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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Kunihito Sato, Mishima, JP;
Inventor:
Kunihito Sato, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/095 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/095 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096783 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traffic control system provides a driver of a vehicle, which runs in a predetermined running state among vehicles running on a road with information on the suppression of traffic congestion on the road. The predetermined running state is, for example, a running state constituting a cause of traffic congestion on the road. The information may be provided by urging the driver to perform a driving operation of at least one of acceleration and lane change.