TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT

• Main Authors: HAREYAMA YOHEI, TAKI TOSHIKI, KAGAWA KAZUYUKI, TAKAHASHI YUKI, AMANO HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.11.2022
• Subjects: GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

To provide a traffic control unit that can appropriately guide a vehicle around a road section in which traffic is regulated.SOLUTION: A traffic control unit has: storage units (12, 13) that store map information representing a plurality of road sections included in a predetermined area, and information representing, of the plurality of road section, a regulation section in which traffic is regulated; a bypass route searching unit 21 that refers to destination information received from a vehicle 4 via a communication network 5 and representing the current location of the vehicle 4 and a destination to determine whether the vehicle 4 is likely to pass through the regulation section, and when the vehicle 4 is likely to pass through the regulation section, searches for, with reference to the map information, a bypass route heading for the destination from the current location without passing through the regulation section; and a notification control unit 22 that notifies the bypass route searched for to the vehicle 4 via the communication network 5 or controls a traffic light 3 located within a predetermined distance from the current location of the vehicle 4 to inhibit approach in a direction toward the regulation section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】通行が規制される道路区間の周囲において、車両を適切に誘導することが可能な交通制御装置を提供する。【解決手段】交通制御装置は、所定の領域に含まれる複数の道路区間を表す地図情報と、複数の道路区間のうちの通行が規制される規制区間を表す情報を記憶する記憶部（１２、１３）と、車両４から通信ネットワーク５を介して受信した、車両４の現在地及び目的地を表す目的地情報を参照して、車両４が規制区間を通行する可能性が有るか否か判定し、車両４が規制区間を通行する可能性が有る場合に、規制区間を経由せずに現在地から目的地へ向かう迂回経路を、地図情報を参照して探索する迂回経路探索部２１と、探索した迂回経路を、通信ネットワーク５を介して車両４へ通知し、あるいは、車両４の現在地から所定距離内に位置する信号機３を、規制区間へ向かう方向への進入を禁止するように制御する通知制御部２２とを有する。【選択図】図３