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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Goda, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Komura, Tokyo, JP;
Tokiko Shibasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Eisho Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Norishige Emoto, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of apparatuses mounted on cars are monitored and controlled by control devices mounted on the cars. A display device capable of displaying apparatus information of the apparatuses is mounted on a driver's cab. A display screen of the display device is configured by arranging a plurality of display components by which apparatus information of each of the apparatuses can be displayed. A software generating device determines arrangement positions of the display components arranged on the display screen, automatically generates layout design data of the display screen, and automatically generates software for generating the display screen on the basis of the layout design data. The arrangement positions of the display components respectively representing the apparatuses when a number of apparatuses of the same type are monitored and controlled by one and the same control device are determined according to arrangement rule information that is exceptional rules.