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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.

Patent No.:

US 11156745 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2019

Precipitation index estimation apparatus

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Ryota Osumi, Nagoya, JP;

Noriaki Saito, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Alessandro V Amari

Assistant Examiner:

Christian T Bryant

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G08G 1/048 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); G01W 1/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2013.01); B60S 1/06 (2013.01); B60S 1/0818 (2013.01); G01W 1/10 (2013.01); G01W 1/14 (2013.01); G01W 2001/006 (2013.01); G08G 1/0104 (2013.01); G08G 1/048 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); H04L 12/40006 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02);
Abstract

A precipitation index estimation apparatus includes an operation mode data collection unit and an estimation processing unit. The data collection unit is configured to collect operation mode data indicating an operation mode of a windshield wiper, acquired in one or more vehicles positioned in a predetermined area within a predetermined period. The estimation processing unit is configured to estimate a precipitation index indicating an intensity of precipitation in the predetermined area within the predetermined period, based on a proportion of each of a plurality of kinds of operation modes, which is derived from the collected operation mode data.

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