System for managing space available and seats for passengers for use of a passenger transport system
AssigneeItaldesign-Giugiaro S.P.A.
InventorsMarziella Lequio, Marco Bergero
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Abstract
A system for managing space available and seats for passengers in a passenger transportation system comprising at least one train including a plurality of cars, each car having a corresponding predetermined number of seats, is described. The system comprises sensors for sensing the occupancy of the space available to passengers, a processor for managing the space available to passengers, and display devices for displaying the availability of free space for passengers, capable of signaling the availability of free space for passengers or signaling the unavailability of free space for passengers in a different first or second signaling mode, in connection with each predetermined section of the train.
Claims16
A system for managing space available and seats for passengers in a passenger transportation system comprising at least one passenger transportation train including a plurality of cars, each having a corresponding predetermined number of seats, set up to travel between stop stations in a transportation network within a predetermined territory, said system comprising:
- a sensor configured to determine the occupancy of space available to passengers associated with each car in the plurality of cars of said at least one transportation train, wherein the sensor is configured to transmit corresponding occupancy signals of the space available in a car;
- a processor configured to manage space available to passengers capable of receiving said occupancy signals of the space available in a car from said sensor and configured to transmit signals or data indicating the space available to passengers, associated with corresponding predetermined sections of said train;
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- a display configured to display the availability of free space for passengers, configured to receive said signals or data indicating the space available to passengers, associated with corresponding predetermined sections of said train, and configured to signal the availability of free space for passengers or configured to signal the unavailability of free space for passengers in connection with each said predetermined section of the train, wherein said display includes light sources built into a floor or ceiling of the platform of the stop station at the expected location of the doors of the cars in the train, said light sources being capable of lighting up in at least a different first or second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.