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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yurika Tanaka, Yokosuka, JP;
Shuichi Sawada, Nagoya, JP;
Shin Sakurada, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhiro Baba, Kamo-gun, JP;
Shintaro Matsutani, Kariya, JP;
Tomoya Makino, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus controls a road surface marking apparatus configured to form any road surface marking by changing light emission patterns of a plurality of light emitters provided on a road surface. In the information processing apparatus, a control unit detects, when switching from a second traffic lane through which a pedestrian is allowed to pass to a first traffic lane through which a pedestrian is prohibited from passing is executed, a user who is a pedestrian remaining in the first traffic lane after the switching. Then, the control unit causes the road surface marking apparatus to form an urging marking used for urging the user to withdraw from the first traffic lane after the switching.