VEHICLE MOVEMENT SUPPORTING METHOD AND DEVICE.

摘要

A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SMOOTHLY OPERATING A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HAVING VEHICLES TRAVEL ON DEDICATED LANE AND ON GENERAL-USE LANE WITH A CONNECTION POINT TO THE DEDICATED LANE EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE TRAVELLING ON THE GENERAL-USE LANE IS DELAYED BY CONGESTION ETC. ARE PROVIDED. A VEHICLE 9 IN A PLATOON 11A TRAVELS ON DEDICATED LANE 1 TOWARD A BY PASS SECTION 3. A VEHICLE 13 TRAVELS ON GENERAL-USE LANE 5 TOWARD A CONNECTION POINT 7 AND JOINS THE PLATOON 11A AT THE CONNECTION POINT 7. A PREDICTED ARRIVAL TIME OF THE VEHICLE 13 AT THE CONNECTION POINT 7 IS ESTIMATED. THE TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE 9 ON THE DEDICATED LANE 1 IS CONTROLLED BASED ON THE PREDICTED ARRIVAL TIME. WHEN THE VEHICLE 13 ON THE GENERAL-USE LANE 5 IS DELAYED, THE VEHICLE 9 ON THE DEDICATED LANE 1 IS DELAYED. THE VEHICLE 13 TRAVELLING ON THE GENERAL-USE LANE 5 CAN BE DELAYED AS A RESULT OF THE ROAD BEING CROWDED OR CONGESTED, BUT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN OPERATE SMOOTHLY EVEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.