JPH068973U - Bus operation display device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Providing real-time bus operation information to passengers waiting for the bus. [Configuration] A pole at a bus stop is provided with a wireless communication function and a communication data display function, and real-time bus operation information is wirelessly transmitted to the pole from a running route bus.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention relates to a bus operation display device used for operation of a route bus.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventional route buses stop at bus stops (hereinafter abbreviated as bus stops) according to the prescribed routes, and operate as passengers ascending and descending.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, unlike railroads that have a dedicated track, buses are operated on public roads, so they are affected by various influences from public roads, making it difficult to operate on Daia Street, often causing delays. Occasionally, events such as marathon competitions on public roads will have to change the schedule significantly, but passengers waiting for the bus will not be notified of any information, and the schedule on the pole at the bus stop will be displayed. There is no other way than to rely on. In the case of trains, information will be clearly transmitted by announcements at the station premises, but such services will not be provided at the bus stop, and passengers arriving before the pole of the bus stop will know the bus operation status at that time. I can't. The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and its purpose is to provide a bus operation display device capable of transmitting real-time information about bus operation status to passengers at a pole at a bus stop. It is to be. Another purpose is to provide a bus operation display device that allows the bus to obtain information on the operation such as the time interval between the bus and the preceding vehicle from the pole at the bus stop. Another object is to provide a bus operation display device including a pole having an advertising section by liquid crystal display.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 This invention for achieving the above object is described as follows: a bus 2 having a first communication device 1 that communicates wirelessly; a bus stop pole 4 having a second communication device 3 that communicates with the first communication device 1; A display device 6 having at least a timepiece device 5 connected to the second communication device 3 provided on the pole 4, and a control device for the timepiece device 5 connected to the second communication device 3. It is a bus operation display device including a control device 7 that operates.

The first and second communication devices 1 and 3 are the above-mentioned bus operation display devices which are devices using light such as infrared rays as a medium. The second communication device 3 is the bus operation display device connected to the power supply 10 including the solar battery 8 and the storage battery 9. Further, the first communication device 1 is the bus operation display device which is capable of receiving the transmission of the second communication device 3 and displaying the received data, which has the display unit 12 connected to the control unit 11. Further, the pole 4 is the bus operation display device having an advertising section by liquid crystal display.

[0006]

[Action]

 First, the bus 2 arriving at the pole 4 of the bus stop issues a signal to the second communication device 3 on the pole 4 by the first communication device 1 at the time of departure (or when passing). Note that this signal can be automatic or manual. Then, by the reception of the second communication device 3, the control device 7 provided in the second communication device 3 is activated, the clock device 5 provided in the pole 4 is activated, and the display device 6 is activated. To display.

As a result, when the bus departs in front of the pole 4 and leaves, the timepiece device 5 displays the elapsed time after the bus exits on the display device 6. The bus to which the bus corresponds in the diagram is displayed on the pole 4 and the current time is separately displayed on the display device 6. Alternatively, the bus and the diagram may be numbered, and the display device 6 may display the number of the bus. Then, these data are transmitted from the bus 2 together with the signal.

[0008] Next, when a new passenger arrives at the bus stop in this state, the passenger can know the elapsed time of the bus that has left by looking at the display device 6, and the bus operation at that time can be known. You can immediately know the situation. In addition, the bus driver can know the time interval from the preceding car by receiving the data from the pole 4. In addition, passengers waiting for the bus in front of the pole 4 can see the advertisement displayed on the liquid crystal display.

[0009]

【Example】

 In FIG. 1, 1 is a first communication device, which is provided on a bus 2, and 3 is a second communication device, which is provided on a pole 4 at a bus stop. A control device 7 is connected to the second communication device 3, and the control device 7 is connected to the timepiece device 5. Reference numeral 6 is a display device for displaying the time measured by the timepiece device 5. The first and second communication devices 1 and 3 may use infrared rays as a medium, for example.

