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Vehicle guidance system, vehicle guidance method, management device, and control method for same

US9607511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2014
Grant dateMar 28, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/095
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This vehicle guidance system carries out guidance of vehicles that are traveling on roads making up a road network, the vehicle guidance system being provided with: a flow detection unit that detects the flow of vehicles on each of the roads making up a road network, and generates flow information indicating the detection result; a storage unit that creates associations between the flow information for the roads which has been generated by the flow detection unit, and road-identifying information indicating the corresponding roads, and storing the information; a decision unit that, for each of the roads making up the road network, specifies a candidate road that is a road which vehicles flow from the road in question, acquires the flow information that is stored in association with the road-identifying information indicating the specified candidate road in question, and based on the acquired flow information, decides on a flow increase or decrease policy of vehicles on the candidate road; and a guidance unit that carries out guidance of the vehicles, in accordance with the decision by the decision unit.

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