Patent ID: 9522689
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B61L

Claim Text:
1. A diagram creating device comprising: a database which includes a track section master which stores names of a plurality of track sections in a railroad network including the plurality of track sections, and track section codes for identifying the names as track section data, a station order master which stores a relationship between a station order code which, together with the track section codes, indicates an order from a reference station in the same track section, station names and kilometers from the reference station as train order data, and a junction master which stores a relationship between the track section codes related to a junction station belonging to the plurality of track sections, the station order code and a junction destination track section code as junction data; a processing device which reads track section data, the station order data and the junction data from the database, and creates a diagram which displays a station line and a diagram line associated with the station name, on a two-dimensional plane formed by a time axis and a distance axis; and a display device which displays the created diagram, wherein the processing device includes a unit which displays the names of the track sections and the station names of each station included in the track sections, and the station line which displays the distances of each station from a reference point, in parallel to the time axis in the diagram, a unit which displays a junction button associated with another track section of a junction destination, near the station line associated with the junction station of each station belonging to the another track section in the diagram, and a unit which, when the junction button is pushed, reads the station order data and the junction data based on the track section code of the junction destination, switches part of the station line related to the track section displayed in the diagram, to the station line subsequent to the junction station belonging to the another track section with the junction station as a starting point, and displays the station line.