Running route acquiring system and arrival notifying system for touring bus
The latitude/longitude and time acquired at prescribed sampling time intervals by a touring bus 1 which runs a predetermined running route are wireless-transmitted. A user 6 specifies a getting-on/off point on the basis of the latitude/longitude and time provided by the touring bus and acquires a running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point. Therefore, the user can acquire the running route inclusive of the getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously. The user can specify the getting-on/off point using the speed computed from the latitude/longitude and time acquired. Thus, the user can set his desired notifying point on the running route thus acquired. In such a configuration, there are provided a system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point easily and instantaneously and a system for notifying the arrival of the touring bus which permits the user to set his desired notifying point easily.
1. A touring bus running route acquisition system for permitting a user of a touring bus to acquire a newest running route of the touring bus inclusive of a getting-on/off point, comprising:
on a side of the touring bus running the newest running route,
latitude/longitude acquisition means for acquiring its own latitude/longitude at predetermined sampling periods;
time acquisition means for acquiring time of day when the latitude/longitude is acquired; and
terminal side communicating means having a function of wireless-transmitting the latitude/longitude and the time of day thus acquired, and on a side of the user,
notifying point setting means for setting a notifying point on the newest running route, wherein the user is notified when the touring bus arrives at the notifying point;
notifying means for notifying the arrival in response to a predetermined notifying command received on the side of the user:,
bus data acquisition means for acquiring the latitude/longitude and the time of day provided by the touring bus; and
a getting-on/off point specifying means for specifying a getting-on/off point on the basis of a speed computed from the latitude/longitude and the time of day,
the system further comprising storage means for storing the newest running route by the bus running entirely to which a formal route name is appended,
wherein the getting-on/off point is a point where the speed is zero at a prescribed number of times of consecutive sampling periods.
2. A touring bus running route acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein said running route is a newer running route.