JPH09315306A - Monitor screen display system for traffic system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable quick and proper decision for a command officer by providing a monitor screen to easily grasp the operation state of the whole of a line, in a traffic system. SOLUTION: Data from various unit systems, such as vehicles in a traffics system, power receiving and transformation equipment, a converter, line equipment, and feeder equipment are inputted and edited by a screen editing processing part, and displayed on one and the same screen display surface 50 for a monitor. In this case, a train A by a real vehicle image and a truck B are displayed on one and the same screen. A door C containing a opening and closing state, and air brake device D, a wheel E, and a gap F to represent floating of a train are displayed by changing a shape and changing a color according to operation of a real vehicle. Since information on a plurality of unit systems are displayed on one and the same monitor screen, a command officer rapidly and accurately grasps a situation even during emergency, such as the occurrence of a trouble.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen display system for monitoring in a traffic system, and more particularly to a monitor screen display method suitable for a railway traffic system to which various advanced technologies are applied.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a rail transportation system, a method of using an image display device for monitoring the condition of ground facilities and vehicles has been widely adopted.
"Display method of vehicle operation state" disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 331391 can be mentioned. In this prior art, speed information and acceleration information, among various vehicle information, are monitored at every unit time, and an alarm is issued when the amount of change exceeds a predetermined value.

Another conventional technique is an image display device in an operation management system or an electric power management system. Of these, for example, the operation management system is necessary for operating a train as planned. Information such as various traffic signals, points, in-rail positions, and run curves are mainly displayed on the screen. Then, those states are displayed on the screen.

[0004]

The above prior art does not take into consideration the fact that information from each unit system is arranged and displayed in a cross-sectional manner, and displays only the object to be monitored and controlled for each unit system. Therefore, there is a problem in grasping the status of the entire system, which is necessary to know the cause of the abnormality when the abnormality occurs.

That is, in general, a transportation system includes vehicles, power receiving and transforming equipment, converters, line equipment, feeding equipment, high-voltage distribution equipment, operating equipment, security equipment, LAN, LCX, boarding / alighting equipment, branching equipment, intrusion alarm equipment. Although it is composed of various unit systems such as fire alarm equipment, in the conventional technology, the screen is composed mainly of the target to be monitored and controlled for each unit system, and the information of each unit system is crossed. Since the screen structure is not organized and displayed in
In order to grasp the situation of the entire system, it is necessary for the ordering staff to organize information in his head while looking at a plurality of screens sideways, which causes a problem in grasping the situation of the entire system.

[0006] For example, when it becomes necessary to view the status of electric equipment and the train at the same time due to an accident or the like, in the prior art, it is necessary for the dispatcher to arrange necessary information in his head while comparing the screens of both systems. As a result, in the conventional technology, there arises a problem that it is not possible to sufficiently obtain an accurate situation and obtain a prompt response.

According to the present invention, information independent from various facilities in the system is taken in, and the information is re-edited and displayed transversely so that the operating conditions of the facilities and trains on the entire route can be monitored on a single screen. Provide a method to do.

Further, this screen shows
It is also designed to display index information indicating which system can check the detailed status, so that it is possible to display the entire status screen normally and expand it to the detailed screen at any time such as when an abnormality occurs. It becomes possible for the ordering staff to quickly grasp the situation, and it becomes possible to manage the entire route on a hierarchical and easy-to-understand screen.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a communication processing unit for exchanging information with various facilities in the system, and a screen editing process for exchanging information with the central processing unit. The communication processing unit exchanges information with other devices at an appropriate timing, and the screen editing processing unit edits the received information and displays it on the screen. The figure and the figure of the track on which this train runs are simultaneously displayed on the same screen on the display screen of the display unit.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, and a central processing unit 1 in this embodiment comprises a communication processing unit 2, a received data storage unit 3, an image editing processing unit 4, and a display unit 5. .

The communication unit 2 is connected via the communication transmission line 6
Various equipment existing in the transportation system to which this embodiment is applied, such as vehicles, power receiving and transforming equipment, converters, track equipment,
Feeding equipment, high voltage distribution equipment, operating equipment, security equipment, LA
It is connected to various equipment (unit system) 7 to n such as N, LCX, boarding / alighting equipment, branching equipment, intrusion alarm equipment, fire alarm equipment, etc., and exchanges information with them to check the status of each equipment. Received data storage unit 3 that captures data
Works to store in.

The screen edit processing unit 4 includes a received data storage unit 3
It reads the data stored in, performs the necessary editing processing for the screen display listed below, and outputs the image signal created in accordance with the predetermined screen format to the display unit 5, which is necessary for this purpose. R which stores a predetermined arithmetic processing device and a program and various graphic data
It is provided with an OM and a RAM necessary for data processing.

