| CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0108 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising: 
            one or more processors, wherein 
                the one or more processors are configured to: 
                predict a change in a movement direction of the vehicle; 
                determine whether the movement direction of the vehicle has been changed to the direction predicted; 
                perform a control to receive information indicating a risk area ahead in the movement direction of the vehicle, from a server configured to retain information relating to a risk area, when the movement direction of the vehicle is determined to have been changed to the predicted direction; 
                predict the change in the movement direction of the vehicle based on operation information of a turn signal lamp included in vehicle; and 
                determine that the movement direction of the vehicle has been changed to the predicted direction, in a case where an operation of the turn signal lamp is stopped and then the vehicle travels a distance greater than or equal to a predetermined distance. 
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