Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation management device, operation management method, vehicle, vehicular traffic system, and program
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Application No.: US14763155Application Date: 2014-01-29
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Publication No.: US09783214B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Toshihiko Niinomi , Kenji Takao , Noritaka Yanai , Yasuyuki Suzuki , Yutaka Miyajima
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kanesaka Berner and Partners LLP
- Priority: JP2013-114553 20130530
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/051962 WO 20140129
- International Announcement: WO2014/192328 WO 20141204
- Main IPC: B61L27/00
- IPC: B61L27/00 ; B60L15/40 ; B61L25/02 ; B61L15/00

Abstract:
An operation management device that manages the operation of a plurality of vehicles that travel along a track is provided with: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the plurality of vehicles that are present on the track; a density calculation unit that calculates the density of the plurality of vehicles that are traveling along the track within a predetermined range; and a departure determination unit that adjusts the departure time of a target vehicle from a station at which the vehicle stops on the basis of a front direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in front of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof and a back direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in back of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150360705A1 OPERATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, VEHICLE, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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