INFORMATION DELIVERY SERVICE SYSTEM, IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DELIVERY METHOD, AND IN-TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20110131522A1
• Filed: 03/03/2009
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Nagai, Norie
• Granted Patent: US 8,621,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 41/00 Indicators for reserved seats; Warning or like signs; Devices or arrangements in connection with tickets, e.g. ticket holders; Holders for cargo tickets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/0045 Destination indicators, identification panels or distinguishing signs on the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 15/009 On-board display devices
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 25/025 Absolute localisation, e.g. providing geodetic coordinates

Abstract

To obtain an information delivery service system, an in-train information delivery method, and an in-train information display apparatus that can deliver many pieces of information simultaneously. In an information delivery service system applied to a passenger train to display an image for delivering information to passengers, an in-train information display apparatus that groups a plurality of windows of the passenger train and uses the grouped windows as one display area, and a display information processor that outputs image information to the in-train information display apparatus are provided, thereby displaying an image on a horizontally long and large screen.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An information delivery service system that is applied to a passenger train and displays an image for delivering information to passengers, the system comprising:

an in-train information display apparatus that groups a plurality of windows of the passenger train and uses the grouped windows as one display area; and

a display information processor that outputs image information to the in-train information display apparatus.

10. The information delivery service system according to claim 9, wherein the display information processor outputs information of a next-station-yard guidance image, which is guidance image information of a station yard where the train arrives, as the image information.

11. The information delivery service system according to claim 10, wherein

the display information processor includes:

a vehicle-information monitoring device that detects a current traveling position of a train and outputs train'"'"'s current-position information; and

an image-information storing/reproducing unit that

specifies an arrival platform for the train in the next station, a side of a vehicle that faces the platform, and stop positions of respective vehicles forming the train on the platform based on a lead-vehicle identifying signal output from an operation control panel and arrival platform information of the next station,

stores content image information including a plurality of content image files, which are in level of parts, the parts being respectively corresponding to facility information of a station platform, guidance information of a station yard, and stop position information of vehicles, and

next-station-yard guidance information including content display-position information of the content image file in stations present in a train operation route, and information of a next-station-yard guidance-display starting point corresponding to the content display-position information,

compares the train'"'"'s current-position information with the information of the next-station-yard guidance-display starting point, and

when the train'"'"'s current-position information matches the information of the next-station-yard guidance-display starting point, extracts a necessary content image file from the content image information based on the content display-position information, to generate and reproduce next-station-yard guidance image information.

12. The information delivery service system according to claim 11, wherein

the content display-position information includes a plurality pieces of vehicle content display-position information being different for each vehicle of a train, and

the image-information storing/reproducing unit generates the next-station-yard guidance image information for each vehicle based on the vehicle content display-position information.

13. The information delivery service system according to claim 12, wherein

the content image information includes a plurality of common content-image files common to all vehicles of a train and a plurality of vehicle content-image files being different for each vehicle, and

the image-information storing/reproducing unit generates the next-station-yard guidance image information for each vehicle by superposing an image formed of the vehicle content-image file on an image formed of the common content-image file.

14. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of windows of the passenger train are grouped and used as one display area.

15. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of windows of the passenger train are grouped and used as one display area.

16. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of windows of the passenger train are grouped and used as one display area.

17. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 12, wherein a plurality of windows of the passenger train are grouped and used as one display area.

18. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 13, wherein a plurality of windows of the passenger train are grouped and used as one display area.

19. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 9, wherein a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows of the passenger train is used as one display area.

20. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 10, wherein a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows of the passenger train is used as one display area.

21. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 11, wherein a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows of the passenger train is used as one display area.

22. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 12, wherein a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows of the passenger train is used as one display area.

23. An in-train information display apparatus applied to the information delivery service system according to claim 13, wherein a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows of the passenger train is used as one display area.

24. An in-train information delivery method using a display apparatus that groups a plurality of windows of a passenger train and uses the grouped windows as one display area or using a display apparatus that uses a horizontally long wall surface of a vehicle body above windows as one display area, and comprising a display information outputting step of outputting information of station platform where a train arrives to the display apparatus, wherein

the display information outputting step includes:

a vehicle-information monitoring step of detecting a current traveling position of a train and outputting train'"'"'s current-position information;

a specifying step of specifying an arrival platform for the train in the next station, a side of a vehicle that faces the platform, and stop positions of respective vehicles forming the train on the platform, based on a lead-vehicle identifying signal output from an operation control panel and arrival platform information of the next station;

an image information storing step of storing

content image information including a plurality of content image files, which are in level of parts, the parts being respectively corresponding to facility information of a station platform, guidance information of a station yard, and stop position information of a vehicle, and

next-station-yard guidance information including content display-position information of the content image file in stations present in a train operation route, and information of a next-station-yard guidance-display starting point corresponding to the content display-position information; and

an image information reproducing step of comparing the train'"'"'s current-position information with the information of the next-station-yard guidance-display starting point, and when the train'"'"'s current-position information matches the information of the next-station-yard guidance-display starting point, extracting a necessary content image file from the content image information based on the content display-position information, and generating and reproducing next-station-yard guidance image information.