Control device and control method

The communication system improves bus congestion prediction by integrating on-board and waiting area data, enabling accurate and user-friendly information provision through a control device and display system.

JP7752313B2Active Publication Date: 2025-10-10PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2021149315
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2021-09-14
Publication Date
2025-10-10
Estimated Expiration
2041-09-14

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing systems, such as described in Patent Document 1, fail to accurately predict bus congestion due to the lack of consideration for the number of people waiting at bus stops and do not account for passengers without commuter passes, making it difficult to provide highly convenient information to users.

Method used

A communication system that includes a bus wireless device to estimate internal congestion based on images and sensors, relay stations to aggregate information from both buses and stops, and a control device to generate comprehensive congestion information for display devices, integrating data on both on-board and waiting area conditions.

Benefits of technology

Enhances the accuracy of predicting bus congestion by combining data from inside the bus and waiting areas, allowing for the provision of highly convenient and informative services to users.

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Abstract

To provide a control device capable of providing highly convenient information to users of transportation facilities.SOLUTION: A control device includes: a reception unit that acquires a first piece of information concerning a congestion of transportation means that is determined on the basis of, information from a sensor placed on the transportation means from a first radio unit placed on the transportation means as a transportation facility and acquires a second piece of information concerning the congestion at a waiting place, which is determined on the basis of information from a sensor placed at the waiting place, from a second radio unit placed at the waiting place where users who will use the transportation facility are waiting for arrival of the transportation means; and a control unit that generates a third piece of information to be provided to the users on the basis of, the first information and the second information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 32
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