Patent ID: 11938981
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 6:
7. A position specifying method of a position specifying device, the position specifying method comprising:
receiving an indicated read range for an identification tag to be read, the identification tag being affixed to one of a plurality of devices installed in vehicles of a train and storing an individual information item identifying the one device;
obtaining at least one design information item indicating a model number of one of the plurality of the devices within the indicated read range and an installation position of the one of the plurality of the devices with the model number in the vehicles of the train, the model number indicating a type of each of the devices;
obtaining at least one model number information item indicating a relationship between the model number and the individual information item;
reading, from each of one or more identification tags, an individual information item of one of the plurality of the devices stored in the identification tag;
ascertaining, by use of the model number information item(s), a model number of at least one of the plurality of the devices having an individual information item read;
determining, by use of the design information item(s), whether or not the at least one of the plurality of the devices having the model number ascertained is present in the indicated read range; and
associating an installation position indicated by the design information item with the individual information item of the at least one of the plurality of the devices having the model number ascertained when the at least one of the plurality of the devices having the model number ascertained is present in the indicated read range.