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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Niinomi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Takao, Tokyo, JP;
Noritaka Yanai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Miyajima, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation management device that manages the operation of a plurality of vehicles is provided with: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the plurality of vehicles; an interval adjustment unit that, on the basis of congestion information, identifies a station that is a reference for increasing the density of the plurality of vehicles that are present and sets a standby time at each station that is behind the station that is a reference, the standby time being for the plurality of vehicles that stops at the stations behind the station; and a departure determination unit that adjusts the departure times of the plurality of vehicles from each of the stations behind the station on the basis of the standby times.