JPH0652555B2 - Route bus operation management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention collects passage information of a travel route based on a basic timetable of a route bus (a predetermined operation plan timetable) and arrives at a specific point of the bus. Route bus operation management device that predicts the time and displays the operation timetable (1 operation hour from the terminal) as operation instruction information on the operation instruction device provided in the bus so that it can be departed at regular intervals from the terminal .

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 shows a conventional specific vehicle operation management control system disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 54-11878.
Is a central operation control device, (62a) to (62c) are ground receivers, (63
(a) to (63c) are the antennas (62a) to (62c), and (64a) to (64c).
c) is the central operation control device (61) and the ground receivers (62a) to (62a).
The line connecting (c) and (65a) to (65c) is a specific vehicle, (66
a) to (66c) are on-board wireless transmitters mounted on specific vehicles (65a) to (65c), (67a) to (67c) are on-board wireless transmitters (66a) to
(66c) On-vehicle antenna, (68) is a traveling direction, and (69) is a traveling route of the specific vehicles (65a) to (65c). (71a) ~ (71c)
Is an operation instruction device mounted on a specific vehicle.

FIG. 7 is an example of a display device by an operation instruction device currently implemented in various places. In the figure, (71) is an operation instruction device installed in the vehicle, and the operation instruction device includes a (711) departure indicator light, a (712) standby indicator light, etc.
Information on driving instructions is given to the driver by blinking the ED lamp.

Next, the operation will be described. Conventionally, the bus arrival time is predicted as shown in FIG. On-board wireless transmitters (66a) to (66c) are installed on specific vehicles (65a) to (65c) that travel along the travel route (69), and antennas (67a) are installed on them.
~ (67b) are provided. Further, ground receivers (62a) to (62c) are arranged along the route (69), and the ground receiver (62a)
a) ~ (62c) antenna (63a) ~ (63c) car (65a) ~
Catch the radio wave of (65c). Radio waves transmitted from the car (65a) to (65c) are received when the car passes through the installation positions of the antennas (63a) to (63c), and the ground receiver (62a) to
It is transmitted from (62c) to the central operation control device (61) via the lines (64a) to (64c). For example, a car (65a) has an antenna (63a
Passing the installation position of a), the ground receiver (62a) will drive the car
(65a) information indicating that the central operation control device (6
Send to 1). This central operation control device (61) is equipped with a ground receiver (6
Predict the time required for the bus to pass through each section from 2a) to (62c), and check the number of buses (6
5a) to (65c) and based on past data such as averaging bus times not shown. Operation instruction device (71) in FIG. 7
Is an example of a conventional operation instruction device, and is connected to the on-board wireless devices (66a) to (66c) as shown in FIG. Operation instruction device
In order to output the operation instruction (71), a departure indicator light (711), a standby indicator light (712), etc. are arranged on the board surface of the device, for example, when the route bus (65a) passes the roadside machine (62a). The operation instruction information is received via the on-road unit (62a), and the operation information is output to various indicator lights.

Although not shown in FIG. 6, a driver indicator is installed on the ground to give instructions to the driver of the bus, and information such as bus interval adjustments is provided from the central operation control device (61) to the line ( 64a)
(64c) to transmit to the driver's indicator for display.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Since the original specific vehicle operation control system is configured as described above, when the driver's indicator is on the ground, information such as operation interval adjustment is displayed on the indicator light, so confirmation is required during driving In this case, it is necessary to install a considerably large driver indicator in order to make it easy to see, and there are problems such as difficulty in distinguishing from other signboards and overlooking.

Further, the operation instruction device installed on the vehicle simply displays the event to be instructed (for example, the instruction to leave in FIG. 7), and is intended for the bus driver who originally operates based on the basic timetable. It is necessary to display the information including time information, and there is a problem that it is difficult to ensure punctuality because there is no operation instruction based on this time information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and every time an arrival vehicle arrives at a specific point P near the terminal by the central processing unit, the arrival vehicle, the next arrival vehicle and the next arrival terminal are arrived. The estimated arrival time of the bus that arrives at the terminal is calculated and tracked based on the arrival time (prediction) of the terminal, and the timetable for the next operation of the arriving vehicle is confirmed at the point Q immediately before the terminal. Obtain a route bus operation management device that displays the operation instruction information such as the operation timetable of "Basic timetable" or "Modified timetable" when the arriving vehicle arrives at the terminal when passing the vehicle. With the goal.

