Timetable modification device and automatic train control system

• Main Authors: Minakawa, Tsuyoshi, Satou, Tatsuhiro, Kariatsumari, Michi, Kimura, Keiji, Giorgianni, Claudio
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.10.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RAILWAYS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING

The present invention makes it possible to supply transportation capacity suitable for movement demand in numerous circumstances. A timetable modification device for changing a timetable representing a train control target, in accordance with a movement demand prediction result indicating, for each time period, the number and destination of passengers at each station at which the train stops, the timetable modification device having a violation position extraction program P01a for calculating the degree of congestion of a train on the basis of predicted demand information representing a movement demand prediction result and extracting a violation position at which the degree of congestion is outside a predetermined allowed range, and a timetable correction program P01b for changing a timetable so as to include a change in the destination of the train so that the degree of congestion of the violation position is within the allowed range or so that the degree of congestion of the violation position approaches the allowed range.