Patents Examined by Paula A Schneider
  • Patent number: 8725397
    Abstract: A traffic signal cycle estimation device 2 is provided, which includes a travel time acquisition unit 4 acquiring a traffic signal section travel time, a frequency distribution calculation unit 5 calculating a frequency distribution of the traffic signal section travel times on the basis of the traffic signal section travel times, a travel time group determination unit 6 determining a first travel time group in which the vehicle does not stop at the traffic signal and a second travel time group in which the vehicle stops at the traffic signal on the basis of the frequency distribution of the traffic signal section travel times, and a traffic signal cycle estimation unit 7 estimating cycle information of the traffic signal on the basis of a difference between the first travel time group and the second travel time group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruhide Hayashida, Hiroki Nakashima, Meilan Jiang, Masatsugu Kudara, Hiroshi Okude, Youta Suzuki