A power supply 10 including a solar cell 8 and a storage battery 9 connected to the solar cell 8 is connected to the second communication device 3. Further, the first communication device 1 of the bus 2 is adapted to be able to receive the signal emitted by the second communication device 3, and the received data can be displayed on the display unit 12 by the control unit 11. It has become. As a result, the time interval with the preceding vehicle can be known and normal operation can be performed. However, this does not require these devices, and it does not make any difference if the bus driver simply looks at the elapsed time after the departure of the pole 4 in front of the front vehicle displayed on that pole 4.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 14 and 15 respectively denote a communication device and a communication unit. Reference numerals 16 and 17 denote an antenna and an antenna portion, respectively. Next, reference numeral 18 shown in FIG. 2 is an operation section of the first communication device 1, and reference numerals 19 and 20 are push buttons, and by pushing the push button 19, a call is made to the pole 4. ing.

The signal content includes, for example, an operation number of the bus, and the control device 7 of the poll 4 for activating the clock device 5 causes the display device 6 to display the bus number. The elapsed time after the departure of the relevant pole 4 is displayed. Alternatively, as an example, it is displayed that past the front of the relevant pole 4 of the first train and the last car. The control device 7 is formed by the microcomputer as described above, performs arithmetic processing, and causes the display device 6 to display by the transmission. The display device 6 is a liquid crystal display device as an example, and is capable of displaying not only numbers but also characters, figures, and pictures. Next, the other push button 20 is used when communicating the timetable etc. regarding the operation to the pole 4. The data is output from the floppy 22 inserted in the floppy desk drive 21 as an example. The data in this floppy 22 is entered at the sales office, and other information (notice), advertisement, etc. may be used. Reference numeral 12 denotes a display unit, which is formed of liquid crystal and displays the data sent from the pole 4, for example, the time interval from the preceding bus as shown in FIG. The presence / absence of the call from the poll 4 and the contents of the call are judged by the control unit 11 which is a microcomputer, and the failure of each part of the poll 4 can be detected on the bus 2.

It should be noted that the pole 4 may be formed so as to be constantly transmitting, or, although not shown, the operation unit 18 of the bus 2 is provided with a control device 7 which is a microcomputer of the pole 4. A device and a push button for transmitting the data included in may be provided. Note that FIG. 3 shows display contents as an example of the pole 4. Further, FIG. 5 shows an outline of the bus 2. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 11 is a control unit, which is a microcomputer without an arithmetic processing, as an example. Reference numeral 18 is an operation unit, and 22 is a floppy as a storage medium.

Reference numeral 23 is a bus office, and 24 is a battery. It is also possible to control various displays of each pole 4 by radio at the bus office 23. Explaining the function of this embodiment, the driver pushes the button 19 of the operation unit 18 when starting or passing the bus stop. Then, the bus operation is displayed in the preceding bus operation NO column of the display device 6 of the pole 4. NO is displayed, and the "Elapsed time after passing the preceding bus" column starts from zero and starts ticking. At the same time, the numerical value displayed before starting the time from zero is transferred to the display section 12 of the driver's seat. Since the transferred numerical value indicates the elapsed time after the preceding bus starts at the bus stop, that is, the time interval with the preceding bus, the driver can refer to this data for the operation.

A passenger waiting for the next bus can know whether or not the bus is operating according to the schedule from the data about the preceding bus displayed on the display device 6 at the bus stop. In addition, it is possible to read whether the last bus has passed or whether the bus has passed the most, which dramatically improves the service to passengers. In the embodiment, a command is given to the control device 7 so that the display of the last bus passage on the display device 6 blinks when the operation number of the last bus is received. The display is then erased by the start signal of the first bus on the next day.

