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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shigeki Umehara, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Hattori, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device (roadside relay device) configured to generate a traffic index used for traffic signal control. This device includes: a storage unitconfigured to store therein area information on a coordinate system, the area information forming a predetermined area on a road; a communication unitconfigured to receive probe information Sincluding a vehicle position and temporal information of a traveling vehicle; and a control unitconfigured to generate the traffic index on the basis of the area information and the probe information S