(19)
(11) EP 1 070 649 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/04

(21) Application number: 00115492.1

(22) Date of filing: 18.07.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B61L 3/00, B61L 15/00, B60L 15/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 22.07.1999 JP 20723499

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Takashi, Nagata
    Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki 300-0034 (JP)
  • Satoru, Murata
    deceased (JP)
  • Shinichi, Sekino
    Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-0033 (JP)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Train control system


(57) A train-control system includes a train-control apparatus for generating a control-command that controls the running of a train as a whole; an individual rolling-stock set-control system, which is situated in each of rolling-stock sets composing the train, for controlling the running of each set in the train; and an integrated rolling-stock set-control system, which is situated between the train-control apparatus and the individual rolling-stock set-control system, for mediating the communication between the train-control apparatus and the individual rolling-stock set-control system. Further, an integrated rolling-stock set-connection device, which is set up in the integrated rolling-stock set-control system, performs the conversion between the contents of information used in the train-control apparatus and those used in the respective individual rolling-stock set-control systems.






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