US 12,087,160 B2
Traffic control system, traffic control method, and control apparatus
Shinichiro Tsuda, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiromasa Uchiyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/636,238
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/035824
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/065626, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-178464 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0335826 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/09 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/096775 (2013.01) [B60W 30/18 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G08G 1/096708 (2013.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A traffic control method, implemented via a computer, the method comprising:
identifying a vehicle falling under a predetermined condition that has been set;
setting a relative position between the identified vehicle and a surrounding vehicle around the identified vehicle based on a relative distance between the identified vehicle and the surrounding vehicle; and
generating control information for controlling movement of at least one vehicle according to the relative position,
wherein the control information for controlling the movement of the at least one vehicle is generated further according to a determination of a ratio of vehicles falling under the predetermined condition around the at least one vehicle to all vehicles traveling around the at least one vehicle.