US 12,112,619 B2
Control device, system, and pedestrian support method
Shin Sakurada, Toyota (JP); Kazuya Nishimura, Anjo (JP); and Soutaro Kaneko, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,878.
Application 18/232,878 is a division of application No. 17/733,322, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,763,667.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-115974 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0386321 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/005 (2006.01); E01F 9/582 (2016.01)
CPC G08G 1/005 (2013.01) [E01F 9/582 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pedestrian support method comprising:
capturing, with a camera, an image of a range in which a plurality of first light sources and a plurality of second light sources are installed, wherein the plurality of first light sources are installed on a roadway and configured to display a first crosswalk by emitting light toward a first side and the plurality of second light sources are installed on the roadway and configured to display a second crosswalk by emitting light toward a second side, the second side being opposite to the first side;
acquiring and analyzing the image captured by the camera;
concealing the first crosswalk from the first side toward the second side while a pedestrian is crossing the roadway from the first side to the second side through the first crosswalk and the second crosswalk; and
concealing the second crosswalk after the pedestrian has crossed the roadway.