Method of producing traffic signal information, method of providing traffic signal information, and navigation apparatus
US7734275B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096758
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of the traffic signal lamps, based on the taken image and analyze the image data. The systems, methods, and programs produce traffic signal state information, the traffic signal state information including a state of the traffic signal as of the time of taking the image of the traffic signal lamps. The systems, methods, and programs store traffic signal information, the traffic signal information including the produced traffic signal state information, traffic signal location information, and time information in a memory. The systems, methods, and programs perform a statistical analysis on a correlation in terms of the status of traffic signal lamps among a plurality of traffic signals based on plural pieces of traffic signal information of plural adjacent traffic signals.
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