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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Junko Yamamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Michio Kanayama, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Terakado, Tokyo, JP;
Junko Yamamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Michio Kanayama, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Terakado, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A train control device includes a first acquisition unit for acquiring a change history of open block numbers as the number of blocks existing between a present train and a leading train, a setting unit for setting a brake pattern having a starting point coinciding with an end point of a block existing just behind a block occupied by the leading train, and a calculating unit for calculating a time taken for the leading train to come out from the block existing just behind the block occupied by the leading train and for calculating, as a target speed, the highest speed available within a range not conflicting with the brake pattern.