[Means for solving problems]

The route bus operation management device according to the present invention detects the passage of the bus near and immediately before the terminal to predict the arrival time of the terminal, and the prediction result to the operation instruction device according to the embodiment of the present invention. This operation instruction device is not a simple operation instruction information such as conventional departure and standby, but determines whether the operation according to the basic timetable is possible from the terminal as the operation timetable of the corresponding line, The operation timetable etc. are displayed on the operation instruction device.

[Action]

In the operation instruction device according to the present invention, the operation instruction information is created from the predicted value of the arrival time at the terminal by the route bus operation management device, and the information including the basic timetable is displayed to the driver. Allows departure at even intervals.

In addition, on-time bus operation will be secured, and it will be possible to encourage customers to call.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First
In the figure, (11) is a central processing unit, (12a) to (12c) are roadside machines installed on the roadsides of points A to C, respectively (15a)
~ (15c) is a fixed route bus, (16a) ~ (16c) is a roadside machine (12a) ~ (12
(17a) to (17c) are operation instruction devices, (63a) to (63c) are on-board equipment (12a) to (12c) antennas, (6)
4a) to (64c) are lines connecting the central processing unit (11) and the roadside devices (12a) to (12c), and (67a) to (67c) are onboard radios (16a) to
The antenna of (16c), the route bus (68), the traveling directions of (15a) to (15c), and the route (69) of the route buses (15a) to (15c).

In FIG. 2, (12p) to (12r) are road vehicles, (16) is an on-board radio, (17) is an operation instruction device, (67) is an on-board antenna, (68) is a traveling direction, (69). Is a travel route.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a timetable and a basic timetable predicted to arrive at the terminal.

In FIG. 4, (17) is an operation instruction device, and (171) is an operation instruction unit.

FIG. 5 shows an example of operation instruction of operation information.

Next, the operation will be described. The prediction of the bus arrival time is the same as the conventional one, as shown in Fig. 1, at the points A, B, and C.
Route (12a) to (12c) along the travel route (69) and
Passage information from (15a) to (15c) is sent to the central processing unit (11) via the line (64
Since it is transmitted via a) to (64c), it is possible to track and manage each point of the bus. Therefore, it is possible to predict the passage time before the road vehicles (12a) to (12c) on the travel route (69) of the route buses (15a) to (15c). Next, the arrival time / minute predicting means of the central processing unit (11) will be described. When the central processing unit (11) predicts the time required to pass each unit section of the road machines (12a) to (12c) and others (not shown) on the travel route, the traffic flow changes momentarily. Therefore, since the latest passing data has the highest reliability, weighting is applied to the actual required time of several buses that have passed each section in the past and the average value is given to give the average value Is calculated by adding a value based on the past data to the actual value of.

Figure 2 shows the roadside equipment near the terminal and at the terminal (1
2p) to (12r) are shown. The road machine at point P (12p)
The central processing unit (11) has a role of predicting the arrival time of the bus arriving at the terminal, and the central processing unit (11) collects the passage information of each bus on the travel route shown in FIG. ) Is capable of predicting the arrival of the arrival vehicle, the next arrival vehicle, and the next arrival vehicle at the point P based on the passage information. Further, the central processing unit (11) determines the timetable of only the arriving vehicle by using the predicted value when the arriving vehicle passing through the point P among the predicted arrival values passes through the point Q.

The confirmed timetable is transmitted to the roadside machine (12r) of the terminal at the point R through the line (64). Then, this confirmed timetable information, that is, the operation instruction information is temporarily displayed on the operation instruction device (17) by communication between the on-board device and the on-road device when the arriving vehicle comes in front of the on-road device (12r) at the terminal. To be done.

Next, the diamond interval extension processing means of the central processing unit (11) will be described. Figure 3 shows the arrival car at point P (in the figure, ‘
It is a diagram (time-required time) showing the operating status expected to arrive at the terminal of the next arrival (corresponding to'in the figure) and the next arrival (corresponding to'in the figure). , Solid lines, and show basic diamonds.

FIG. 3 (a) is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3, showing A, B, C,
L, M, N, P, X, Y, and Z represent the waiting time at the starting and ending points of the basic diamond, and are fixed values of the diamond. Also, the value of 3 minutes is the time for the driver to take extra time at the terminal and the turning point, take a break, etc., and this time cannot be shortened.

