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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a vehicle recognition unit that performs recognition of a vehicle in a second lane that is adjacent to a first lane in which an own vehicle is traveling, and has a same traveling direction as the first lane, and a flow detection unit that detects a first difference between a number of vehicles in the second lane by which the own vehicle has been caught up with, and a number of vehicles in the second lane that the own vehicle has caught up with, or a second difference between a number of vehicles in the second lane by which the own vehicle has been overtaken, and a number of vehicles in the second lane that the own vehicle has overtaken on the basis of a recognition result of the vehicle in the second lane.