (step S206), and the route position information database 57 is stored. A search is performed to identify the vicinity of each bus (step S207).

  Then, the required time of the preceding bus and the subsequent bus is calculated from the specified position, and is set as a time difference (step S208). Here, if there is traffic jam information on the subsequent bus (step S209, Yes), taking into account the increase in required time due to traffic jam, for example, the time difference is doubled and stored (step S210).

  The boarding change determination unit 52 stores the bus ID and time difference of the preceding bus and the subsequent bus obtained in this way in the boarding change database 54 (step S211), and ends the process.

  Next, the processing operation of the discount point calculation processing unit 53 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is started when the discount point calculation processing unit 53 is repeated at an arbitrary timing or when the boarding change database 54 is changed.

  As shown in the figure, the discount point calculation processing unit 53 first obtains the time difference of the required time from the boarding change database 54, and sets the discount points with reference to the discount point master 58 (step S301). Next, the contents of the boarding change database 54 and discount points are transmitted to the preceding bus and the subsequent bus to be discounted (step S302), and the process is terminated.

  Next, the processing operation in the vehicle side system will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the processing contents of the boarding change guidance process by the on-bus fare processing apparatus 10. As shown in the figure, the in-bus fee processing apparatus 10 receives boarding change information (preceding bus ID, subsequent bus ID, discount points) from the center device 40 (step S401), and the bus ID of the own vehicle is the preceding bus. If it matches the ID (step S402, Yes), the discount information is displayed on the display board 11 in the bus (step S403). The displayed content can be any content such as, for example, “The bus after 7 minutes is relatively free. If you change, you will receive a discount point equivalent to 100 yen”.

  Furthermore, the in-bus fee processing apparatus 10 sets the subsequent bus ID and discount point information in the discount information 28 (step S404), and ends the processing.

  Next, the processing operation at the time of getting off by the on-bus toll processing device 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in the figure, when a passenger gets off, the bus fee processing apparatus 10 first reads the bus fee card information 29 from the passenger's bus fee card 12 (step S501).

  If discount information is set in the discount information 28 of the own vehicle (step S502, Yes), the temporary discount point and the subsequent bus ID are written in the card (step S503).

  After the provisional discount point and the subsequent bus ID have been written, or when the discount point information is not set (step S502, No), the toll processing device 10 in the bus next displays the discount point for which the passenger has been confirmed in the past. If usage is desired (step S504), the discount amount is calculated from the discount points, the fee is discounted, and the discount points are subtracted (step S505).

  If discount points are used, the discounted fee is used. If not, payment is made at the normal fee, the card balance is updated (step S506), the getting-off stop is written (step S507), and the process ends. To do.

  Next, the processing operation at the time of boarding by the toll processing apparatus 10 in the bus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in the figure, when a passenger gets on the bus, the bus fee processing device 10 first reads the bus fee card information 29 from the passenger's bus fee card 12 (step S601) and writes the boarding stop (step S602). .

  Next, if a temporary discount point is written in the read bus fee card information 29 (step S603, Yes), the in-bus fee processing apparatus 10 describes in the bus ID and bus fee card information 29 of the host vehicle. It is determined whether or not the subsequent bus ID matches the subsequent bus ID received from the center device 40 (step S604).

  As a result, if they match (step S604, Yes), the value of the temporary discount point is added to the discount point, the temporary discount point is cleared (step S606), and the process ends. If they do not match (No in step S604), the temporary discount points are cleared (step S605), and the process is terminated.

  As described above, in the bus operation support system according to the present embodiment, the number of passengers and position information are acquired from the buses in operation, and based on the travel route of each bus, the number of passengers (boarding rate), and position information. Judgment of the need to change from the preceding bus to the following bus (change in boarding) on the same route. By setting a privilege in the case of a passenger, it is possible to encourage passengers to change buses and adjust the difference in boarding rates.

  Note that the present embodiment is merely an example, and the present invention can be implemented by appropriately changing the configuration. For example, in the present invention, the center device 40 has been described as an example of the configuration for determining the necessity of boarding change. However, each vehicle collects information on other vehicles and determines the necessity for boarding change within the vehicle. It is good also as composition to do. In this case, a configuration in which information is relayed by the center device may be used, or a configuration in which the center device is omitted and the present invention is implemented only by the vehicle may be used.

  In this embodiment, the subsequent bus ID is specified to confirm whether or not the transfer is due to transfer, and information regarding transfer is also provided to the subsequent bus. If only the ID and the subsequent bus ID written on the bus fee card are compared, provision of transfer information from the center device to the subsequent bus can be omitted.

