Route bus service controlling system
First Claim
1. A route bus service controlling system for a plurality of buses running along a route between a terminal and a turn point via a plurality of intermediate passage points, said system comprising:
- ground radio units installed at said plurality of intermediate points and at a terminal passage point and a turn passage point and serving to detect passage of route buses past said passage points and developing information signals indicative of such passage and transmitting said signals;
a central service controller for computing overall service information from said signals transmitted by said ground radio units at the individual passage points, then determining modified service schedules for the specific route buses at the passage points on the basis of the result of such computation, and transmitting the modified service schedules to the route buses by way of said ground radio units; and
service information display units in the route buses for displaying the modified service schedules received by way of said ground radio units for the route buses in the individual sections of said bus service route; and
on the basis of said signals transmitted by one ground radio unit with regard to the route bus departed first from the related passage point, the arrival hour of the next route bus and that of the succeeding route bus passing therethrough are estimated by said central service controller, and a basic service schedule of each route bus computed from the estimated hour is displayed on the service information display unit installed in each of the route buses.
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Abstract
A route bus service controlling system comprising ground radio unit installed at a terminal or start-and-end point of bus service routes, a turn point of each route and a plurality of passage points therebetween and serving to detect the passage time of each route bus at every point, the ground radio units being further capable of sending the detected time signal to a central service controller and, after receiving service information from the central service controller, transmitting such information to each route bus; the central service controller for first receiving the actual run information of each route bus from the ground radio units, then making up, on the basis of the received service information, modified service schedules for the buses in the individual route sections so as to realize an optimal time interval service of all the buses running on the respective routes, and transmitting via the ground radio units to the corresponding buses the modified service schedules with various conditions added thereto inclusive of the halt time periods at the bus stops, traffic congestion on the roads and so forth; and service schedule display units for first receiving from the ground radio units the modified service schedules made up by the central service controller, and then displaying the modified service schedules for the individual buses so as to achieve a satisfactory route bus service of optimal time intervals at the passing points.
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8 Claims
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1. A route bus service controlling system for a plurality of buses running along a route between a terminal and a turn point via a plurality of intermediate passage points, said system comprising:
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ground radio units installed at said plurality of intermediate points and at a terminal passage point and a turn passage point and serving to detect passage of route buses past said passage points and developing information signals indicative of such passage and transmitting said signals; a central service controller for computing overall service information from said signals transmitted by said ground radio units at the individual passage points, then determining modified service schedules for the specific route buses at the passage points on the basis of the result of such computation, and transmitting the modified service schedules to the route buses by way of said ground radio units; and service information display units in the route buses for displaying the modified service schedules received by way of said ground radio units for the route buses in the individual sections of said bus service route; and on the basis of said signals transmitted by one ground radio unit with regard to the route bus departed first from the related passage point, the arrival hour of the next route bus and that of the succeeding route bus passing therethrough are estimated by said central service controller, and a basic service schedule of each route bus computed from the estimated hour is displayed on the service information display unit installed in each of the route buses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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