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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Tomoo Nomura, Nagoya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle unit in a vehicle determines whether the driver has encountered a difficult spot, which is difficult to understand, based on the deviation from a route, the behavior of the vehicle, and the behavior of the driver. A standard for determining the difficult spot can be corrected by learning. The vehicle unit acquires a raw image picked up at the difficult spot. The raw image is used to verify the determination of the difficult spot. The vehicle unit transmits the raw image to a center unit in a distribution center. The center unit creates a clean image based on a plurality of raw images transmitted from a plurality of vehicles. The clean image that does not show moving objects such as pedestrians and other vehicles is distributed to a succeeding vehicle arriving at the difficult spot. The vehicle unit displays the distributed clean image as a guidance image.