US 11,989,946 B2
Signal information providing device, signal information providing method, and recording medium having program recorded thereon
Hiroyasu Sudou, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/909,618
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/014909
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/199329, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316767 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/56 (2022.01) [G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A signal information providing device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire first sensor data from a sensor capable of detecting a vehicle present in a display direction of a lamp, wherein the sensor is installed in a vicinity of the lamp in such a way as to be capable of capturing an image of the lamp in a display direction;
determine, based on the first sensor data, whether there is a following vehicle behind the vehicle captured by the sensor, the following vehicle being incapable of visually recognizing a display status of the lamp due to presence of a preceding vehicle; and
transmit, to the following vehicle, signal information for notifying a display status of the lamp when it is determined that there is a following vehicle that is incapable of visually recognizing a display status of the lamp.