Bus electronic stop board interface operation method, system and equipment based on query linkage mechanism

Abstract

The invention provides an electronic bus stop board interface operation method, system and equipment based on a query linkage mechanism, and the method comprises the steps: arranging the names of all stations which can be reached by transferring from a current station through one or more lines according to a certain search rule, such as a phonetic alphabet sequence; according to the method, the names of the target stations can be conveniently and rapidly searched, after the target stations are found, system linkage is triggered through operations such as key pressing, touching and clicking, the route guideboards containing the target stations in the passing station list are automatically retrieved and highlighted, and therefore passengers can rapidly obtain needed target routes and train number information according to the target stations.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of electronic bus stop signs, and in particular to the field of an interface operation method, system and equipment for electronic bus stop signs. Background Art

[0002] Bus stops are information dissemination facilities set up at bus stops. Passengers obtain bus route and train number information to their destinations from bus stops. Electronic bus stops use the Internet and electronic equipment to display bus route and train number information in real time.

[0003] Traditional bus stop signs, such as Figure 1 The information release method is to arrange the stations passed by the route in the order of vehicle travel, forming an information signboard of a route, referred to as a route signboard. A bus stop often has multiple bus routes passing through it. These route signs are combined to form the entire bus stop sign of this platform. Due to the limitation of the size of the display device, the electronic bus stop sign cannot accommodate multiple line signs at the same time, and it is necessary to scroll and switch the display of some line signs at regular intervals.

[0004] In the above-mentioned traditional methods, bus route signs are displayed in a fixed or scrolling manner and cannot be dynamically retrieved. If passengers are not familiar with the surrounding geographical conditions and want to know the basic question of "whether there is a suitable route from the current station to a specified target station", they must traverse all the station names of each route on the entire bus stop sign. However, since these station names are arranged in the order of the routes, for passengers who do not understand the surrounding geographical information, these station names distributed on various routes have no pattern to follow, and it is very difficult to find them when there are too many routes. Furthermore, when the size of the electronic bus stop display device is limited, the route signs cannot be displayed at the same time, making it even more difficult to find the route conditions of a certain target station. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of this, the present invention aims to propose a method, system and device for operating the interface of a public transportation electronic stop sign based on a query linkage mechanism. The method arranges all the station names that can be reached by transferring from the current station through one or more lines according to a certain search rule, such as in alphabetical order, so that these target station names are easy to find quickly. After finding the target station, the system linkage is triggered by pressing keys, touching, clicking, etc., and the line road signs containing the target station in the passing station list are automatically retrieved and highlighted, so that passengers can quickly obtain the required target line and train number information according to the target station, such as Figure 2 .

[0006] The technical solution of the present invention is achieved in this way:

[0007] In a first aspect, the present invention provides an interface operation method for an electronic bus stop sign based on a query linkage mechanism, characterized in that: it is applied to an electronic bus stop sign, the electronic bus stop sign has a route road sign display area and a query operation area; the route road sign display area is used to display the road sign information of all routes passing through this station; the query operation area is used to arrange all target stations that can be reached or transferred from this station by bus routes according to a determined sorting rule; the query operation area can be used as a display area for other functions such as videos or advertisements during a period when no passengers perform query operations, that is, a shared query operation area; the shared query operation area can be triggered by setting function keys to achieve function switching, such as Figure 3 ; The interface operation method comprises the following steps: S1: Let the current station be S, and find the set of all stations T that can be reached from the current station via one or more routes. The sub-process steps for finding T are as follows: T1: Calculate all bus routes L1, L2, ..., Ln passing through the current station S according to the bus route table; T2: Find the list of all the stations and train information of lines L1, L2, ..., Ln; let the list of stations on L1 be D11, D12, ..., D1M1; let the list of stations on L2 be D21, D22, ..., D2M2; and so on, let the list of stations on Ln be Dn1, Dn2, ..., DnMn; T3: The site set obtained by merging these site lists, removing duplicate sites, and removing the current site S itself is the target site set T0 that can be directly reached from site S. Suppose T0 has s_0 sites, s_0 >= 0; T4: If s_0 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after one transfer through the following steps, set as T1: T5: Take each site in set T0 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T6: merge all target site sets obtained in T5, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in set T0, and finally get T1. Assume that T1 has s_1 sites, s_1 >= 0; T7: If s_1 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after 2 transfers through the following steps, set as T2: T8: Take each site in set T1 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T9: merge all target site sets obtained in T8, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove sites that already exist in sets T0 and T1, and finally get T2. Assume that T2 has s_2 sites, s_2 >= 0; Similarly, if s_i > 0, the set of target stations that can be reached after i+1 transfers from station S is obtained through the following steps, and is set to T(i+1): Take each site in the set Ti as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; Merge all the target site sets obtained in the previous step, remove the duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in the sets T0, T1, ..., Ti, and finally get T(i+1). Suppose T(i+1) has s_(i+1) sites, s_(i+1) >= 0; Repeat this call until s_n = 0, and get the set T = T0 + T1 + … +Tn; S2: sorting all the stations in the set T according to the determined sorting rules and presenting them in the query operation area, or, when the passenger needs it, triggering and sorting them through a specific triggering mechanism and presenting them in the query operation area for the passenger to select and query; S3: When a passenger selects a target station, the electronic bus stop system calculates the routes and transfer routes required from the current station to the target station based on the bus route table; S4: The electronic bus stop system presents the search results and highlights the road signs of the selected target routes, so that passengers can quickly locate them for further detailed viewing; S5: When using a shared query operation area, if there is no passenger operation within a certain period of time, the electronic bus stop system will automatically exit the query operation state.

