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Information processing apparatus

  • US 8,108,100 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2009
  • Issued: 01/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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