The selection of the screen display mode at this time is made according to the data input from the input S for display mode selection. The display unit 5 includes an image display device such as a color cathode ray tube or a color liquid crystal display device, and has a function of displaying an image for a monitor by an image signal supplied from the screen editing processing unit 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, in response to data input from the display mode selection input S, the screen edit processing unit 4 arbitrarily selects the screen edit processing required to obtain an image display in the following various display modes. You can do it. Therefore, hereinafter, the screen editing processing by the screen editing processing unit 4 for each of these display modes will be described using the display screen 50 on the display unit 5 shown in FIG.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, as an example, the trains to be displayed on the display screen 50 of the display unit 5 are
It is shown for a linear motor car, so
The ROM of the above-mentioned screen edit processing unit 4 stores graphic data necessary for this and a processing program.

<Screen editing process 1> When this process 1 is selected, first, based on the information for identifying the train, a process for displaying the figure A representing the train as an actual train image on the display screen 50 as shown in the figure. At the same time, the process of displaying the track on the same screen as shown in the figure B is executed in accordance with the figure A of the train. As a result, since the train A and the track B are displayed at the same time, the state of the train on the track can be visually grasped, and therefore, the operating state of the train can be confirmed quickly and easily.

<Screen editing process 2> When this process 2 is selected, the number of cars constituting the train is known based on the train formation information, and the figure A corresponds to the number of cars corresponding to the train formation. The edit process displayed as is executed. Therefore, the figure A of the train when the train formation is short is displayed as shown on the lower side of the display screen 50, and when the train formation is long, it is displayed as shown on the upper side of the display screen 50. As a result, it is possible to know the formation state of the train that is actually operating, and it is possible to more accurately confirm the operation state of the train.

<Screen Editing Process 3> When this process 3 is selected, the train graphic A is further displayed with the door graphic C, and on the basis of the door opening / closing information from the train,
The editing process is executed so as to change the figure according to the open / closed state. Therefore, the figure C is displayed as shown in the figure of the train A on the upper side of the display screen 50 when the door is closed, and is displayed as shown in the figure of the lower train only when the door is opened. Become.

<Screen Editing Process 4> When this process 4 is selected, the information from the train is further used to know the type and operating state of the braking device equipped on the train, and a braking device for obtaining braking force from the wheels. , The aerodynamic brake device D, which obtains a braking force by air resistance, is graphically displayed in a form that matches their shape, and the color arrangement is changed or the graphic is changed according to their operation information, thereby The process of displaying the operation status is executed.

Therefore, when the aerodynamic braking device D is stored in the vehicle body in the inoperative state, nothing appears as in the figure of the train A above the display screen 50, but in the operating state. , Will be displayed as shown on the lower train A.

<Screen Editing Process 5> When this process 5 is selected, further, as in this embodiment, corresponding to a linear motor car that travels / floats on wheels, wheels are traveled on the basis of information from the train. Display screen 50 during and when stopped
As shown in the train A on the lower side, the wheels E are displayed, and during the levitation, as shown in the figure A of the train on the upper side,
The display of the wheels is turned off so that the process for distinguishing the traveling states is executed.

<Screen Editing Process 6> Under this process 6, a gap is provided between the train A and the track B on the upper side of the display screen 50 so that it can be immediately recognized that the train has levitated when the train levitates. As indicated by F, the process of displaying a wider distance between the train and the track is performed as compared with the figure at the time of running the wheels shown on the lower side. As a result, it is possible to quickly identify whether or not the train has surfaced.

<Screen Editing Process 7> When this process 7 is selected, a process of graphically displaying the current collecting device G such as a pantograph or a current collecting shoe as shown in the drawing is executed. And
Although not shown, in the case of a current collector such as a pantograph, which has a different shape between the operating state and the unused state,
The process of changing the shape according to the operating state is performed.

<Screen Editing Process 8> In this process 8, as shown in the figure, the tip shape H of the leading vehicle is displayed according to the information from the train in accordance with the shape of the actual vehicle.

Thus, the type of train can be easily known.

<Screen Editing Process 9> In this process 9, as shown in the figure, a scale pattern I is displayed on the track B to make the image of a sleeper, and the pattern I is scrolled in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the train. It is a process of moving and displaying the scrolling speed at this time by changing it according to the actual speed of the train. As a result, when the train A starts traveling, the traveling feeling is given accordingly, and the speed is also sensuously emphasized.

<Screen Editing Process 10> In this process 10,
On the display screen 50, a plane track diagram J representing a predetermined range of the track on which the train A travels is further displayed, and this track diagram J is displayed.
Above, a process of displaying the current on-rail position K of the actual vehicle is performed.

