JPH05155338A - Train monitoring method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To grasp the entering and the leaving condition, and the railroad running condition of trains, in the present station, in the former station, and in the next station. CONSTITUTION:ID cards 4 and 5 to register the proper ID numbers of trains 1 and 2 are installed to the trains respectively, and the ID numbers are read by the ID number reading devices 6 to 11 set at the passing points of stations X, Y, and Z. By the station communication control devices 12 to 14, and 16 to 18, set corresponding to the two systems of the up line and the down line of the stations, the reading data are collected, the data are transmitted to the station communication control device of the next station together with the station number of the data collecting station in each system, the train data are registered in station consoles 20 to 22 connected to the station communication control devices of the stations in each system, and the train conditions in the concerned station, the former station, and the next station are displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a train monitoring method for automatically detecting position information of a train such as a railway vehicle at a specific point to manage and control transportation activities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional train monitoring method is to install an identification (ID) card in which a train number is registered for each train and read the train number with an identification number reader installed at a specific passing point at each station. The obtained train position information is transmitted to the center via the communication control device at each station, and the center manages and controls train transportation activities.

[0003]

However, in the conventional method, the train delay status at each station and the train entry / exit status at the previous station and the next station and the status of existing trains cannot be grasped.
There was a problem that complicated train schedules could not be managed in detail.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and to provide a train method capable of ascertaining the loading / unloading status of trains at this station, the previous station, and the next station, and the status of existing trains at each station. To aim.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the train monitoring method of the present invention has an identification card attached to each train, and the train registration information is read by an identification number reader installed at a specific point of each station. Read and collect this information by the station communication control device of each system installed corresponding to the two systems of up and down direction at each station, and transmit it to the station communication control device of the next station together with the station number of the information collection station. The train information is registered and displayed on the station console for each station that manages the train information.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the identification number reading device installed at a specific point of each station reads the identification number of each train, and the two systems of station communication control devices provided for each station make it possible to detect the upward direction. Since the collected information is relayed to the next station in the down direction and displayed on the station console of each station, it is possible to grasp the train entry / exit status and the status of trains at the previous station and hour station at each station, and to perform detailed train management. Have.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of a train monitoring system to which the method of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote trains traveling on the rail 3 in a downward direction and an upward direction, and an identification (ID) card 4 in which a unique identification number is registered in each of the trains 1 and 2. 5 are attached respectively.

6 and 7 are identification number readers installed at specific passage positions such as train entrances and exits at X station, and 8 and 9 are identification number readers installed at specific passage positions such as train entrances and exits at Y station. , 11 are identification number readers installed at specific passage positions such as train entrances and exits at Z station. 12 to 14 are station communication control devices for downlink data collection and relays provided corresponding to the respective stations of X, Y, and Z, and these station communication control devices 12 to 14 have corresponding identification number reading devices 6 ，
7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are connected to each other, and the station communication control devices 12 to 14 are connected to a dedicated line 15.

Numerals 16 to 18 are station communication control devices for upstream data collection and relays provided corresponding to the X, Y, and Z stations, respectively. The station communication control devices 16 to 18 read the corresponding identification numbers. The devices 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 are respectively connected, and the station communication control devices 16 to 1
8 is connected to a dedicated line 19.

Numerals 20 to 22 are station consoles respectively installed in the operation management rooms of the X, Y and Z stations, and the station consoles 20 to 22 correspond to the respective down station communication control devices 12 to 12. The train information collected by 14 and the uphill station communication control devices 16-18 can be fetched and displayed.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
Consider the case where the train 1 is located at the X station and the train 2 is located at the Z station in the above embodiment. In this case, each station train 1,
If 2 is operating in the down direction, at X station,
The identification number readers 6 and 7 read the identification number of the ID card 4 of the train 1, and the information A and B is read by the station communication controller 12
Then, the station number of the X station is added and transmitted to the station communication control device 13 of the next station Y through the dedicated line 15. At the same time, the station console 20 at the X station displays the collected information A, B, that is, the entry / exit situation and the on-rail situation of the previous station X.

Further, since there is no train at the Y station, only the train information A and B transmitted from the X station is collected by the station communication control device 13 and output to the station console 21, which is the front station X station. The train information of is displayed on the station console 21. Then, the Y station communication control device 13 displays X together with the station number of the Y station.
Station communication control device 1 at station Z by relaying train information A and B at station
4 is transmitted.

On the other hand, at the Z station, the identification number of the ID card 5 of the train 2 operating in the down direction is read by the identification number reading device 10,
The information is read by 11, and the station communication control device 14 collects the information E and F. And this collected information E, F
Is transmitted to the next station together with the train information A, B and the station number of the Y station transmitted from the station communication control device 13 of the previous station Y, and at the same time, is output to the station console 22 of the Z station to obtain trains 1, 2 Information A, B, E, F, that is, the entry / exit status and the status of existing lines at the front station and the Z station are displayed on the station console 22.

Next, the case where the trains 1 and 2 are operating in the up direction will be described. Identification number reader 1 at Z station
0 and 11 read the identification number of the ID card 5 of the train 2,
The information E and F are collected by the station communication control device 18, transmitted to the station communication control device 17 of the Y station together with the station number of the Z station, and at the same time, output to the station console 22 of the Z station to check the situation of the train 2. It is displayed on the station console 22.

Further, since there is no train at the Y station, only the train information F and E transmitted from the Z station is collected by the station communication control device 17 and output to the station console 21, and the train information at the front station X is collected. Display F and E on the station console 21. Then, the station communication control device 17 of the Y station, train information F of the Z station,
E, together with the station number of the Y station, the station communication control device 16 of the X station
Transmit to.

On the other hand, at the X station, the identification number of the ID card 4 of the train 1 operating in the upward direction is read by the identification number reading devices 8 and 9.
And the information B and A are collected by the station communication control device 12. The collected information B and A are transmitted to the next station together with the station number of the X station and the train information E and F of the Z station relayed from the Y station. Then, by outputting the train information F, E, B, A collected by the station communication control device 12 to the station console 20, the loading / unloading status of the trains 1 and 2 and the in-rail status are displayed on the station console 20.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the train entry / exit situation and the on-rail situation can be grasped at each station, the train transport activity can be managed and controlled for each station console, and the passenger or customer Can improve the service to.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the above embodiment, but may be modified into various types without departing from the scope of the claims.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, the present invention reads the train identification number by the identification number reading device installed at each station, and the read information is read by each station into two systems, an up direction and a down direction. Collected by the station communication control device installed correspondingly, transmitted to the station communication control device of the next station together with the station number of the information collection station, and made it possible to register and display the train information on the station console provided for each station Therefore, it is possible for each station to reliably grasp the loading and unloading status of trains including the previous station and the next station and the status of on-rail trains, and along with this, it is possible to manage and control the transport activities at each station, and This has the effect of improving passenger services such as guide broadcasting in Japan.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment to which the method of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 trains 4,5 ID card 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Identification number reader 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 Station communication controller 20, 21, 22 Station console

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An identification card in which a unique identification number is registered for each train is attached, and the identification number is read by an identification number reading device installed at a passing point of each station, and each station has two systems, an upward direction and a downward direction. The reading information is collected by the station communication control device of each system installed correspondingly, and it is transmitted to the station communication control device of the next station for each system together with the station number of the information collecting station, and the train information is transmitted to the station of two systems. Train monitoring method characterized by registering to the station console of each station commonly connected to each station communication control device and displaying the train status of this station, the previous station, and the next station.