JPH10329716A - Shunting operation system with portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shunting operation system that requires a desired course setup from a portable terminal, and then outputs a course opening status to the portable terminal for its manifestation. SOLUTION: This shunting operation system consists of a portable terminal 110 transmitting a course setting request signal, a control processing part 130, receiving the course setting request signal, checking a track circuit 142 pertaining to the course, and outputting a conversion control signal of a railroad switch 141 pertaining to the setting request course, field equipment 140 equipping the railroad switch and the track circuit, and a signal transmission part 121 transmitting and receiving each signal among the said portable terminal, the control processing part and the field equipment, respectively. In this case, the course is preregistered in the portable terminal 110, and thereby the specified course is selected from the registered course and a course setup 113 is carried out, while an opening status of the said course is received from the said control processing part and a display 115 is carried out. In consequence, a signal or the like is made omissible.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for exchanging vehicles in a premises such as a station using a portable terminal, and more particularly to a switch provided at a branch of a railway line in response to a request for setting a course. The present invention relates to a switching work system that switches a machine to open a desired route and outputs and displays the status of the route opening to a portable terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-26204 proposes an interlocking device that specifies a path trajectory circuit including a starting trajectory circuit and a destination trajectory circuit, and sets a course without providing a traffic light or the like.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned prior art, a route that has not been determined in advance can be arbitrarily set by designating a track circuit. Generally, on-premise operation and setting of a vehicle exchange route are performed, and a steering wheel or on-premise driver (hereinafter referred to as an operator) performing the exchanging operation is not a track circuit but a starting point and a departure point. That is, it is difficult to specify the track circuit only by recognizing the course.

[0004] In addition, although an example of making a route setting request from a portable terminal has been performed so far, it is premised that there is a facility such as a traffic light or a sign at the site to confirm the opening of the route. Installing such equipment is
In addition to the expense, the renewal of the on-site equipment is required for the course change.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to realize a switching work system using a portable terminal satisfying the following conditions.

(1) The route to be replaced is registered in advance in the form of an interlocking table, and when the route is set, the route can be set by selecting one of the routes.

(2) The route registered in the interlocking table can be set and opened by a worker at the site using a portable terminal, and the installation of traffic signals and signs at the site can be omitted.

(3) The course can be easily changed by changing the interlocking table.

[0009]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

A portable terminal for transmitting a route setting request signal, a control processing unit for receiving the route setting request signal, and outputting a changeover control signal of a switch relating to the route requested to be set; A mobile terminal including a site equipment provided with a switching machine converted by the conversion control signal, and a signal transmission unit that transmits and receives signals between the mobile terminal, the control processing unit, and the site equipment is used. In the replacement work system, the mobile terminal has a route registered in advance, selects a predetermined route from the registered route, issues a route setting request, and opens the route from the control processing unit. It is characterized by receiving and displaying the status.

[0011] Further, the route registered in advance in the portable terminal is characterized in that a route for each station is registered.

Further, the routes registered in advance in the portable terminal are registered in accordance with the order of the routes in the exchange work plan, and the route setting request is made in accordance with the order.

[0013] Further, a course registered in the portable terminal in advance can be changed by changing a constant in the control processing unit or the portable terminal.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a replacement work system using a portable terminal according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 110 denotes a portable terminal carried by a worker to a work site, which includes work plan data 111, a course name file 112, a course setting input section 113, a course name display section 114, and a course opening display section 115. Be composed. The work plan data 111 is created when a replacement work plan is created in advance, and the path names are stored in the order of path setting. The route name file 112 stores a route name for each station. The path setting input section 113 and the path name display section 14 take out the path name from the work plan data 111 or the path name file 112 and display the path name, and the operator selects and inputs the path name from the path setting input section 113 to signal. The transmission is performed via the transmission unit 121. The route opening display unit 115 receives and displays the route setting result transmitted from the signal transmission unit 121. Signal transmission unit 121
Transmits and receives data between the portable terminal 110 and the control processing unit 130. For example, wireless transmission is considered.

Reference numeral 130 denotes a control processing unit,
At 32, a route setting request is received from the portable terminal 110 via the signal transmission unit 121, and the switching machine corresponding to the setting requested route is developed by using the interlocking table file 131 with the requested route. The developed point machine is output as a control signal from the point machine control unit 133 to the point machine 141 of the on-site equipment 140, and converts the point machine 141. At this time, it is also checked whether there is a train on the corresponding track circuit 142 (whether the track circuit has dropped). That is, the switching control of the switch 141 is performed only when the track circuit 142 is not dropped. The route checking unit 134 determines whether or not the vehicle has been switched using the switch machine state information from the switch machine 141. This determination is based on the fact that all the switches 141 related to the course have been turned in the predetermined direction.
Alternatively, if necessary, it is determined that the track is opened based on the AND condition that the track circuit 142 on the track has not fallen. From the route checking unit 134, the result of the route opening is transmitted to the portable terminal 110 via the signal transmission unit 121 instead of the display by the traffic light. The mobile terminal 110 displays the route opening result on the route opening display unit 115. As a result, the portable terminal 110 can be used as a substitute for a signal or a sign used in the related art.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an input request screen of the course setting input section 113 and the course name display section 114 of the portable terminal 110 shown in FIG.

