PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a railway comfort evaluation method and a railway comfort evaluation device which can accurately analyze the degree of comfort and its secular change, which are felt by passengers of a railway vehicle, on the basis of continuous objective data.SOLUTION: A railway comfort evaluation method continuously acquires cerebral blood flow data by using brain activity measuring devices 2 which measure a cerebral blood flow of the heads of subjects boarding on a railway vehicle, and acquires information contributing to evaluate the degree of comfort and its secular change, which are felt by the subjects boarding on the railway vehicle, on the basis of the acquired cerebral blood flow data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】鉄道車両の乗客が感じる快適性の程度や、快適性の経時的変化を、連続した客観的なデータに基づいて正確に分析することのできる鉄道快適性評価方法及び鉄道快適性評価装置を提供する。【解決手段】鉄道車両に乗車している被験者について頭部の脳血流量を測定する脳活動計測装置2を用いて脳血流量データを連続的に取得し、この脳血流量データに基づいて、鉄道車両に乗車している際に被験者が感じる快適性の程度及び快適性の経時的変化の評価に資する情報を取得する。【選択図】図2
