US 12,340,690 B2
Traffic signal information distribution system, and traffic signal information distribution method
Norikazu Kawasaki, Osaka (JP); Masafumi Kobayashi, Osaka (JP); Hiroyuki Ishimaru, Osaka (JP); Shin Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP); Tomoko Yasui, Nagoya (JP); and Yoshikazu Toyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/230,211.
Application 18/230,211 is a continuation of application No. 17/280,933, granted, now 11,756,422, previously published as PCT/JP2019/038593, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-193658 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401955 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/095 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/091 (2013.01) [G08G 1/095 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A signal information generation system configured to generate signal information of a signal light unit including a plurality of signal lights, each of the plurality of signal lights being configured to light in a predetermined color, the signal information being for distribution to vehicles, the system comprising:
a memory device configured to store therein a timing table including scheduled lighting intervals of the plurality of signal lights;
a sensor configured to observe lighting and extinction of the plurality of signal lights; and
a generation processing device configured to generate the signal information, based on an actual lighting interval, of a predetermined signal light among the plurality of signal lights, obtained from an observation result of the predetermined signal light, and on the scheduled lighting interval.