TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• Main Authors: KOIKE JUN, IKEDA TAKAHIRO, IMAMOTO KENJI, MINE HIROSHI, KITANI MITSUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.12.2020
• Subjects: ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RAILWAYS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a method by which an appropriate obstacle detection process can be performed while the obstacle detection process is simplified.SOLUTION: A train control system 1 comprises a train control device 105 which is installed on a train 101 and constituted to be able to communicate with a ground device 103 arranged outside the train. The train control device 105 detects existence of an obstacle that is in a periphery of the train 101 at least, acquires a first obstacle information related to the obstacle, manages not only the first obstacle information in a first form, but also a second obstacle information related to the obstacle which information is acquired from the ground device 103 and is in a second form that has less information amount than the first form, converts the second obstacle information in the second form into that in the first form and detects the obstacle based on the converted second obstacle information and the first obstacle information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】障害物検知処理を簡略化しつつ適切な障害物検知処理を行うことを可能にする。【解決手段】列車制御システム１は、列車１０１に搭載され、列車の外部にある地上装置１０３と通信可能に構成された列車制御装置１０５を有し、列車制御装置１０５は、少なくとも列車１０１の周辺に存在する障害物の存在を検知して障害物に関する第一の障害物情報を取得し、第一の障害物情報を第一の形式で管理するとともに、地上装置１０３から取得した、第一の形式よりも情報量が少ない第二の形式である障害物に関する第二の障害物情報を管理し、第二の形式である第二の障害物情報を第一の形式に変換し、変換した第二の障害物情報と第一の障害物情報とに基づいて障害物を検知する。【選択図】図１