MODEL TRAIN SYSTEM

• Main Authors: SUZUKI WATARU, SENDA MASAAKI, SHIMAZOE TOSHIYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.11.2018
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; SPORTS; TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable tracking of an on-rail position continuously and reliably for each model train in a model train system.SOLUTION: In a model train system 1, an on-rail state of each section is determined from detection results of the flowing of a rail 10 of each section, and the on-rail position of the model train 20 is determined in section unit based on this on-rail state. Namely, when a top on-rail section is a state of the on-rail and the next section changes from a non-on-rail to the on-rail, it is considered that the model train 20 comes in the next section and the top on-rail section is changed to the next section. Also, when the top on-rail section is changed from the on-rail to the non-on-rail while the next section is in the non-on-rail, it is considered that the model train 20 is "lost" and the on-rail section is updated to the on-rail, and also the top on-rail section is maintained as it is and a predetermined abnormality notification processing is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】鉄道模型システムにおいて、模型列車ごとの連続的且つ確実な在線位置の追跡を可能とすること。【解決手段】鉄道模型システム１では、区間それぞれのレール１０の通流の検知結果から各区間の在線状態を決定し、この在線状態に基づいて模型列車２０の在線位置を区間単位で決定する。すなわち、先頭在線区間が在線の状態で、次区間が非在線から在線に変化した場合には、模型列車２０が次区間に進入したとみなして先頭在線区間を次区間に変更する。また、次区間が非在線のまま、先頭在線区間が在線から非在線に変化した場合には、模型列車２０が"ロスト"したとみなして、在線区間を在線に更新するとともに、先頭在線区間をそのまま維持し、所定の異常報知処理を行う。【選択図】図１