US Patent Application 17909551. TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD simplified abstract
TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD
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Inventor(s)
Yusuke Shinohara of Tokyo (JP)
TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17909551 titled 'TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a traffic control apparatus that can be used in autonomous vehicles.
- The apparatus uses peripheral information received from the vehicle to specify the current state of the vehicle.
- It compares the specified state with the state received directly from the vehicle to check for any differences.
- If there is a difference, the apparatus outputs a notification message indicating the difference.
- The purpose of this invention is to ensure accurate and reliable state information in autonomous vehicles, which can help improve traffic control and safety.
Original Abstract Submitted
A traffic control apparatus includes state specifying means for specifying a state of a vehicle based on peripheral information about the vehicle received from the vehicle that can be autonomously driven, state comparison means for comparing a first specified vehicle state, which is a state of the vehicle specified by the state specifying means, with a second specified vehicle state, which is the state of the vehicle received from the vehicle and specified by the vehicle based on the peripheral information, to see whether there is a difference between the first specified vehicle state and the second specified vehicle state, and notification means for outputting a message indicating the difference when there is the difference between the first specified vehicle state and the second specified vehicle state.
