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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Satoru Sakuma, Nagakute, JP;
Shuhei Yamamoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Munehiro Kamiya, Anjo, JP;
Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Shinji Kurachi, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoya Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A traffic light information providing system includes a vehicle and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle, and provides information on change in color of a traffic light to the vehicle. The vehicle transmits to the server, vehicle data including time information and position information of the vehicle at the time when the vehicle resumes running from a state of stop at an intersection. The server operates and stores a period of change from the red light to the green light of a traffic light provided at the intersection based on the vehicle data. The server transmits information indicating timing of change to the green light of the traffic light based on the stored period of change, to a vehicle which approaches the intersection.