When it is desired to change the timetable of the bus, the change data is input to the floppy 22 at the business office 23 in advance and distributed to the driver. The driver inserts it into the floppy desk drive 21 of the operating section 18 of the bus and operates the designated track. When the vehicle is stopped at each bus stop, the button 20 of the operation unit 18 is operated, the data of the floppy 20 is transmitted to the pole 4, and the timetable is updated. If it is necessary to give a message in advance to change the timetable, the message can be displayed in the notice field on the display device 6 from the floppy 22 by the same procedure as described above. Similarly, advertisements can be desplayed. You can delete and update messages and advertisements.

Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is possible to partially change the method and expand the method of use within the scope of the gist. For example, (a) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the signal is sent by radio, that is, electromagnetic wave, but the transmitting bus and the receiving bus stop are very close to each other, and there is no obstacle between them. It is possible to transmit an optical signal by infrared rays or laser light. (B) By keeping a record of the numerical value indicating the temporal relationship with the preceding bus displayed on the display 12 of the driver's seat, it becomes possible to numerically grasp the actual operation status, You can acquire valuable materials for organization. (C) When the display of the bus stop is abnormal, a self-diagnosis function may be added to the operating portion 18 of the driver's seat to display it.

(D) As for the display section 6 at the bus stop, the solar cell will not be unnecessarily enlarged if it is brightened only when the customer waiting for the bus is pressing the backlight lighting button. (E) Since the pole 4 is provided with the storage battery 9, the electric power may be used to light up the light emitting display body showing the pole 4 at night, for example, electroluminescence which consumes less power. (F) If the sales office 23 is provided with a data transmission function, it is not necessary to hand over the floppy 22 to the driver leaving the track, and data may be input to the floppy 22 wirelessly.

(G) In the pole 4 of the bus stop, the pole 4 of the bus stop can be notified from the bus 2 or the business office 23 so that the bus stop upstream of the bus stop can be notified. It is also possible to receive a radio signal from, or from a pole 4 or the like at the upstream bus stop and display it. In this case, the upstream pole 4 transmits the departure of the bus 2 because a device that detects the bus (for example, a device that detects the red line emitted by the bus) and a transmission device that operates by the detection are provided. is there .

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, real-time bus operation information can be displayed on the pole 4 at the bus stop, and passengers waiting for the bus can be informed of the current operation status.

Further, the driver of the bus can know the time interval with the preceding bus while sitting in the driver's seat, so that the operation can be adjusted.

In the present proposal, since information transmission is carried out by using electromagnetic waves such as infrared rays or radio waves as a medium, it is not necessary to bury underground cables as seen in the current bus operation status display system. It is possible to omit enormous initial capital investment without environmental damage. Also, it is possible to show passengers an advertisement on the liquid crystal display.

Further, since there is no lighting at the current bus stop, it is inconvenient that the bus stop on the outskirts of the city cannot be checked at night. It is also possible to make it easy to check from a distance by turning on the sense or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bus operation display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an operating portion of the same device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention and an example of a display device for a pole at a bus stop.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of the display of the operation unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a bus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a pole at a bus stop according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 First Communication Device 2 Bus 3 Second Communication Device 4 Pole 5 Clock Device 6 Display Device 7 Control Device 8 Solar Battery 9 Storage Battery 10 Power Supply 11 Control Unit 12 Display Unit

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Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bus 2 having a first communication device 1 that communicates wirelessly, a pole 4 of a bus stop having a second communication device 3 that communicates with the first communication device 1, and a pole 4 provided on the pole 4. A display device 6 having at least a clock device 5 connected to the second communication device 3, and the second communication device 3
A bus operation display device comprising a control device 7 for controlling the timepiece device 5 connected to the bus operation display device. 2. The bus operation display device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second communication devices 1 and 3 are devices using light such as infrared rays as a medium. 3. The bus operation display device according to claim 1, wherein the second communication device 3 is connected to a power source 10 including a solar cell 8 and a storage battery 9. 4. The control unit 1 wherein the first communication device 1 can receive a call from the second communication device 3 and displays the received data.
The bus operation display device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit 12 connected to the bus operation display device 1. 5. The bus operation display device according to claim 1, wherein the pole 4 has an advertising section using a liquid crystal display.