(19)
(11) EP 2 347 943 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.03.2012 Bulletin 2012/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.07.2011 Bulletin 2011/30

(21) Application number: 11250031.9

(22) Date of filing: 12.01.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B61L 19/06(2006.01)
B61L 23/16(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 13.01.2010 JP 2010004962
19.05.2010 JP 2010115294

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8280 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shibata, Naoki
    Tokyo 100-8220 (JP)
  • Maekawa, Keiji
    Tokyo 100-8220 (JP)
  • Taoka, Hiroshi
    Tokyo 100-8220 (JP)

(74) Representative: Paget, Hugh Charles Edward et al
Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane
GB-London EC2V 8AS
GB-London EC2V 8AS (GB)

   


(54) Signalling system


(57) Wayside equipment cannot acquire control information when an interlocking controller is terminated. Therefore, signals inside the premises show stop indications, and operations of trains stop. Field controllers of a signalling system realizes route control, the field controllers having a transmission path for transmitting and receiving state information between the field controllers constituting a route, having wayside equipment control logic for realizing the route control of a train based on the received state information, having first wayside equipment control logic used when communication from the interlocking controller to the field controllers continues, having second wayside equipment control logic for continuing the route control when the communication from the interlocking controller to the field controllers is interrupted, and switching the control logic from the first wayside equipment control logic to the second wayside equipment control logic to continue the route control if the interrupt of communication with the interlocking controller is detected.







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