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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takamasa Koshizen, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A traffic flow estimation apparatus includes: a vehicle number detector which detects a number of preceding vehicles in front of the traffic flow estimation apparatus and; a traffic flow estimator which estimates a traffic flow from the number of preceding vehicles, and the traffic flow estimator includes: an acquisition unit which acquires a time series of the number of preceding vehicles in a first predetermined period as a vehicle number time series; an evaluation index calculation unit which calculates an evaluation index of the vehicle number time series in the first predetermined period; a congestion state determination unit which determines the traffic flow of the preceding vehicles on the basis of the evaluation index; and a traffic flow controller which notifies a following vehicle behind the traffic flow estimation apparatus of an indication with respect to travel on the basis of the traffic flow of the preceding vehicles.