Passenger management device, passenger information processing device, passenger management method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11501565-B2
Application number	US-202016822701-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 22, 2019
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

To improve convenience of a passenger using a paid seat.
An image transmission unit transmits a plurality of images generated by a first camera to a passenger information processing device. The passenger information processing device performs person specifying processing using the image. A processing result acquisition unit acquires a processing result by the passenger information processing device. This processing result is obtained by associating person specifying information that specifies a person included in the image with attribute information of the passenger. A getting-on station management unit generates getting-on station information using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information. A getting-off station management unit generates getting-off station information using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information. The getting-on station information and the getting-off station information are stored in a first storage unit in association with the person specifying information of the passenger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A passenger management device installed in a train comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform as:
an image transmission unit that transmits information on at least a portion including a person of a plurality of images generated by at least one camera installed in the train and generated at different timings to a passenger information processing device that performs person specifying processing;
a processing result acquisition unit that acquires person specifying information which is a processing result of each of the plurality of images by the passenger information processing device and that specifies the person included in the image in association with attribute information which for specifying a position of the person and a time point;
a getting-on station management unit that causes a first storage to store getting-on station information that specifies a getting-on station of the person in association with the person specifying information of the person using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information; and
a getting-off station management unit that causes the first storage to store getting-off station information that specifies a getting-off station of the person in association with the person specifying information of the person using the person specifying information and the attribute information associated with the person specifying information.

2. The passenger management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first storage is installed in the train,
the passenger management device processor further performs as:
an information transmission unit that transmits the person specifying information associated with the getting-off station information, and the getting-on station information and the getting-off station information associated with the person specifying information in the first storage, to a second storage outside the train for storage.

3. The passenger management device according to claim 2 ,
wherein information stored in the second storage is used for settlement processing.

4. The passenger management device according claim 1 ,
wherein the attribute information includes seat information for specifying a seat on which the person is seated, and
wherein the getting-on station management unit causes the first storage to store a combination of the person specifying information and seat information indicating the seat specified by the attribute information.

5. The passenger management device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the train comprises a display that indicates whether or not the seat is in use,
the passenger management device processor further performs as:
a display control unit that controls the display using the attribute information.

6. The passenger management device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor further performs as:
a crew output unit that performs a predetermined output to a terminal that is usable by a crew of the train in a case where the processing result acquisition unit acquires the attribute information but does not acquire the person specifying information.

7. The passenger management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one camera repeatedly generates the image, and
wherein the image transmission unit transmits the image to the passenger information processing device each time the image is generated.

8. The passenger management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the attribute information includes the seat information for specifying the seat on which the person is seated, and
wherein the getting-on station management unit updates the seat information stored in the first storage to newly acquired seat information in a case where the seat information specified by the newly acquired attribute information is different from the seat information stored in the first storage in correspondence with the person specifying information associated with the attribute information.

9. The passenger management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the train has a stop station storage that stores the latest stop station of the train, and
wherein the getting-off station management unit sets the getting-off station corresponding to at least one of person specifying information to the latest stop station stored in the stop station storage in a case where person specifying information newly acquired by the processing result acquisition unit does not include the at least one of person specifying information already stored in the first storage.

10. The passenger management device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the getting-off station management unit causes the first storage to store a station as a temporary getting-off station in association with the already stored person specifying information each time the train stops at the station, and sets the temporary getting-off station stored in the first storage in correspondence with the person specifying information as an official get-off station in a case where the person specifying information newly acquired by the processing result acquisition unit does not include the already stored person specifying information after the train departs from the station.

11. A passenger information processing device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform as:
an acquisition unit that acquires information on at least a portion including a person of a plurality of images generated by at least one camera installed in the train and generated at different timings;
an image processing unit that acquires person specifying information of a person who gets on the train using a feature amount of a person included in the image; and
a transmission unit that transmits the person specifying information acquired by the image processing unit to a passenger management device installed in the train,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires getting on-and-off information indicating a getting-on station and a getting-off station of the person indicated by the person specifying information in association with the person specifying information from the passenger management device,
the passenger information processing device processor further performs as:
a settlement processing unit that performs settlement processing on a fare for the train using the getting on-and-off information and the person specifying information.

12. The passenger information processing device according to claim 11 ,
wherein at least one of conditions for performing the settlement processing is to acquire exit information indicating that the person gets out from a ticket gate of any station in association with the person specifying information of the person.

13. The passenger information processing device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires train position information for specifying a position of the train when the image is generated, in association with the image,
wherein the transmission unit is able to communicate with an application section storage that stores scheduled getting-on section information indicating a getting-on section or a route in which the person is likely to get on, in correspondence with the person specifying information of the person, and
wherein in a case where the train position information is included in the getting-on section or the route indicated by the scheduled getting-on section information, the transmission unit transmits the person specifying infor

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Yukihiro

Classifications

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