Apparatus and method for informing bus driver of intention to get on or off bus

A getting-on information notification device, comprising:

• a transmission information reception unit configured to receive a plurality of pieces of transmission information of a plurality of bus stops generated by a getting-on information collection device based on getting-on information entered by mobile terminals of passengers;
• a number-of-changing passengers calculation unit configured to calculate a number of passengers who will get on or off at a bus stop having an earliest expected arrival time among the plurality of bus stops based on the plurality of pieces of transmission information;
• and
• a number-of-changing passengers display unit configured to the number of passengers who will get on or off.

A mobile terminal, comprising;

• an input unit configured to receive getting-on information including a bus number of a bus that a user will get on and destination information from the user;
• a validity determination unit configured to determine whether the getting-on information is valid;
• and
• a terminal communication unit configured to transmit the getting-on information to a getting-on information transfer device of a bus stop.