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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Ogata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Aminaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information provision system connected to a fixed point camera installed in an area to be serviced includes: using an image captured by the fixed-point camera(s), and identifying passenger vehicles passing on a road, distinguishing whether the passenger vehicle is empty or not using the image captured by the fixed-point camera(s), generating a map including a distribution of passenger vehicles in state by state within the service-target area using the results of the identification by the first and second identification part; and transmitting the map to a predetermined terminal.