Apparatus, system, and method for providing traffic information
US10032375B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/12
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is to specify a poor visibility portion by using only a sensor standardly mounted on a connected car without any special measurement device or equipment and provide information thereon to a driver or an automatic driving device. A traffic information providing apparatus includes a data reception unit for receiving sensor data from a plurality of connected cars, a moving object detection/loss position calculation unit for calculating at least a position where the sensor has detected or lost a moving object on the basis of the sensor data of the connected cars, an information addition unit for adding a calculation result obtained by the moving object detection/loss position calculation unit to map information, a driver assistance information preparation unit for preparing driver assistance information on the basis of the map information to which information has been added by the information addition unit, and a data transmission unit for transmitting the driver assistance information prepared by the driver assistance information preparation unit to connected cars.
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