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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Yamazaki, Osaka, JP;
Hajime Sakakibara, Osaka, JP;
Arata Doi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A traffic signal control apparatus capable of controlling signal light colors at a target intersection and a downstream intersection, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a platoon length of platoon vehicles that are traveling on an inflow road of the target intersection, and an empty space length in a planned traveling route of the platoon vehicles; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to control the signal light color at the downstream intersection corresponding to the planned traveling route of the platoon vehicles, according to a result of comparison between the platoon length and the empty space length.
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