In this embodiment, in order to distinguish between wheel traveling and levitating traveling corresponding to the linear motor car, the display state at the on-rail display portion is, for example, the actual vehicle traveling / stopping the wheels. In this case, the in-rail display K _A on one side in the width direction of the plane track diagram J, that is, the lower side in the figure, is displayed separately from the other side, that is, the in-line display K _B on the upper side when flying, and these are displayed. The difference is so easy to identify.

Further, in this plane track diagram J, a graphic L representing a tunnel is further displayed, and as a result, it can be easily known whether or not the train A is in the tunnel.

Further, at this time, the plane track diagram J is also displayed including the figures of the branching points and points existing on the track, and the figures of the branching points and points are displayed from the unit systems 1 to n such as track facilities. The information on the path forming operation by them is known, and the processing is performed so that they are displayed as different figures according to them.

<Screen Editing Processing 11> In this processing 11, a graphic M representing a gradient is displayed on the display screen 50 so as to be positioned relatively to the graphic of the trajectory shown in the plane trajectory map J. Further, in this gradient map M, the on-rail position K _A and the on-rail position K _B of the train A are also displayed corresponding to the on-rail display on the plane track diagram J, and on the plane track diagram J as well. The figure L of the tunnel in is also displayed.

In this embodiment, the gradient diagram M is
Further, the distance N from the predetermined base point is also displayed. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the entire route can be grasped three-dimensionally, and the position of the train therein can be easily known including the actual number of distances.

<Screen Editing Processing 12> In this processing 12, information that is not required under normal conditions, such as failure information transmitted and received from each of the unit systems 1 to n, is classified into a predetermined group, such as an equipment unit, which is easily managed by the commander. In addition, weighting is performed, nothing is displayed (non-display) in a normal time (normal time), and the equipment name P and the failure content Q are displayed when a failure occurs. In displaying the failure, weighting is performed according to the degree of importance of the failure, and the priority is set and displayed.

That is, the unit system 1 existing in the system is provided on the marginal surface such as the lower side of the display screen 50 of the display unit 5.
~ N and a group in which a plurality of symbolic figures for identifying and recognizing each of them are displayed are set, and failure information based on information indicating an abnormality is collected for each unit system and corresponding characters and In addition to displaying as symbols P and Q such as symbols, weighting is performed in the aggregated failure information for each unit system, and when simultaneous occurrence occurs, the weighted one is prioritized and displayed.

When a plurality of faults occur simultaneously as a result of weighting in the fault information, the shapes or display colors of the figures P and Q are changed according to the weighting so that they are displayed at the same position. is there.

Further, when a plurality of types of failure information are duplicated, a symbol for notifying a plurality of faults, for example, an asterisk symbol * is added and displayed near the display positions of the corresponding symbolic figures P and Q. Is done.

Therefore, according to the above embodiments, not only the state of a specific facility but also the information of all the unit systems in the transportation system are displayed in the same display including the operating state of the train and the failure information. Since the screens are displayed with an organic connection to each other, it is possible to always grasp the exact train operation status, and it is possible to ensure safe and reliable train operation and to prevent abnormalities. A quick and accurate response can be taken, and high reliability can be easily maintained.

[0038]

The present invention has the following effects. Regarding the enormous amount and various types of information about trains and routes, in the conventional technology, the system that manages by facility or function is different, so each system only displays the information of its own system, When I needed information, I had to look at multiple monitor screens and organize them in my head.

According to the present invention, however, all the information from each system is collected in one place and re-edited, so that the traffic including the entire route is not confined to a narrow range such as a unit system or equipment. The information of the entire system can be displayed on a single screen in a cross-sectional and large-scale manner. Therefore, the dispatcher can monitor the status of the entire route by simply monitoring this single monitor screen. Can be accurately grasped and the situation can be promptly judged.

According to the present invention, as for the failure information,
No indication is given under normal conditions, and symbols and colors are given to classification units when a failure occurs. For this reason, even if a third party is viewing this screen during a visit, there is almost no danger that it will be known as a failure, so it is necessary for the management to pay extra attention. Lost.

