Vehicle Terminal Location Determining System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for managing on-board information in vehicles, such as buses, require passengers to present noncontact IC cards for ticket checking, which can be cumbersome, especially when carrying luggage, thereby compromising user-friendliness.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system comprising a vehicle, a terminal device, and a server that communicates to determine if the terminal device is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, allowing the system to identify passengers without the need for IC card presentation by using positional information from GPS and user identification data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If passengers present noncontact IC cards for ticket checking, then on-board information management is achieved, but user-friendliness deteriorates when passengers carry luggage
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines passenger on-board status by comparing GPS positional information from the terminal device with vehicle position data, eliminating the need for manual IC card presentation. The passenger's terminal device autonomously transmits position data, and the server automatically updates on-board information without requiring passenger action.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical action of presenting an IC card at a reader with an automated electronic position-based system. GPS satellite positioning and wireless communication substitute for the physical card-swiping or holding action, allowing seamless on-board detection without manual intervention.
2Extent of automation
If automatic ticket checking devices are used, then ticket checking process is automated, but passengers must still perform manual card presentation actions
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves complete automation by having the terminal device automatically transmit position information and the server automatically determine on-board status based on GPS coordinates, eliminating all manual card presentation steps while maintaining automated ticket checking functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal device continuously or periodically transmits position information in advance, so that when the vehicle arrives at a checkpoint, the on-board status is already determined without requiring any last-minute manual action from the passenger.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a vehicle, a terminal device, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the terminal device. The vehicle repeatedly transmits positional information on the vehicle to the server at predetermined timings. The terminal device repeatedly transmits user identification information for identifying a user of the terminal device and positional information on the terminal device to the server at predetermined timings. The server determines, based on the positional information on the vehicle and the positional information on the terminal device, whether or not the terminal device is located in a reference region within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, and determines, based on the user identification information, that the user of the terminal device is on board the vehicle, when it is determined that the terminal device is located in the reference region.