Train guidance-display system and train guidance-display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9393976-B2
Application number	US-201214371445-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2012
Priority date	Jan 11, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

After latest door opening-side information is received from an operational management server on a ground after a train starts an operation, train-information managing apparatuses output the door opening-side information to display control apparatuses as guidance data, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between a next stop and a terminal station of the train using the door opening-side information, and displays perform display using the video data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A train guidance-display system comprising:
train-information managing apparatuses that are mounted on cars of a train, respectively, that are communicatively connected to each other via a trunk transmission line disposed among the cars, that share and manage train information concerning the train, that include first door opening-side information, which is information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all stops of the train set before an operation of the train and includes undecided information indicating that an opening side has been undecided for part of the stops, and that receive, from an operational management server on a ground, second door opening-side information, which is latest information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all the stops and does not include the undecided information, after the train starts an operation;
wherein the undecided information is based on absence of information regarding which platform the train enters depending on the stop;
display control apparatuses that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the train-information managing apparatuses of the cars, and that create video data using guidance data, which is data for display guidance and is output from the train-information managing apparatuses; and
displays that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the display control apparatuses of the cars, and that perform display using the video data output from the display control apparatuses, wherein
after the second door opening-side information and latest scheduled timetable information on the train are received from the operational management server after the train starts an operation, the train-information managing apparatuses determine whether a delay of the train occurs on a basis of the scheduled timetable information, and, as a result of determination, when a delay does not occur or, even if a delay occurs, when a delay time of the delay is shorter than a predetermined time, the train-information managing apparatuses output the second door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data, and, when a delay occurs and a delay time of the delay is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, the train-information managing apparatuses output the first door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data,
when the second door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between a next stop and a terminal station of the train using the second door opening-side information,
when the first door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors or indicating that an opening side has been undecided for all stops at least between the next stop and the terminal station of the train using the first door opening-side information, and
the displays perform display using the video data.

2. The train guidance-display system according to claim 1 , wherein the train-information managing apparatuses periodically receive the second door opening-side information from the operational management server.

3. The train guidance-display system according to claim 1 , wherein the displays display, from a time before the train arrives at the next stop, video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between the next stop and the terminal station of the train.

4. A train guidance-display method for a train guidance-display system including: train-information managing apparatuses that are mounted on cars of a train, respectively, that are communicatively connected to each other via a trunk transmission line disposed among the cars, that share and manage train information concerning the train, and that include first door opening-side information, which is information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all stops of the train set before an operation of the train and includes undecided information indicating that an opening side has been undecided for part of the stops; display control apparatuses that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the train-information managing apparatuses of the cars, and that create video data using guidance data, which is data for display guidance and is output from the train-information managing apparatuses; and displays that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the display control apparatuses of the cars, and that perform display using the video data output from the display control apparatuses, the train guidance-display method comprising:
a step of the train-information managing apparatuses receiving second door opening-side information, which is latest information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all the stops and does not include the undecided information, and latest scheduled timetable information on the train from an operational management server on a ground after the train starts an operation;
a step of the train-information managing apparatuses determining whether a delay of the train occurs on a basis of the scheduled timetable information, and, as a result of determination, when a delay does not occur or, even if a delay occurs, when a delay time of the delay is shorter than a predetermined time, outputting the second door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data, and, when a delay occurs and a delay time of the delay is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, outputting the first door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data;
a step of the display control apparatuses creating video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between a next stop and a terminal station of the train using the second door opening-side information when the second door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses and creating video data indicating an opening side of doors or indicating that an opening side has been undecided for all stops at least between the next stop and the terminal station of the train using the first door opening-side information when the first door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses; and
a step of the displays performing display using the video data.

Assignees

• Ikejima Tomoaki
• Sawa Takuya
• Kadono Toshiko
• Komura Tetsuo
• Tatsumi Shogo
• Honda Shingo
• Miyauchi Takashi
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ikejima Tomoaki
• Sawa Takuya
• Kadono Toshiko
• Komura Tetsuo
• Tatsumi Shogo
• Honda Shingo
• Miyauchi Takashi

Classifications

• B61L25/025

  Absolute localisation, e.g. providing geodetic coordinates · CPC title

• B61L27/0022

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B61L25/02

  Indicating or recording positions or identities of vehicles or trains · CPC title

• B61L15/0027

  Radio-based, e.g. using GSM-R · CPC title

• B61L15/0036

  Conductor-based, e.g. using CAN-Bus, train-line or optical fibres · CPC title