CODE PROCESSING DEVICE, CODE PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20170361849A1
• Filed: 05/08/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakakibara, Shigeyuki
• Application Number:
  US15/589,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20170361849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/346 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/18 including control of braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18163 Lane change; Overtaking manoeuvres
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3658 Lane guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09623 Systems involving the acquisition of information from passive traffic signs by means mounted on the vehicle G08G1/0967 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a code processing device includes an acquisition unit, a lane information generation unit, a code generation unit, and a display processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires traffic information indicating traffic conditions of a lane. The lane information generation unit generates lane information which indicates the traffic conditions of each lane based on the traffic information from each lane. The code generation unit generates a code which indicates the lane information. The display processing unit outputs the code.

Claims

1. A code processing device, comprising a processor,

wherein the processor:

acquires traffic information indicating traffic conditions of a lane;

generates lane information indicating traffic conditions of each lane based on the traffic information from each lane;

generates a code indicating the lane information; and

outputs the code.

2. The code processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the traffic information includes information indicating whether a lane is passable or not, and

wherein the lane information includes information indicating whether each lane is passable or not.

3. The code processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the traffic information includes information indicating a congestion condition of a lane, and

wherein the lane information includes information indicating a congestion condition of each lane.

4. The code processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the code is a two-dimensional code.

5. The code processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the traffic information is information updated according to a change of traffic conditions of a lane, and

wherein the processor acquires the traffic information sent according to update, or receives the traffic information at a predetermined interval.

6. A code processing method, comprising:

acquiring traffic information indicating traffic conditions of a lane;

generating lane information indicating traffic conditions of each lane based on the traffic information from each lane;

generating a code indicating the lane information; and

outputting the code.

7. The code processing method according to claim 6,

wherein the traffic information includes information indicating whether a lane is passable or not, and

wherein the lane information includes information indicating whether each lane is passable or not.

8. The code processing method according to claim 6,

wherein the traffic information includes information indicating a congestion condition of a lane, and

wherein the lane information includes information indicating a congestion condition of each lane.

9. A vehicle control device, comprising a processor,

wherein the processor:

acquires an image;

reads a code indicating lane information indicating traffic conditions of each lane from the image; and

selects a lane for a vehicle to pass through based on the lane information.

10. The vehicle control device according to claim 9,

wherein the lane information includes information indicating whether each lane is passable or not, and

wherein the processor selects a lane for the vehicle to pass through based on the information indicating whether each lane is passable or not.

11. The vehicle control device according to claim 9,

wherein the lane information includes information indicating a congestion condition of each lane, and

wherein the processor selects a lane for the vehicle to pass through based on the congestion condition of each lane.

12. The vehicle control device according to claim 9,

wherein the processor further makes the vehicle pass through the selected lane.

13. The vehicle control device according to claim 10,

wherein the processor further makes the vehicle pass through the selected lane.

14. The vehicle control device according to claim 11,

wherein the processor further makes the vehicle pass through the selected lane.