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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 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 that travel along a track is provided with: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires the positions of the plurality of vehicles that are present on the track; a density calculation unit that calculates the density of the plurality of vehicles that are traveling along the track within a predetermined range; and a departure determination unit that adjusts the departure time of a target vehicle from a station at which the vehicle stops on the basis of a front direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in front of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof and a back direction density indicating the density of vehicles that are traveling within a predetermined range in back of the predetermined target vehicle in the travel direction thereof.