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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shoji Sakamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazumi Tsuchiya, Gotemba, JP;
Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Shunsuke Sagara, Nisshin, JP;
Hideaki Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The vehicle situation estimation system includes: a vehicle weather information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle weather information on weather around a vehicle from an artificial satellite; a vehicle external information acquisition unit and a vehicle internal information acquisition unit that are configured to acquire vehicle travel state information from an external sensor and an internal sensor that are mounted on the vehicle and that are configured to detect a travel state of the vehicle; and an actual weather condition information generation unit configured to generate actual weather condition information indicating a weather condition around a road on which the vehicle travels based on the vehicle weather information and the vehicle travel state information.