System and method for informing public transport vehicle arrival information

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for informing public transport vehicle arrival information, the system comprising: a plurality of on-board devices installed on respective public transport vehicles, each of the on-board device having a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data from and to public transport vehicle stops along a public transport vehicle line, a first processing unit programmed to store and process the received data, and a first display module which is operatively coupled to the first processing unit and is for displaying the data, wherein the data includes identification of the vehicle, schedule time frame and next schedule departure time of a following vehicle, the schedule time frame being obtained by subtracting a current departure time at a vehicle terminus from a next schedule departure time,- and a plurality of public transport vehicle stop devices installed in the respective vehicle stops, each of the public transport vehicle stop device having a preset vehicle identification therein and having a transceiver for transmitting and receiving the data from and to the on-board device if the preset vehicle identification matches the vehicle identification of the on-board device, a second processing unit programmed to store and update the received data to count down a waiting time of the vehicle till zero and then, if necessary, switch to count up a delay time, and a second display module which is operatively coupled to the second processing unit and is for displaying the waiting time or the delay time and other information.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to a system and method for notifying the arrival information of public transport vehicles, and more specifically, relates to a system and method for notifying the arrival time of public transport vehicles based on the existing public transport vehicle scheduling time period. Background of the invention [0002] People often spend a lot of time at the station waiting for public transport vehicles to go to their destinations because they do not know the arrival time of the vehicles. The ideal would be to provide additional information to passengers waiting at public transport vehicle stops. For example, what passengers most want to know is when the next vehicle will arrive. In order to solve this problem, there are already many methods and systems for displaying the arrival time of public transport vehicles. [0003] A Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking system informs passengers when the next bus will arriv...

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Problems solved by technology

But passengers waiting at the bus stop have no way of knowing the actual frequency of the bus, or whether some bus schedules have been canceled

In addition, these existing methods and systems are not feasible for random scheduling of bus stops, nor are they easy to adapt to changes in bus routes and traffic conditions

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