US 12,134,416 B2
Traffic control system
Noritaka Yanai, Tokyo (JP); Masahiro Yamada, Tokyo (JP); and Tomonori Ishikawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/968,224
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/006160
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/163792, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-028167 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031819 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B61L 27/00 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/20 (2022.01); B60L 15/40 (2006.01); B61L 23/14 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 27/20 (2022.01) [B61L 25/02 (2013.01); B60L 15/40 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B61L 23/14 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traffic control system comprising:
on-board control units installed on trains whose operations are managed by the traffic control system and that are traveling; and
an on-ground control unit installed on the ground,
wherein a respective one of the on-board control units:
is installed in each of the trains,
sets a driving path for the train provided with the on-board control unit based on a destination,
makes a route request for a route to turn back when the driving path is set in which the train provided with the on-board control unit performs a turning-back driving,
makes a route request for a branch route leading to the route to turn back when the route request for the route to turn back is made,
transmits information on the route requests to the on-ground control unit, and
controls driving of the train provided with the on-board control unit on the set driving path based on a traveling position and a traveling speed detected in the train provided with the on-board control unit, and
wherein the on-ground control unit:
controls a route of the train provided with the on-board control unit based on the transmitted information on the route requests.