Patent ID: 9553931
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B61L,H04L

Claim:
1. A train-information managing apparatus comprising: central apparatuses mounted on each car at both ends of a formation of a train, wherein the central apparatuses comprise a first central apparatus and a second central apparatus; terminal apparatuses mounted on each intermediate car of the formation; and a trunk transmission line that communicatively connects the central apparatuses and the terminal apparatuses, wherein when a serial number included in data received from a terminal apparatus of the terminal apparatuses of an adjacent car on the side of the first central apparatus or from the first central apparatus is one of the first serial numbers and the last stored serial number in the terminal apparatus is one of the second serial numbers, the terminal apparatus stores the data received, and wherein when a serial number included in data received from the terminal apparatus of an adjacent car on the side of the first central apparatus is one of the first serial numbers and the last stored serial number is the second serial number, the second central apparatus stores the data received.