Patent ID: 9744981
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B61L

Claim:
1. An operation management device that manages an operation of a plurality of vehicles traveling along a track, the operation management device comprising: a vehicle position acquisition unit that acquires positions of the plurality of vehicles present on the track; a spacing adjustment unit that specifies a reference station that is a reference for increasing frequency of arrival of the plurality of vehicles on the basis of predetermined congestion information indicating information from which occurrence of increasing in passengers at each station can be predicted, and sets a waiting time indicating a stoppage time of the plurality of vehicles at each preceding station of the reference station; and a departure determination unit that adjusts a departure time at the each preceding station, of the plurality of vehicles on the basis of the waiting time, wherein the spacing adjustment unit sets the waiting time at the each preceding station being less than the waiting time of a respective subsequent station of the each preceding station.