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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hisanori Teshima, Tokyo, JP;
Kojin Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichiro Sakikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A platoon traffic system includes a plurality of platoons including vehicles on and from which passengers board and exit, and an operation management apparatus setting an operation schedule including assignment of the vehicles to the plurality of platoons and management thereof. The vehicles in each of the platoons integrally operate in accordance with the operation schedule along a track including boarding and exiting points where passengers board and exit the vehicles The operation management apparatus accepts a boarding request for the vehicles, the request specifying the boarding and exiting points, and changes the operation schedule to reassign the vehicles belonging to the plurality of platoons, among the platoons based on the boarding request and numbers of passengers allowed to board the vehicles.