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Traffic control system, traffic control device, and on-board terminal device

  • US 10,446,036 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2016
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A traffic control system that connects a manned vehicle, which is traveling according to operation by an operator on one of plural lanes arranged side by side in a mine, and a traffic control device, which performs traffic control of the manned vehicle, together via a wireless communication network;

  • the traffic control device comprising;

    a travel-permitted zone setting section that sets a zone of the lane, on which the manned vehicle is traveling, as a first travel-permitted zone with a travel permission given to the manned vehicle only,an another-lane travel permitting section that sets, as a travel-permitted zone of another-lane with a travel permission given to the manned vehicle only, a zone located on a lane adjacent to the lane, on which the manned vehicle is traveling, and including at least a part of a zone arranged side by side with the first travel-permitted zone, anda controller-side communication control section that transmits, to the manned vehicle, information indicating positions of the travel-permitted zone and the travel-permitted zone of another-lane; and

    the manned vehicle comprising;

    a command input accepting section that accepts an operation which makes a setting request for the travel-permitted zone of another-lane on the lane adjacent the lane on which the manned vehicle is traveling,a display control section that displays the travel-permitted zone of another-lane on a screen,a terminal-side communication control section that to and from the traffic control device, transmits the setting request and receives the information indicating the position of the travel-permitted zone of another-lane, respectively,wherein the command input accepting section additionally accepts an operation with makes a cancellation request for the travel-permitted zone of another-lane, andwherein the another-lane travel permitting section cancels, in response to the cancellation request, the setting of the travel-permitted zone of another-lane if the manned vehicle has a body included in the first travel-permitted zone and is in a direction matching a travelling direction of the first travel-permitted zone or if the manned vehicle has a body included in the travel-permitted zone of another-lane and is in a direction matching a traveling direction of the travel-permitted zone of another-lane.

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