[0008] In the above method, the query operation area is characterized in that it can be set independently or combined with other functional windows and switched through function keys.

[0009] In the above method, the query operation area is also characterized in that it can be a fixed position or a floating position, so as to facilitate viewing and operation by people of different heights.

[0010] In the above method, the bus route table refers to a list of bus operation routes formulated by the bus operation and management party, including the route name, passing stations, fares, first and last bus times, etc.

[0011] In the above method, the electronic bus stop system refers to a set of bus information dynamic interactive publishing system established by using computer and communication network technology, which is used to replace paper bus stop signs to publish bus route and train number information.

[0012] In the above method, the highlighting feature is that the query result information of the target line is displayed in the query operation area, and at the same time, the route sign of the target line is extracted to pre-prioritize it, and the target station or transfer station on the sign is specially displayed in different styles to distinguish it from other non-target stations on the sign.

[0013] In the above method, the specific trigger mechanism refers to triggering the start of the query function by means of device buttons, touch function buttons, voice control triggering, etc.

[0014] The above operation method adds a quick search route for target sites arranged in the order of passenger search on the electronic bus stop board, so that passengers can quickly and accurately find the target sites, routes and train information they are concerned about, thereby improving the friendliness and practicality of the electronic bus stop board.

[0015] In the second aspect, the present invention provides a bus electronic stop sign system based on query linkage, such as Figure 5 The bus electronic station sign system includes a communication module, a host module, a display module, a target station list generation module, a query execution module and a query result presentation module; the communication module, the host module and the display module are the main modules of the traditional electronic station sign, referred to as the host module; the target station list generation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module and is used to generate a set T of all stations that can be reached from the current station through one or more routes; the query execution module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, when the passenger needs to query the route and train number according to the specified target station, through a specific trigger mechanism, all the stations in the set T are sorted according to the specified search rules and presented in the query operation area for the passenger to select and query, when the passenger selects a certain target station, the electronic station sign system calculates the route, transfer route and related train number information that need to be passed from the current station to the target station according to the bus route table; the query result presentation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, displays the query result information on the screen, and simultaneously selects the road signs of the target line in linkage, highlights them, and adds special marks to the target station or transfer station on the road sign, so that the passenger can quickly locate and further view them in detail.

[0016] In a third aspect, the present invention provides a bus electronic stop sign device, wherein the bus electronic stop sign device includes the above-mentioned bus electronic stop sign system based on query linkage. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of the present invention, are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute improper limitations on the present invention.

[0019] In the attached picture: Figure 1 , Information layout of traditional bus electronic signboards Figure 2 , Information layout of bus electronic stop signs based on query linkage Figure 3 , query linkage function trigger button Figure 4 , query results display Figure 5 , Module structure diagram of the bus electronic stop sign system based on query linkage Figure 6 , Floating position query operation area Icons: 1-Fixed display or scrolling display of route signs of traditional bus electronic bus stops; 2-Additional window of traditional bus electronic bus stops; 3-Query operation area; 4-Display or scrolling display of route signs based on query linkage; 5-Function button for triggering entry or exit of query function; 6-Highlighting of query results; 7-Query operation area in floating position. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present invention generally described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention, but merely represents selected embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative work belong to the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0022] Example

[0023] This embodiment develops a bus electronic stop sign system based on the query linkage mechanism. For its unit structure diagram, please refer to Figure 5The electronic bus stop sign includes a communication module, a host module, a display module, a target station list generation module, a query execution module and a query result presentation module; the communication module, the host module and the display module are the main modules of the traditional electronic stop sign, referred to as the host module; the target station list generation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module and is used to generate a set T of all stations that can be reached from the current station through one or more routes; the query execution module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, when the passenger needs to query the route and train number according to the specified target station, through a specific trigger mechanism, all the stations in the set T are sorted and presented according to the specified search rules for the passenger to select and query, when the passenger selects a certain target station, the electronic stop sign system calculates the route, transfer route and related train number information that need to be passed from the current station to the target station according to the bus route table; the query result presentation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, the query result information is displayed on the screen, and the road signs of the target line are selected and highlighted at the same time, and the target station or transfer station on the road sign is attached with a special mark, so that the passenger can quickly locate and further view in detail.

