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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and road surface marking system

US11600175B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2021
Grant dateMar 7, 2023
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/166
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An information processing apparatus controls a road surface marking apparatus configured to form any road surface marking by changing light emission patterns of a plurality of light emitters provided on a road surface. In the information processing apparatus, a control unit detects, when switching from a second traffic lane through which a pedestrian is allowed to pass to a first traffic lane through which a pedestrian is prohibited from passing is executed, a user who is a pedestrian remaining in the first traffic lane after the switching. Then, the control unit causes the road surface marking apparatus to form an urging marking used for urging the user to withdraw from the first traffic lane after the switching.

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