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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2017
Applicants:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Japan Weather Association, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuro Masuda, Wako, JP;

Kazuhiro Tanji, Tokyo, JP;

Shigeyuki Nomura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/093 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G01C 21/3694 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/065 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096733 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for indicating a traffic hindrance risk, having a traffic hindrance information generating server that generates traffic hindrance information for links that define a driving route, and a weather information generating server that generates weather information from weather data distributed by a meteorological agency with respect to an area including the driving route. In the apparatus, a tabular data is generated together with congestion degree information by sorting foul weather information into a plurality of level categories in accordance with a degree of traffic hindrance when the weather information includes at least one item of foul weather information, and a traffic hindrance occurrence risk predictive value meaning possibility of traffic hindrance occurrence with respect to the driving route for a predetermined future period is calculated to be viewed by an operator of the vehicle.


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