Information processing apparatus
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1. An information processing apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a present time specification section configured to specify a present time;
a light information acquisition section configured to acquire light information on lighting state of a head light of the vehicle;
a position information acquisition section configured to acquire position information for specifying a position where the vehicle presently exists;
a calculation section configured to calculate a sunset time in a position specified based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition section when it is determined that the head light of the vehicle is switched from a light-off state to a light-on state based on the light information acquired by the light information acquisition section;
a lighting-on time specification section configured to specify a lighting-on time when the head light of the vehicle is switched from the light-off state to the light-on state based on the present time specified by the present time specification section and the light information acquired by the light information acquisition section; and
an evaluation information storage section configured to store the lighting-on time specified by the lighting-on time specification section and the sunset time calculated by the calculation section, in association with each other.
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Abstract
When it is determined that a head light is turned on, the sunset time is calculated. Thus, the frequency of calculating the sunset time is significantly decreased as compared with that of continuously calculating the sunset time, thereby reducing the processing load. Further, as compared with the case where the sunset time is calculated regardless of the time of lighting on, the calculated sunset time can evaluate the time of lighting on appropriately.
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1. An information processing apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a present time specification section configured to specify a present time; a light information acquisition section configured to acquire light information on lighting state of a head light of the vehicle; a position information acquisition section configured to acquire position information for specifying a position where the vehicle presently exists; a calculation section configured to calculate a sunset time in a position specified based on the position information acquired by the position acquisition section when it is determined that the head light of the vehicle is switched from a light-off state to a light-on state based on the light information acquired by the light information acquisition section; a lighting-on time specification section configured to specify a lighting-on time when the head light of the vehicle is switched from the light-off state to the light-on state based on the present time specified by the present time specification section and the light information acquired by the light information acquisition section; and an evaluation information storage section configured to store the lighting-on time specified by the lighting-on time specification section and the sunset time calculated by the calculation section, in association with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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