Patent ID: 9393976
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B61L

Claim Text:
1. A train guidance-display system comprising: train-information managing apparatuses that are mounted on cars of a train, respectively, that are communicatively connected to each other via a trunk transmission line disposed among the cars, that share and manage train information concerning the train, that include first door opening-side information, which is information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all stops of the train set before an operation of the train and includes undecided information indicating that an opening side has been undecided for part of the stops, and that receive, from an operational management server on a ground, second door opening-side information, which is latest information indicating an opening side of doors of the cars for all the stops and does not include the undecided information, after the train starts an operation; wherein the undecided information is based on absence of information regarding which platform the train enters depending on the stop; display control apparatuses that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the train-information managing apparatuses of the cars, and that create video data using guidance data, which is data for display guidance and is output from the train-information managing apparatuses; and displays that are mounted on the cars of the train, respectively, that are connected to the display control apparatuses of the cars, and that perform display using the video data output from the display control apparatuses, wherein after the second door opening-side information and latest scheduled timetable information on the train are received from the operational management server after the train starts an operation, the train-information managing apparatuses determine whether a delay of the train occurs on a basis of the scheduled timetable information, and, as a result of determination, when a delay does not occur or, even if a delay occurs, when a delay time of the delay is shorter than a predetermined time, the train-information managing apparatuses output the second door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data, and, when a delay occurs and a delay time of the delay is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, the train-information managing apparatuses output the first door opening-side information to the display control apparatuses as the guidance data, when the second door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors for all stops at least between a next stop and a terminal station of the train using the second door opening-side information, when the first door opening-side information is output from the train-information managing apparatuses, the display control apparatuses create video data indicating an opening side of doors or indicating that an opening side has been undecided for all stops at least between the next stop and the terminal station of the train using the first door opening-side information, and the displays perform display using the video data.