TRAVELING SUPPORT DEVICE AND TRAVELING SUPPORT METHOD
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Abstract
A traveling support device includes: a road-vehicle communication portion that receives first current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by a traffic signal at a first clock time, from a road side transmitter installed on a road; an inter-vehicle communication portion that receives second current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by the traffic signal at a second clock time, from another vehicle that receives the second current-signal information from the road side transmitter; and a signal cycle estimating portion that estimates signal cycle information relating to transition of the signal on the traffic signal on the basis of the first current-signal information received by the road-vehicle communication portion and the second current-signal information received by the inter-vehicle communication portion.
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15 Claims
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8. A traveling support method, comprising:
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receiving first current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by a traffic signal at a first clock time, from a road side transmitter installed on a road; receiving second current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by the traffic signal at a second clock time, from an other vehicle that receives the second current-signal information from the road side transmitter; and estimating signal cycle information relating to transition of the signal on the traffic signal on the basis of the first current-signal information and the second current-signal information.
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9. A traveling support device, comprising:
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a road-vehicle communication portion that receives first current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by a traffic signal at a first clock time, from a road side transmitter installed on a road; an inter-vehicle communication portion that receives second current-signal information relating to a signal displayed by the traffic signal at a second clock time, from an other vehicle that receives the second current-signal information from the road side transmitter; and a signal cycle estimating portion that estimates signal cycle information relating to transition of the signal on the traffic signal on the basis of the first current-signal information received by the road-vehicle communication portion and the second current-signal information received by the inter-vehicle communication portion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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