Train-information management device and train-crew support method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815482-B2
Application number	US-201314892053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2013
Priority date	May 20, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A motorman's cab in a train is provided with a plurality of door operating switches that open and close the train doors on the station-platform side in a fully-automatic manner, in a semi-automatic manner, or in a manner that open and close doors in sections. A central device includes an information control unit that specifies a stopping station where a train stops next on the basis of train information; selects a recommended door operating switch at the stopping station from among the door operating switches on the basis of an estimated passenger-number value, which is the number of passengers at the stopping station, as a recommended door operating switch for the stopping station; and then it displays display information that prompts the train crew to operate the selected door operating switch on a display device in the control platform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A train-information management device comprising a central device that manages train information transferred to a train, wherein
a motorman's cab in the train is provided with a plurality of door operating switches
that open and close train doors on a station-platform side in a fully-automatic manner or in a semi-automatic manner, or
that open and close the doors only in sections, and

the central device includes an information control unit that
specifies a stopping station where a train stops next on the basis of the train information,
selects a recommended door operating switch for the stopping station from among the door operating switches on the basis of at least an estimated value of a number of passengers at the stopping station, a waiting time of the train at the stopping station, and an operation mode of an air conditioner, and
displays display information that prompts a train crew to operate the selected door operating switch on a display device in the control platform.

2. The train-information management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the information control unit uses an estimated passenger-number value of a train, which is estimated by a ground control device that controls an operation of a train on a railroad, as the estimated value.

3. The train-information management device according to claim 2 , wherein
the information control unit selects a recommended door operating switch for a stopping station from among the respective door operating switches on the basis of vehicle occupancy obtained from a vehicle-occupancy detection device incorporated in the train, in addition to the estimated value, the waiting time, and the operation mode.

4. A train-information management device comprising a central device that manages train information transferred to a train, wherein
a motorman's cab in the train is provided with a plurality of door operating switches
that open and close train doors on the station-platform side in a fully-automatic manner or in a semi-automatic manner, or
that open and close the doors only in sections, and

the central device includes an information control unit that
specifies a stopping station where a train stops next on the basis of the train information,
selects a recommended door operating switch for the stopping station from among the door operating switches on the basis of at least vehicle occupancy obtained from a vehicle-occupancy detection device provided in a train, a waiting time of the train at the stopping station, and an operation mode of an air conditioner, and
displays display information that prompts a train crew to operate the selected door operating switch on a display device in the control platform.

5. A train-crew support method that
is applied to a train including
a plurality of door operating switches that open and close train doors on the station-platform side in a fully-automatic manner, in a semi-automatic manner, or in a manner such that the doors open and close only in sections and
a display device for displaying train information and

that supports operations of the door operating switches by a train crew, the method comprising:
a selecting step of
specifying a stopping station where a train stops next on the basis of the train information and
selecting a recommended door operating switch for the stopping station from among the door operating switches on the basis of an estimated value of a number of passengers at the stopping station, a waiting time of the train at the stopping station, and an operation mode of an air conditioner;

a transmitting step of transmitting, to a display device in a control platform, display information that prompts a train crew to operate the door operating switch selected at the selecting step; and
a displaying step of visualizing and displaying display information transmitted at the transmitting step on the display device.

6. A train-crew support method
that is applied to a train including a plurality of door operating switches that open and close train doors on a side of a station platform in a fully-automatic manner or in a semi-automatic manner or that open and close doors only partially and a display device for displaying train information, and
that supports operations of the door operating switches by a train crew, the method comprising:
a selecting step of
specifying a stopping station where the train stops next on the basis of the train information and
selecting a recommended door operating switch for the stopping station from among the door operating switches on the basis of vehicle occupancy from a vehicle-occupancy detection device provided in a train, a waiting time of the train at the stopping station, and an operation mode of an air conditioner;

a transmitting step of transmitting display information that prompts a train crew to operate a door operating switch selected at the selecting step to a display device in a control platform; and
a displaying step of visualizing and displaying display information transmitted at the transmitting step on the display device.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Komura Tetsuo
• Sawa Takuya
• Kadono Toshiko
• Takahashi Satoru
• Yoshimoto Koki

Classifications

• B61L27/0077

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B61L15/009

  On-board display devices · CPC title

• B61L15/0072

  On-board train data handling · CPC title

• Y02T30/30

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B61D19/00 Primary

  Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles (locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00; door-operating mechanisms E05F) · CPC title