Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Tomoko Yasui

Shin Yamamoto

Masafumi Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Ishimaru

Norikazu Kawasaki

Yoshikazu Toyama

A signal information distribution system includes: a storage unit configured to store therein a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light among the plurality of signal lights, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit.

Traffic signal information distribution system, and traffic signal information distribution method

A signal information distribution system is configured to distribute, to vehicles, signal information including a lighting start time and a lighting continuation interval of each of a plurality of signal lights installed at an intersection, each signal light being configured to light in a predetermined color. The system includes: a storage unit configured to store a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights; a monitor unit configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; a generation unit configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval, of the predetermined signal light, included in the timing table; and a distribution unit configured to distribute, to the vehicles, the signal information generated by the generation unit.

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Nagoya, Japan

Tomoko Yasui