In order for the respective trains from the terminal to depart at regular intervals (interval h), as shown in the figure, the respective trains ′ to ′ must arrive at the terminal within the range of the arrow.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the operation instruction device (17),
The operation instruction information is displayed on the operation instruction unit (171).

Next, the operation instruction information creating means of the central processing unit (11) will be described. FIG. 5 is an example of the operation instruction information, and displays one operation hour (one stroke) from the terminal in the operation time table.

For example, you can leave the Rokko stop at 7:05, arrive at the turning point Okamoto stop at 7:48, take a break for a while, leave the Okamoto stop at 7:54, and leave at the final stop at Rokko stop at 12:15. : It means to come back to 15.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the operation instruction information is displayed on the operation instruction device (17) on the vehicle, but a display device (not shown) is provided somewhere in the terminal to display the information up to the terminal of each timetable. It is also possible to display the time (actual result) when passing the stop on the way in the middle of the route, and also to display the estimated time of arrival at the terminal of each timetable, which may be displayed in different colors.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation instruction section (171) is not limited to the display element, but may be any element such as an EL display element, a CRT display device, a plasma display, a liquid crystal display, etc.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in order to predict arrival at the terminal, a roadside machine is arranged on the traveling route of the bus, and at the terminal, operation instruction information is transmitted to the bus so that the current traffic situation can be promptly understood. Since the operation instruction information is displayed on the operation instruction device as an operation timetable (1 operation hour / minute), it is possible to operate the buses departing from Tamil at even intervals, and to eliminate so-called "dango operation". Can be of great help. Therefore, it is possible to secure the bus operation according to the timetable, and to encourage the users.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a route bus operation management device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a terminal and a roadside device and an onboard device (onboard wireless device) near the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows the arrangement of antennas and operation instruction devices), and FIG. 3 shows three diamonds (',', ') predicted at point P near the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 (a) is an enlarged view of a main part of Fig. 3, and Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an operation instruction device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure is a diagram showing the operation instruction example according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional specific vehicle operation management control system, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional operation instruction device. (11) is a central processing unit, (12a) to (12c) are ground receivers, (12
(p) to (12r) are road vehicles, (15a) to (15c) are local buses, (16a) to (16a)
(16c) is an onboard radio, (17a) to (17c) are operation instruction devices, (17c)
1) is an operation instruction unit, (61) is a central operation control device, and (63a) to (63a).
(c) is an antenna, (64a) to (64c) is a line, (65a) to (65c) are specific vehicles, (66a) to (66c) are on-board wireless transceivers, (67a) to (67a)
(67c) is an on-board antenna, (68) is a traveling direction, (69) is a traveling route, (71a) to (71c) are operation instruction devices, (711) is a departure indicator light, and (712) is a standby indicator light. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or corresponding parts.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kiyoshi Shinkawa 1-2, Wadazaki-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Control Works (72) Inventor Kenji Kawahara, Kazu, Hyogo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 1-2-1 Tasakicho Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Control Works (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Manita 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Sanryo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An on-board machine having on-board radios (16a-16c), on-board antennas (67a-67c) and operation instruction devices (17a-17c) provided on a route bus (15a-15c). , Route bus (15a ~
15c) a ground path (69) provided on the traveling path (69) for transmitting and receiving information to and from the onboard machine, and the ground receivers (12a to 12c) via lines (64a to 64c). From the above-mentioned route bus (15a-15
In the route bus operation management device having a central processing unit (11) that collects the passage information of c) and predicts the time to arrive at the bus terminal which is the origin and end of the route bus (15a to 15c), At the specified point P near the terminal and the final arrival confirmation point Q immediately before the bus terminal,
p, 12q), and the central processing unit (11) arrives at the specific point P every time a route bus (15a to 15c) arrives, based on the communication information with the on-board machine and arrives at the arrival vehicle. Arrival time prediction means for predicting the arrival time of the next three cars following the car and the arrival of the next one, and the predicted arrival time of the terminal of the three buses (15a-15c) When the arrival vehicle arrives at the final arrival confirmation point Q when the arrival time is less than the scheduled departure time from the terminal of the pre-scheduled basic timetable, one operation timetable of the arrival vehicle is changed to the basic timetable. Timetable interval extension processing means to be determined, and operation instruction information is created from the determined timetable and the operation instruction device (17a ~
A route bus operation management device characterized by comprising operation instruction information creating means to be displayed in 17c).