Operation schedule evaluation apparatus and operation schedule processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9646272-B2
Application number	US-201314435307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	Nov 8, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A technique which comprehensively optimize passengers' convenience and a power consumption amount. An operation schedule evaluation apparatus has a passenger flow calculator and a power consumption amount calculator. The passenger flow calculator creates passenger flow information related to a passenger flow generated by transportation of a train, based on operation schedule information of each train and passenger information related to an entry and an exit of a passenger at a station. The power consumption amount calculator calculates the number of passengers or a car occupancy of each train based on the passenger flow information created by the passenger flow calculator, the operation schedule information and car information of each train, and calculates a power consumption amount of each train per unit time which reflects car weight corresponding to the number of passengers or the car occupancy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An operation schedule evaluation apparatus comprising:
a passenger flow calculator which creates passenger flow information related to a passenger flow generated by transportation of a train, based on operation schedule information of each train and passenger information related to an entry and an exit of a passenger at a station; and
a power consumption amount calculator which calculates the number of passengers or a car occupancy of each train based on said passenger flow information created by said passenger flow calculator, said operation schedule information and car information of each train, and calculates a power consumption amount of each train per unit time which reflects car weight corresponding to the number of passengers or the car occupancy.

2. The operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein said passenger flow calculator generates, for each of said passengers, a boarding schedule obtained by combining trains satisfying a predetermined condition based on said operation schedule information and said passenger information, and creates said passenger flow information including a correspondence relationship between a passenger and a boarding train which the passenger gets on, based on at least one of a required time required when a train of the boarding schedule is used and a number of times of transfer.

3. The operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein said passenger flow calculator calculates a penalty value indicating an index of a penalty for lowering an evaluation of comfort and convenience of the passengers based on said operation schedule information and said passenger information, and creates said passenger flow information including a correspondence relationship between a passenger and a boarding train which the passenger gets on, based on at least one of said required time and a number of times of transfer, and said penalty value.

4. The operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein information including the passenger flow information created by said passenger flow calculator and said power consumption amount calculated by said power consumption amount calculator displayed at a display.

5. The operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein said power consumption amount calculator calculates said power consumption amount including a power amount efficiently used by a facility for efficiently utilizing regeneration loss power and regeneration loss power amount based on facility information related to said facility.

6. An operation schedule processing system comprising:
the operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a curtailed schedule plan update processing circuitry which changes at least one of said operation schedule information and said car information in response to an operator's changing operation.

7. The operation schedule processing system according to claim 6 ,
wherein said operation schedule processing system creates said passenger flow information and calculates said power consumption amount, and then re-creates said passenger flow information and re-calculates said power consumption amount by using at least one of said passenger flow information and said power consumption amount changed by said curtailed schedule plan update processing circuitry.

8. The operation schedule processing system according to claim 6 , further comprising
a curtailed schedule plan creation processing circuitry which creates at least one of said operation schedule information which is new and said car information which is new, based on said operation schedule information, said car information, said passenger flow information, said power consumption amount and restriction condition information set in advance.

9. An operation schedule processing system comprising:
the operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a curtailed schedule plan creation processing circuitry which creates at least one of said operation schedule information which is new and said car information which is new, based on said operation schedule information, said car information, said passenger flow information, said power consumption amount and restriction condition information set in advance.

10. The operation schedule processing system according to claim 9 , further comprising
wherein said operation schedule processing system creates said passenger flow information and calculates said power consumption amount, and then re-creates said passenger flow and re-calculates said power consumption amount by using at least one of said operation schedule information which is new and said car information which is new created by said curtailed schedule plan creation processing circuitry.

11. The operation schedule processing system according to claim 9 ,
wherein said restriction condition information includes a setting of prioritizing one of said passenger flow of said passenger flow information and said power consumption amount over an other one of said passenger flow of said passenger flow information and said power consumption amount.

12. The operation schedule processing system according to claim 9 ,
wherein said restriction condition information includes a setting as to whether or not to allow use of train service suspension, a change of a train set, train integration and train division.

13. An operation schedule processing system comprising:
the operation schedule evaluation apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
an operation schedule information database which stores said operation schedule information,
a passenger information database which stores said passenger information, and
a car information database which stores said car information, said operation schedule information database, said passenger information database and said car information database being able to communicate with said operation schedule evaluation apparatus.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Aoki Atsuko
• Ueda Kenji
• Takahashi Satoru
• Tanimoto Masahiko
• Nagasaki Yusaku

Classifications

• B61L27/0027

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G06Q10/06311 Primary

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title

• B61L27/16

  Trackside optimisation of vehicle or train operation · CPC title