In the figure, 201 indicates the title of the display screen, and 202 to 207 indicate the route names of the station. Here, the shaded route name 204 indicates that the route name is currently selected. A button 208 is used to make a route setting request, and a button 209 is used to make a relocation request. These buttons are input after a route is selected.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a route opening result display screen in the route opening display section 115 of the portable terminal 110 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 301 denotes the title of the display screen;
2 indicates the name of the opened route, and 303 indicates the result of opening.
The worker confirms the route name 302 and the opening result 303 and drives the train. Therefore, this course name 3
02 and the opening result 303 are used in place of the traffic light.

Next, the processing procedure of the replacement work system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

This example is an example in the case where there is no work plan, but in the case where the work plan is registered in advance and the work is performed, the processing procedure from the start of the replacement work is the same.

First, in step 401, the operator turns on the power of the portable terminal 110 and starts the replacement work.
Next, in step 402, as shown in FIG. 2, the route name of the station is displayed on the route setting input unit 113 of the portable terminal 110 in the form of a list. If it is not possible to display on one screen, it is displayed by scrolling. If there is a work plan, the path name list displayed here is displayed in the order of the paths set in the work plan. In step 403, the operator selects a path to be set from the list of path names, and in step 404, checks whether the set path is correct or not and executes setting input.

In step 405, the portable terminal 110
Is transmitted to the control processing unit 130 via the signal transmission unit 121. In step 406, the route requested by the control processing unit 130 is developed to the point 141 and the track circuit 142 of the on-site equipment 140. In step 407, the track circuit 14 related to the course
In step 408, the control unit 133 outputs a switch control signal from the switch control unit 133.
1 to turn the switch 141 in a predetermined direction.
In step 407, if the track circuit 142 is falling, that is, if the check is NG, in step 415, the route opening NG is transmitted to the portable terminal 110, and the route opening NG is displayed on the route opening display unit 115. In step 409, the state of the switch 141 is confirmed, and it is checked whether or not the switch 141 has all been turned in the turning direction. If the check is OK, in step 410, the route opening state is transmitted to the portable terminal 110. In the case of a check NG, the processing of steps 415 to 416 is performed. In step 411, the transmitted route opening state is displayed on the route opening display unit 115. Step 41
In 2, the train or the like travels according to the set course. In step 413, it is determined whether or not the replacement work has been completed. If not, the processing from step 403 is repeated. If completed, the exchange work is terminated in step 414.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the route to be set is registered in the portable terminal in advance, and the operator can easily select and set the desired route from the portable terminal. Opening of the course can be easily confirmed from the display unit of the portable terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a replacement work system using a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a course setting input unit 1 of the portable terminal 110 shown in FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input request screen 13 and a route name display unit 114.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a route opening display unit 1 of the portable terminal 110 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a route opening result at 15.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a replacement work system according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 110 Mobile terminal 111 Work plan data 112 Track name file 113 Track setting input section 114 Track name display section 115 Track opening display section 121 Signal transmission section 130 Control processing section 132 Track developing section 133 Pointing machine control section 134 Track checking section 140 On-site equipment 141 Pointing machine 142 Track circuit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Michio Fujiwara 1070 Ma, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Pref. Inside Mito Plant, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Shimizu 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo East Japan Railway Company Shares In-company (72) Inventor Nobuo Kitamura 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo East Japan Railway Company

Claims (4)

[Claims] A mobile terminal that transmits a route setting request signal; a control processing unit that receives the route setting request signal and outputs a switching control signal of a switch related to the route requested to be set; A mobile terminal comprising at least a field facility provided with a switching machine converted by the conversion control signal, and a signal transmission unit for transmitting and receiving signals between the mobile terminal, the control processing unit, and the field facility. In the exchange work system using the, the mobile terminal, a route is registered in advance, a predetermined route is selected from the registered route, a route setting request is performed, and the setting processing from the control processing unit A switching work system using a mobile terminal, which receives and displays the status of opening of the route. 2. The exchange work system using a portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the route pre-registered in the portable terminal is a route registered for each station. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
In the claims, a route pre-registered in the mobile terminal is registered in accordance with the order of the routes in the exchange work plan, and the request for setting the route is performed in accordance with the order. Replacement work system. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein
In one embodiment, a course pre-registered in the mobile terminal can be changed by changing a constant in the control processing unit or the mobile terminal. system.