  In addition, the bus ID of the preceding vehicle may be used for confirming whether or not it is a boarding by transfer, and if it is a boarding within a predetermined time using time information other than the bus ID, it is a boarding by transfer The transfer boarding can be confirmed by using any method such as determining or determining whether or not the transfer is based on a route or a route.

(Appendix 1) Information acquisition means for acquiring boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route;
Ride change determination means for determining the necessity of transfer of passengers from the preceding bus to the subsequent bus based on the boarding situation and position information;
A bus operation support system characterized by comprising

(Supplementary Note 2) The boarding change determination means needs to change the passenger when the boarding rate of the preceding bus is not less than a first threshold and the boarding rate of the following bus is not more than a second threshold. The bus operation support system according to supplementary note 1, characterized in that:

(Supplementary note 3) The bus operation support system according to supplementary note 1 or 2, further comprising privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a passenger who changes from the preceding bus to the subsequent bus.

(Supplementary note 4) The bus operation support system according to supplementary note 1, 2 or 3, wherein the content of the privilege to be given to the passengers to be transferred differs based on a time difference between the preceding bus and the subsequent bus.

(Supplementary note 5) The bus according to supplementary note 4, wherein the privilege setting means temporarily sets the privilege when the preceding bus gets off and confirms the temporarily set privilege when getting on the subsequent bus. Operation support system.

(Appendix 6) When there is a subsequent bus traveling on the same route, and the host vehicle and the subsequent bus satisfy a predetermined condition, guidance means for guiding the passenger to transfer to the subsequent bus;
A privilege setting means for temporarily setting a privilege for passengers getting off the vehicle in response to the guidance,
A bus fare management system characterized by comprising

(Supplementary note 7) Information reading means for reading provisional provisional contents presented by passengers when there is a preceding bus traveling on the same route and the host vehicle and the preceding bus satisfy a predetermined condition;
Privilege setting means for confirming the privilege when provisional setting of the privilege is performed by the preceding bus;
A bus fare management system characterized by comprising

(Supplementary Note 8) An information acquisition step of acquiring boarding status and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route;
A boarding change determination step for determining the necessity of changing passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus based on the boarding status and position information;
The bus operation support method characterized by including.

  As described above, the bus operation support system according to the present invention is useful for bus operation support, and is particularly suitable for optimizing the boarding rate.

It is explanatory drawing explaining the concept of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a schematic block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the bus fee management system which is an Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the bus boarding rate database shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the bus position information database shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the route position information database shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the boarding change database shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the discount point master shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the bus charge card | curd shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of a bus position information acquisition processing unit 51 illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of the boarding change judgment part 52 shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of a discount point calculation processing unit 53 illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart explaining the boarding change guidance process in a vehicle. It is a flowchart explaining the process at the time of the passenger alighting in a vehicle. It is a flowchart explaining the process at the time of passenger boarding in a vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bus charge processing device 11 Bus display board 12 Bus charge card 13,41 Communication device 14 Bus position acquisition device 15 GPS device 21 Display data creation function 22 Charge card reading function 23 Charge card writing function 24 Card information processing function 25 Fee processing function 26 Passenger counting function 27 Discount processing function 28 Discount information 29 Bus fee card information 30, 42 Reception function 31, 43 Transmission function 40 Center device 50 Main control unit 51 Bus position information acquisition processing unit 52 Ride change determination unit 53 Discount point calculation function 54 Boarding change database 55 Bus boarding rate database 56 Bus position information database 57 Route position information database 58 Discount point master A01 Center B01, B02 Bus

Claims (2)

Information acquisition means for acquiring the occupancy rate and position information of two or more buses traveling on the same route;
When there is a bus having the boarding rate equal to or higher than the first threshold, the bus is set as a preceding bus, a subsequent bus of the preceding bus is searched based on the position information, and the boarding rate of the following bus is the second Boarding change judging means for judging that it is necessary to change the passenger when it is equal to or less than the threshold value;
When it is determined by the boarding change judging means that it is necessary to transfer passengers from the preceding bus to the following bus, a point given along with the transfer is set, and the card of the passenger getting off the preceding bus When the information indicating the subsequent bus is written, and when the information indicating the subsequent bus is written on the card of the passenger boarding the subsequent bus, the point storage means for storing the point with respect to the card of the passenger Bus operation support system characterized by having. 2. The bus operation support system according to claim 1 , wherein the point storage unit gives different points to passengers to be transferred based on a time difference between the preceding bus and the subsequent bus.

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