Vehicle traffic control system
First Claim
1. A vehicle traffic control system comprising:
- an onboard control apparatus mounted on each of a plurality of vehicles;
a control station which controls the vehicles traveling;
a traffic control apparatus which is installed in the control station, which divides a track for the vehicles into a plurality of sections, and which performs a blocking control to assign a non-overlapping travelable section to the vehicles as a permitted travel section; and
communication means for allowing communication between the traffic control apparatus and the onboard control apparatus mounted on the vehicles, whereinthe onboard control apparatus sets a travel permission request starting distance as a distance longer than a stoppable distance on a basis of current speed of an own vehicle, andthe onboard control apparatus transmits repeatedly a travel permission request and current position information on the own vehicle to the traffic control apparatus until a next travel permission is obtained when remaining length of the permitted travel section has become shorter than the travel permission request starting distance in an advancing direction of the own vehicle.
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Abstract
A traffic control system for allowing vehicles to travel unattended while maintaining their inter-vehicular distances without interfering with each other includes an onboard control apparatus mounted on the vehicles; and a traffic control apparatus which divides tracks for multiple vehicles into a plurality of sections and performs a blocking control to assign non-overlapping travelable sections to the multiple vehicles as a permitted travel section. The onboard control apparatus sets a travel permission request starting distance that is longer than a stoppable distance on the basis of the current speed of the vehicle and repeatedly transmits a travel permission request and current position information to the traffic control apparatus until the next travel permission is obtained when the remaining length of the permitted travel section has become shorter than the travel permission request starting distance in the advancing direction of the vehicle.
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1. A vehicle traffic control system comprising:
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an onboard control apparatus mounted on each of a plurality of vehicles; a control station which controls the vehicles traveling; a traffic control apparatus which is installed in the control station, which divides a track for the vehicles into a plurality of sections, and which performs a blocking control to assign a non-overlapping travelable section to the vehicles as a permitted travel section; and communication means for allowing communication between the traffic control apparatus and the onboard control apparatus mounted on the vehicles, wherein the onboard control apparatus sets a travel permission request starting distance as a distance longer than a stoppable distance on a basis of current speed of an own vehicle, and the onboard control apparatus transmits repeatedly a travel permission request and current position information on the own vehicle to the traffic control apparatus until a next travel permission is obtained when remaining length of the permitted travel section has become shorter than the travel permission request starting distance in an advancing direction of the own vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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