Passenger guidance display system, passenger guidance display apparatus, and passenger guidance display method

A passenger guidance display system comprising:

• a group of track circuits laid along a track of the train, including a first track circuit including a platform section of a station, a second track circuit being one track circuit before the first track circuit in a traveling direction of the train, and a third track circuit being one track circuit before the second track circuit in the traveling direction of the train, each of track circuits outputting track circuit information indicating a presence or an absence of on-rail of the train;
• an interlocking apparatus configured to collect the track circuit information output from the group of track circuits and output an on-rail position of the train detected based on the track circuit information as on-rail information;
• a service managing apparatus configured to specify and manage service information of the train based on the on-rail information output from the interlocking apparatus and a service schedule of the train, and generate, upon determining that the train enters the second track circuit based on the on-rail information, approach information for informing an approach of the train to the station;
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• a passenger guidance display apparatus provided in the station premise and configured to perform display of passenger guidance using the service information or the approach information of the train scheduled to arrive next transmitted from the service managing apparatus, wherein
• the passenger guidance display apparatus includes:
• an advertisement database including advertisement data associated with service information of trains;
• a display control unit configured to select, from the advertisement database, advertisement data associated with the service information of the train scheduled to arrive next and combine the selected advertisement data and the service information to create a singularity of or a plurality of first guidance videos and to perform a passenger guidance using the first guidance videos before receiving the approach information, and combine, after the first guidance videos guided during a reception of the approach information are finished, the selected advertisement data and the service information to create second guidance videos and to perform the passenger guidance using the second guidance videos after receiving the approach information;
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• a display device configured to display the first guidance videos or the second guidance videos according to control by the display control unit, wherein
• the service managing apparatus includes information concerning an average required time necessary for the train to pass the third track circuit and transmits, upon determining based on the on-rail information that the train enters the third track circuit, the information concerning the average required time to the passenger guidance display apparatus, and
• the display control unit calculates, upon a reception of the information concerning the average required time from the service managing apparatus, a broadcast adjustment time, which is a time obtained by subtracting from the average required time a remaining broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted at the reception of the information concerning the average required time, and creates the first guidance videos such that a total broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted on the display device after end of a broadcast of the first guidance videos and before start of a broadcast of the second guidance videos fits within the broadcast adjustment time.

A passenger guidance display apparatus included in a passenger guidance display system comprising, a group of track circuits laid along a track of the train, including a first track circuit including a platform section of a station, a second track circuit being one track circuit before the first track circuit in a traveling direction of the train, and a third track circuit being one track circuit before the second track circuit in the traveling direction of the train, each of track circuits outputting track circuit information indicating a presence or an absence of on-rail of the train;

• an interlocking apparatus configured to collect the track circuit information output from the group of track circuits and output an on-rail position of the train detected based on the track circuit information as on-rail information;
• a service managing apparatus configured to specify and manage service information of the train based on the on-rail information output from the interlocking apparatus and the service schedule of the train, and generate, upon determining that the train enters the second track circuit based on the on-rail information, approach information for informing an approach of the train to the station,
• the passenger guidance display apparatus provided in the station premise and configured to perform display of passenger guidance using the service information or the approach information of the train scheduled to arrive next transmitted from the service managing apparatus, wherein
• the passenger guidance display apparatus includes:
• an advertisement database including advertisement data associated with service information of trains;
• a display control unit configured to select, from the advertisement database, advertisement data associated with the service information of the train scheduled to arrive next and combine the selected advertisement data and the service information to create a singularity of or a plurality of first guidance videos and to perform a passenger guidance using the first guidance videos before receiving the approach information, and combine, after the first guidance videos guided during a reception of the approach information are finished, the selected advertisement data and the service information to create second guidance videos and to perform the passenger guidance using the second guidance videos after receiving the approach information;
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• a display device configured to display the first guidance videos or the second guidance videos according to control by the display control unit, wherein
• the service managing apparatus includes information concerning an average required time necessary for the train to pass the third track circuit and transmits, upon determining based on the on-rail information that the train enters the third track circuit, the information concerning the average required time to the passenger guidance display apparatus, and
• the display control unit calculates, upon a reception of the information concerning the average required time from the service managing apparatus, a broadcast adjustment time, which is a time obtained by subtracting from the average required time a remaining broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted at the reception of the information concerning the average required time, and creates the first guidance videos such that a total broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted on the display device after end of a broadcast of the first guidance videos and before start of a broadcast of the second guidance videos fits within the broadcast adjustment time.

A passenger guidance display method employed in a passenger guidance display system comprising, a group of track circuits laid along a track of the train, including a first track circuit including a platform section of a station, a second track circuit being one track circuit before the first track circuit in a traveling direction of the train, and a third track circuit being one track circuit before the second track circuit in the traveling direction of the train, each of track circuits outputting track circuit information indicating a presence or an absence of on-rail of the train;

• an interlocking apparatus configured to collect the track circuit information output from the group of track circuits and output an on-rail position of the train detected based on the track circuit information as on-rail information;
• a service managing apparatus configured to specify and manage service information of the train based on the on-rail information output from the interlocking apparatus and a service schedule of the train, and generate, upon determining that the train enters the second track circuit based on the on-rail information, approach information for informing an approach of the train to the station;
• and a passenger guidance display apparatus provided in the station premise and configured to perform display of passenger guidance using the service information or the approach information of the train scheduled to arrive next transmitted from the service managing apparatus, wherein
• the passenger guidance display apparatus includes, an advertisement database including advertisement data associated with service information of trains;
• a display control unit configured to select, from the advertisement database, advertisement data associated with the service information of the train scheduled to arrive next and combine the selected advertisement data and the service information to create a singularity of or a plurality of first guidance videos and to perform a passenger guidance using the first guidance videos before receiving the approach information, and combine, after the first guidance videos guided during a reception of the approach information are finished, the selected advertisement data and the service information to create second guidance videos and to perform the passenger guidance using the second guidance videos after receiving the approach information;
• and a display device configured to display the first guidance videos or the second guidance videos according to control by the display control unit, wherein the passenger guidance display method comprises:
• a step of calculating, at the service managing apparatus, an average required time necessary for the train to pass the third track circuit by dividing a track length of the third track circuit by an average speed of the train in the third track circuit;
• a step of transmitting, at the service managing apparatus, upon determining based on the on-rail information that the train enters the third track circuit, information concerning the average required time to the passenger guidance display apparatus;
• a step of calculating, at the display control unit, upon a reception of the information concerning the average required time from the service managing apparatus, a broadcast adjustment time, which is a time obtained by subtracting from the average required time a remaining broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted at the reception of the information concerning the average required time;
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• a step of creating, at the display control unit, the first guidance videos such that a total broadcast time of the first guidance videos broadcasted on the display device after end of a broadcast of the first guidance videos and before start of a broadcast of the second guidance videos fits within the broadcast adjustment time.