Query system for crowdedness of bus and method thereof

• US 10,163,354 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Chiu, Chaucer
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US15/622,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20180174469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/156 Query results presentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

The present disclosure illustrates a query system for crowdedness of a bus and a method thereof. In the query system, a passenger may select a bus route displayed on the mobile device, to download and browse a bus dynamic message corresponding to the selected bus route, and then input and transmit a passenger pick-up request message to a server-end device, and the server-end device stores the passenger pick-up request message and calculates the numbers of passengers on the bus reaching all bus stations according to the passenger pick-up request messages of all mobile devices, and the numbers of passengers and the bus dynamic message are displayed on the passenger'"'"'s mobile device at the same time. Therefore, the technical means of the present disclosure may achieve a technical effect of improving efficiency in selecting the bus to take.

Claims

1. A query system for crowdedness of bus, applied in environment having at least one bus route which comprises a plurality of bus stations and at least one bus thereon, and the query system comprising:

at least one mobile device, each comprising;

a selection module, configured to select one of the at least one bus route, and then continuously receive a bus dynamic message corresponding to the selected bus route, and display the bus dynamic message; and

a query module configured to transmit a passenger pick-up request message comprising a target bus, a waiting position and a destination, and then continuously receive the numbers of passengers on the target bus for display with the bus dynamic message; and

a server-end device comprising;

a passenger pick-up request message database configured to store the passenger pick-up request message from the at least one mobile device;

a transmission module configured to link with a real-time bus information system, and continuously download the bus dynamic message corresponding to the selection inputted through the mobile device, wherein the bus dynamic message is displayed on the mobile device for browse; and

a calculation module configured to calculate the numbers of passengers on the same target bus respectively reaching the plurality of bus stations according to the passenger pick-up request message from the at least one mobile device stored, and transmit the numbers of passengers to corresponding mobile device through the transmission module.

2. The query system for crowdedness of bus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mobile device provides a graphic user interface to input the target bus, the waiting position and the destination, to generate the passenger pick-up request message.

3. The query system for crowdedness of bus according to claim 1, wherein the bus dynamic message comprises a current position of the at least one bus and estimated arrival times of the at least one bus for the plurality of bus stations respectively, and an icon is displayed correspondingly to the current position of the at least one bus, and when the icon is clicked, the bus at the current position corresponding to the icon is selected as the target bus.

4. The query system for crowdedness of bus according to claim 1, wherein the number of passengers is displayed by a crowdedness icon, and the crowdedness icon is displayed with different color correspondingly to different number of the passengers.

5. The query system for crowdedness of bus according to claim 1, wherein the calculation module calculates the number of passengers on the target bus reaching a specific bus station by subtracting a sum of the numbers of the destinations set as other bus stations prior to the specific bus station from a sum of the numbers of the waiting positions set as other bus stations prior to the specific bus station.

6. A query method for crowdedness of bus, applied in environment having at least one bus route which comprises a plurality of bus stations and at least one bus thereon, and the query method comprising:

linking a server-end device to a real-time bus information system;

after one of the at least one bus routes is selected through at least one mobile device, continuously downloading, by the server-end device, a bus dynamic message corresponding to the selected bus route from the real-time bus information system for browse on the mobile device;

receiving and displaying, by the mobile device, the bus dynamic message corresponding to the selected bus route, and transmitting a passenger pick-up request message, which comprises a target bus, a waiting position and a destination, to the server-end device;

receiving and storing, by the server-end device, the passenger pick-up request message from the at least one mobile device, and calculating numbers of passengers on the target bus reaching the plurality of bus stations respectively according to the passenger pick-up request message from the at least one mobile device stored, and transmitting the numbers of passengers to corresponding mobile device; and

receiving, by the at least one mobile device, the numbers of passengers on the target bus, and displaying the bus dynamic message and the numbers of passengers at the same time.

7. The query method for crowdedness of bus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one mobile device provides a graphic user interface to input the target bus, the waiting position and the destination, to generate the passenger pick-up request message.

8. The query method for crowdedness of bus according to claim 6, wherein the bus dynamic message comprises a current position of the at least one bus and estimated arrival times of the at least one bus for the plurality of bus stations respectively, and an icon is displayed correspondingly to the current position of the at least one bus, and when the icon is clicked, the bus at the current position corresponding to the icon is selected as the target bus.

9. The query method for crowdedness of bus according to claim 6, wherein the number of passengers is displayed by a crowdedness icon, and the crowdedness icon is displayed with different color correspondingly to different number of the passenger.

10. The query method for crowdedness of bus according to claim 6, wherein the step of calculating the number of passengers on the target bus reaching one specific bus station of the plurality of bus stations comprises:

subtracting a sum of the numbers of destinations set as other bus stations prior to the specific bus station from a sum of the numbers of the waiting positions set as other bus stations prior to the specific bus station.