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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Kunihito Sato, Mishima, JP;
Inventor:
Kunihito Sato, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/0104 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/09675 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traffic congestion detection apparatus includes a traveling information acquisition unit for acquiring traveling information relating to a traveling state of a vehicle, and a traveling zone determination unit for determining which one of at least three zones including a central zone of a congestion area the vehicle is traveling in, based on current traveling information acquired by the traveling information acquisition unit.