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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1986
Shinichi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Ishii, deceased, late of Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Shinkawa, Hyogo, JP;
Takeshi Kawahara, Hyogo, JP;
Toshiyuki Manita, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyu Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A route bus service controlling system comprising ground radio unit installed at a terminal or start-and-end point of bus service routes, a turn point of each route and a plurality of passage points therebetween and serving to detect the passage time of each route bus at every point, the ground radio units being further capable of sending the detected time signal to a central service controller and, after receiving service information from the central service controller, transmitting such information to each route bus; the central service controller for first receiving the actual run information of each route bus from the ground radio units, then making up, on the basis of the received service information, modified service schedules for the buses in the individual route sections so as to realize an optimal time interval service of all the buses running on the respective routes, and transmitting via the ground radio units to the corresponding buses the modified service schedules with various conditions added thereto inclusive of the halt time periods at the bus stops, traffic congestion on the roads and so forth; and service schedule display units for first receiving from the ground radio units the modified service schedules made up by the central service controller, and then displaying the modified service schedules for the individual buses so as to achieve a satisfactory route bus service of optimal time intervals at the passing points.