[0024] The target site list generation module obtains the set T of all sites that can be reached from the current site via one or more routes through the following steps: T1: Calculate all bus routes L1, L2, ..., Ln passing through the current station S according to the bus route table; T2: Find the list of all the stations and train information of lines L1, L2, ..., Ln; let the list of stations on L1 be D11, D12, ..., D1M1; let the list of stations on L2 be D21, D22, ..., D2M2; and so on, let the list of stations on Ln be Dn1, Dn2, ..., DnMn; T3: The site set obtained by merging these site lists, removing duplicate sites, and removing the current site S itself is the target site set T0 that can be directly reached from site S. Suppose T0 has s_0 sites, s_0 >= 0; T4: If s_0 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after one transfer through the following steps, set as T1: T5: Take each site in set T0 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T6: merge all target site sets obtained in T5, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in set T0, and finally get T1. Assume that T1 has s_1 sites, s_1 >= 0; T7: If s_1 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after 2 transfers through the following steps, set as T2: T8: Take each site in set T1 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T9: merge all target site sets obtained in T8, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove sites that already exist in sets T0 and T1, and finally get T2. Assume that T2 has s_2 sites, s_2 >= 0; Similarly, if s_i > 0, the set of target stations that can be reached after i+1 transfers from station S is obtained through the following steps, and is set to T(i+1): Take each site in the set Ti as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; Merge all the target site sets obtained in the previous step, remove the duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in the sets T0, T1, ..., Ti, and finally get T(i+1). Suppose T(i+1) has s_(i+1) sites, s_(i+1) >= 0; This call is repeated until s_n = 0, and the set T = T0 + T1 + … +Tn is obtained.

[0025] The query execution module performs the following steps: when the passenger needs it, click the screen function key to trigger, and all the stations in the set T are sorted according to the pinyin letters of the station names and presented in the query operation area for the passenger to select and query; when the passenger selects a target station, the electronic bus stop system calculates the routes, transfer routes and related train information required to pass from the current station to the target station according to the bus route table.

[0026] The query result presentation module performs the following steps: when a passenger selects a target station, the system displays the routes, transfer routes and related train information from the current station to the target station returned by the query execution module in a sub-window in the query operation area, and simultaneously selects the road signs of the target line, highlights them, and adds special marks to the target station or transfer station on the road signs, so that passengers can quickly locate and view them in detail. Figure 4 .

[0027] The query operation area can exchange the display position with some route signs by touching and sliding the screen, and adjust the appropriate display and operation height, such as Figure 6 .

[0028] In this embodiment, passengers can quickly retrieve the target site "Jiefang New Village" in the query operation area. After clicking, the system can quickly retrieve the routes from this station to "Jiefang New Village", including "Route 4" which takes 2 stops. Therefore, the road sign of the target route "Route 4" can be highlighted for passengers to further view the details, thereby improving the convenience and efficiency of passengers waiting for the bus.

[0029] In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems and methods can also be implemented in other ways. The system implementation method described above is only schematic. For example, the flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings show the possible architecture, functions and operations of the systems, devices, methods and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each box in the flowchart or block diagram can represent a unit module, a program segment or a part of the code, and the unit module, program segment or a part of the code contains one or more executable instructions or functional elements for implementing the specified logical functions. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions marked in the box can also occur in a different order from the order marked in the accompanying drawings. For example, two consecutive boxes can actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they can sometimes be executed in the opposite order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each box in the block diagram and / or flowchart, and the combination of boxes in the block diagram and / or flowchart can also be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based component system that performs a specified function or action, or can be implemented with a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0030] In addition, the functional modules in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated together to form an independent part, or each module may exist independently, or two or more modules may be integrated to form an independent part.