Further, since the failure point can be specified to some extent only by the monitor screen, it is possible to immediately determine in which system the monitor screen should be viewed even when more detailed information is required. That is, according to the present invention, the monitor screen is positioned as an upper monitor screen that gives index information for leading to the detailed screen for each unit system. It can be expanded to each monitor screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system to which an embodiment of a monitor screen display system of a traffic system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a display screen diagram for explaining a screen display process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 central processing unit 2 communication processing unit 3 received data storage unit 4 screen editing processing unit 5 display unit 50 display screen

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Takeo Kuwahara 4-6, Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiaki Hasegawa 38-8, Hikarimachi, Kokubunji, Tokyo 38 Foundation Research Institute

Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A screen edited and created by the screen edit processing unit based on information transmitted and received by the communication processing unit, using a central processing unit having at least a communication processing unit, a screen edit processing unit and a display unit. In a transportation system in which information is displayed on the screen of the display section, a train figure based on an image of an actual vehicle and a track figure on which the train runs are simultaneously displayed on the display screen of the display section in the same screen. A display method for a monitor screen of a traffic system characterized by being configured as described above. 2. The transportation system according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of the actual vehicle is displayed as a figure of a train having a different formation according to the number of vehicles of the actual vehicle. Monitor screen display method. 3. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of the actual vehicle is displayed including the figure of each door installed in each vehicle, and the figure of each door is the opening / closing state of the actual vehicle. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system characterized in that different shapes are displayed according to the above. 4. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of the actual vehicle is displayed including the figure of the brake device provided in each vehicle, and at least one of the display color or the display shape of these brake devices is displayed. However, a monitor screen display method for a traffic system is characterized in that it is configured to be displayed in different colors or different shapes according to the brake operation of the actual vehicle. 5. The invention according to claim 4, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of the actual vehicle is a figure of a train traveling by switching between wheel traveling and levitating traveling, and according to switching of wheel traveling and levitating traveling of this train. A monitor screen display system for a traffic system, characterized in that the display mode of the wheel figure is changed so that the wheel figure is turned off when the vehicle is floating and is displayed only when the wheel is traveling. 6. The invention according to claim 5, wherein when the train transits from wheel running to levitating, the gap between the train and the track is displayed wider than when the wheel is running. Traffic system monitor screen display method. 7. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of the actual vehicle is displayed including the figure of the current collecting equipment provided in the actual vehicle, and at least one of the shape and the color of the figure is the actual vehicle. A display system for a monitor screen of a traffic system, which is configured to be displayed in different shapes or different colors according to the operation of the current collecting equipment. 8. The traffic according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the train based on the image of an actual vehicle is displayed as a figure that is fitted to the outer shape of each vehicle forming the train. System monitor screen display method. 9. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the figure of the track is displayed with a pattern dividing the length direction thereof at substantially equal intervals, and the pattern is displayed at a speed according to the traveling speed of the train. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system, characterized in that it is configured to move and display in a direction opposite to the traveling direction. 10. The invention according to claim 1, wherein a plane track figure representing a predetermined range of a track on which the train runs and a current on-rail position of an actual vehicle on the track figure are displayed on the display screen of the display section. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system characterized by being configured to be displayed. 11. The invention according to claim 10, wherein the train is a train that switches between wheel traveling and levitating traveling, and the current in-rail position display of the actual vehicle on the plane track figure is the wheel of the train. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system characterized in that it is configured to be displayed separately when traveling and ascending. 12. The invention according to claim 10, wherein the figure of the tunnel existing in the track and the track of the track are displayed on the display screen of the display unit in accordance with the display position of the plane track figure on the display screen. A display system for a monitor screen of a traffic system, characterized in that at least one of figures representing a gradient is displayed. 13. The monitor screen display method for a traffic system according to claim 12, wherein the current on-rail position of the actual vehicle is also displayed on the figure of the tunnel and the slope. 14. The invention according to claim 10, wherein the plane trajectory figure is displayed including a figure of a branching device and a point existing in the trajectory, and the figure of the branching device and the point is a path forming operation by them. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system characterized in that it is configured to display different graphics according to the above. 15. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the display screen of the display unit is provided with an area for displaying a plurality of symbolic figures each of which is a symbol of equipment and equipment groups existing in the system. Then, the failure information based on the information indicating the abnormality is aggregated and displayed as a corresponding symbolic graphic for each of the unit systems, and weighting is performed in the aggregated failure information of each unit system,
A monitor screen display method for a traffic system, characterized in that when simultaneous occurrences, the one with the heavier weight is prioritized and displayed. 16. The display screen of the display unit according to claim 1, wherein an area for displaying a plurality of symbolic figures each of which symbolizes equipment and equipment groups existing in the system as a predetermined unit system is set. Then, the failure information based on the information indicating the abnormality is aggregated for each unit and displayed as a corresponding symbolic figure, and the aggregated failure information is weighted, and at the time of simultaneous occurrence, the shape of the symbolic figure is determined according to the weighting. Alternatively, a monitor screen display method for a traffic system characterized in that display colors are different and the display positions are the same. 17. The invention according to claim 15 or 16, wherein when a plurality of types of failure information are duplicated, a symbol for notifying a plurality of failures is further added near the display position of the corresponding symbolic graphic. A monitor screen display method for a traffic system, which is characterized by being configured so that it is displayed.