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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kazuaki Takemura, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya, JP;
Tae Sugimura, Miyoshi, JP;
Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoaki Umeki, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A road abnormality detection apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor having hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a traveling vehicle, a road image indicating an image of a surface of a road or a periphery of the road and image capturing position information indicating a position where the road image is captured; recognize a road facility included in the road image and a position of the road facility based on the road image and the image capturing position information; determine whether or not abnormality exists in the road facility by comparing the road facility included in the road image and correctness information that is prepared in advance; and accumulate, in the memory, facility position information indicating the position of the road facility that the abnormality exists in when it is determined that the abnormality exists in the road facility.