[0031] If the functions are implemented in the form of software function modules and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including several instructions to enable a computer device (which can be a single-chip microcomputer, a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

[0032] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for operating a bus electronic stop interface based on a query linkage mechanism, characterized in that: Applied to the electronic bus stop sign, the electronic bus stop sign has a route road sign display area and a query operation area; the route road sign display area is used to display the road sign information of all routes passing through the station; the query operation area is used to arrange all the target stations that can be reached or transferred from the station by bus routes according to a determined sorting rule; the query operation area can be used as a display area for other functions such as videos or advertisements during the period when no passengers perform query operations, that is, a shared query operation area; the shared query operation area can be triggered by setting a function key to achieve function switching; The interface operation method comprises the following steps: S1: Let the current station be S, and find the set of all stations T that can be reached from the current station via one or more routes. The sub-process steps for finding T are as follows: T1: Calculate all bus routes L1, L2, ..., Ln passing through the current station S according to the bus route table; T2: Find the list of all the stations and train information of lines L1, L2, ..., Ln; let the list of stations on L1 be D11, D12, ..., D1M1; let the list of stations on L2 be D21, D22, ..., D2M2; and so on, let the list of stations on Ln be Dn1, Dn2, ..., DnMn; T3: The site set obtained by merging these site lists, removing duplicate sites, and removing the current site S itself is the target site set T0 that can be directly reached from site S. Suppose T0 has s_0 sites, s_0 >= 0; T4: If s_0 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after one transfer through the following steps, set as T1: T5: Take each site in set T0 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T6: merge all target site sets obtained in T5, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in set T0, and finally get T1. Assume that T1 has s_1 sites, s_1 >= 0; T7: If s_1 > 0, find the set of target stations that can be reached from station S after 2 transfers through the following steps, set as T2: T8: Take each site in set T1 as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; T9: merge all target site sets obtained in T8, remove duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove sites that already exist in sets T0 and T1, and finally get T2. Assume that T2 has s_2 sites, s_2 >= 0; Similarly, if s_i > 0, the set of target stations that can be reached after i+1 transfers from station S is obtained through the following steps, and is set to T(i+1): Take each site in the set Ti as the current site, call steps T1 to T3, and find the target site set; Merge all the target site sets obtained in the previous step, remove the duplicate sites in the merged set, and then remove the existing sites in the sets T0, T1, ..., Ti, and finally get T(i+1). Suppose T(i+1) has s_(i+1) sites, s_(i+1) >= 0; Repeat this call until s_n = 0, and get the set T = T0 + T1 + … +Tn; S2: sorting all the stations in the set T according to the determined sorting rules and presenting them in the query operation area, or, when the passenger needs it, triggering and sorting them through a specific triggering mechanism and presenting them in the query operation area for the passenger to select and query; S3: When a passenger selects a target station, the electronic bus stop system calculates the routes and transfer routes required from the current station to the target station based on the bus route table; S4: The electronic bus stop system presents the search results and highlights the road signs of the selected target routes, so that passengers can quickly locate them for further detailed viewing; S5: When using a shared query operation area, if there is no passenger operation within a certain period of time, the electronic bus stop system will automatically exit the query operation state.

2. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The query operation area can be set up separately, or it can be used in combination with other function windows and switched through function keys.

3. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The query operation area can be a fixed position or a floating position, so as to facilitate viewing and operation by people of different heights.

4. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The bus route table refers to a list of bus operation routes formulated by the bus operation and management party, including route name, passing stations, fares, first and last bus times and other information.

5. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The electronic bus stop system refers to a set of bus information dynamic interactive publishing system established by computer and communication network technology, which is used to replace paper bus stop signs to publish bus routes and train information.

6. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The highlighted display refers to displaying the query result information of the target route in the query operation area, extracting the route sign of the target route and displaying it in advance, and specially displaying the target station or transfer station on the sign in different styles to distinguish it from other non-target stations on the sign.

7. The method for operating the bus electronic stop interface based on the query linkage mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that The specific trigger mechanism refers to triggering the start of the query function by means of device buttons, touch function buttons, voice control triggering, etc.

8. A bus electronic stop sign system based on query linkage, characterized by: The bus electronic stop sign system includes a communication module, a host module, a display module, a target station list generation module, a query execution module and a query result presentation module; the communication module, the host module and the display module are the main modules of the traditional electronic stop sign, referred to as the host module; the target station list generation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module and is used to generate a set T of all stations that can be reached from the current station through one route or multiple routes; the query execution module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, when the passenger needs to query the route and train number according to the specified target station, through a specific trigger mechanism, all the stations in the set T are sorted according to the specified search rules and presented in the query operation area for the passenger to select and query, when the passenger selects a certain target station, the electronic stop sign system calculates the route, transfer route and related train number information that need to be passed from the current station to the target station according to the bus route table; the query result presentation module is characterized in that it is constructed on the host module, displays the query result information on the screen, and simultaneously selects the road signs of the target route, highlights them, and adds special marks to the target station or transfer station on the road sign.

9. A bus electronic stop sign device, characterized in that: The bus electronic stop sign device includes a bus electronic stop sign system based on query linkage as described in claim 8.

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