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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Ashida, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Nishioka, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a traffic status estimation device and the like with which it is possible to estimate the traffic status with high precision even in a situation in which there are few sections with sensors installed therein and the vehicle travel history is inadequate. This traffic status estimation device includes: a traffic status estimation unit that estimates the traffic status in sections in which sensors are not installed on the basis of the similarity of the traffic status among sets comprising a plurality of time bands and a plurality of sections that include sections in which sensors are installed and sections in which sensors are not installed, and on the basis of the traffic status in the sections in which sensors are installed; and an output unit that outputs the traffic status estimated by the traffic status estimation unit.