Smart train

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301648-B2
Application number	US-201815885928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2018
Priority date	Feb 1, 2018
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for tracking occupancy on a transit system is provided. The present invention may include receiving passenger information for passengers boarding a public transit system comprising one or more cars; counting the passengers within each of the cars of the public transit system based on the location of each of the passengers; identifying, based on the location of each of the passengers, whether each of the passengers is seated or standing; and displaying, based on the counting and identifying of the passengers, the current occupancy of each of the cars.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for tracking occupancy within a public transit system, the method comprising:
receiving passenger information for a plurality of passengers boarding the public transit system comprising two or more cars;
tracking the location, using one or more sensors, of one or more radio-frequency identification tags associated with the plurality of passengers; and
broadcasting, based on the passenger information and the location of the radio-frequency identification tags, at least one modified announcement in at least two cars via a public address system, wherein the at least one modified announcement is an announcement modified based on the passenger information of the passengers associated with the radio-frequency identification tags within one or more cars to remove one or more stops that are not destinations of any passengers within the car of the two or more cars within which the at least one modified announcement is broadcast.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, based on the passenger information and the tracked location of the radio-frequency identification tags, a current occupancy of the two or more cars.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
modifying the passenger information of the one or more passengers upon the passenger's boarding of the transit system.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising;
identifying a seat within the one or more cars as reserved to a single passenger of the plurality of passengers based on the location of the radio-frequency identification tag associated with the passenger and whether the passenger is seated or standing.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising;
alerting, based on the passenger information associated with a passenger within the plurality of passengers is missing, incomplete, or erroneous, one or more human operators to the location of the passenger.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the reserved seat loses a reserved status based on the radio frequency identification tag associated with a passenger leaving the car containing the reserved seat, or where the radio frequency identification tag associated with the passenger leaves the reserved seat for a time period exceeding a threshold.

7. A computer system for tracking occupancy within a public transit system, the computer system comprising:
one or more public transit systems comprising two or more cars, one or more sensors, one or more radio-frequency identification tags, one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
receiving passenger information for a plurality of passengers boarding the public transit system comprising two or more cars;
tracking the location, using one or more sensors, of one or more radio-frequency identification tags associated with the plurality of passengers; and
broadcasting, based on the passenger information and the location of the radio-frequency identification tags, at least one modified-aft announcement in at least two cars via a public address system, wherein the at least one modified announcement is an announcement modified based on the passenger information of the passengers associated with the radio-frequency identification tags within one or more cars to remove one or more stops that are not destinations of any passengers within the car of the two or more cars within which the at least one modified announcement is broadcast.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying, based on the passenger information and the tracked location of the radio-frequency identification tags, a current occupancy of the two or more cars.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:
modifying the passenger information of the one or more passengers upon the passenger's boarding of the transit system.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising;
identifying a seat within the one or more cars as reserved to a single passenger of the plurality of passengers based on the location of the radio-frequency identification tag associated with the passenger and whether the passenger is seated or standing.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising;
alerting, based on the passenger information associated one passenger within the plurality of passengers is missing, incomplete, or erroneous, one or more human operators to the location of the passenger.

12. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the reserved seat loses a reserved status based on the radio frequency identification tag associated with a passenger leaving the car containing the reserved seat, or where the radio frequency identification tag associated with the passenger leaves the reserved seat for a time period exceeding a threshold.

13. A computer program product for tracking occupancy within a public transit system, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving passenger information for a plurality of passengers boarding the public transit system comprising two or more cars;
tracking the location, using one or more sensors, of one or more radio-frequency identification tags associated with the plurality of passengers; and
broadcasting, based on the passenger information and the location of the radio-frequency identification tags, at least one modified announcement in at least two cars via a public address system, wherein the at least one modified announcement is an announcement modified based on the passenger information of the passengers associated with the radio-frequency identification tags within one or more cars to remove one or more stops that are not destinations of any passengers within the car of the two or more cars within which the at least one modified announcement is broadcast.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:
displaying, based on the passenger information and the tracked location of the radio-frequency identification tags, a current occupancy of the two or more cars.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:
modifying the passenger information of the one or more passengers upon the passenger's boarding of the transit system.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising;
identifying a seat within the one or more cars as reserved to a single passenger of the plurality of passengers based on the location of the radio-frequency identification tag associated with the passenger and whether the passenger is seated or standing.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising;
alerting, based on the passenger information associated with a passenger within the plurality of passengers is missing, incomplete, or erroneous, one or more human operators to the location of the passenger.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Arquero Gregg M
• Dow Eli M
• Hossain Syed F
• Schaeffer Joshua
• Tang Yunli

Classifications

• G07B15/00

  Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00) · CPC title

• G06K7/10366

  the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications · CPC title

• B61D41/00 Primary

  Indicators for reserved seats; Warning or like signs; Devices or arrangements in connection with tickets, e.g. ticket holders; Holders for cargo tickets or the like · CPC title

• G06K7/10297 Primary

  arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00) · CPC title

• B61L15/0072

  On-board train data handling · CPC title