# US 10,369,995 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, control device for vehicle, and control method for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,995 B2 - Document ID: US10369995B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/363,777 - Filed: 2016-11-29 - Published: 2017-06-01 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-30 - Assignees: Subaru Corporation - Applicants: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takeshi Torii - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369995B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/096791: {where the origin of the information is another vehicle} - B60W 40/04: Traffic conditions - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/0125: {Traffic data processing} - G08G 1/0129: {for creating historical data or processing based on historical data} - G08G 1/0133: {for classifying traffic situation} - G08G 1/0141: {for traffic information dissemination} - G08G 1/096725: {where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096758: {where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information} - G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station} - G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes} - G08G 1/167: {Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection} - B60W 30/12: Lane keeping - B60W 2050/0075: {Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means} - B60W 2050/0095: {Automatic control mode change} - B60W 2556/05: Big data - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - B60W 2556/55: using telemetry - G06V 20/588: {Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract An information processing device includes circuitry configured to acquire, from vehicles each of which has a lane keeping function of allowing each of the vehicles to travel along a lane, a use information of the lane keeping function during a travel, extract a region in which a use rate of the lane keeping function is low, on the basis of the use information, and transmit a notification information based on the use rate to a given vehicle having the lane keeping function. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device, comprising: circuitry configured to: acquire, from a plurality of vehicles each of which has a lane keeping function of allowing each of the plurality of vehicles to travel along a lane, use information of the lane keeping function during a travel; extract a region in which a temporary stop rate of the lane keeping function is greater than or equal to a first threshold, on the basis of the use information, wherein the temporary stop rate corresponds to a ratio of a count of vehicles that temporarily stop the lane keeping function in the region to a count of the plurality of vehicles; and transmit notification information for stopping the lane keeping function to a given vehicle of the plurality of vehicles when the temporary stop rate is greater than or equal to the first threshold. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: acquire position information of the given vehicle having the lane keeping function, and transmit the notification information to the given vehicle traveling before the region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, as the notification information, warning information indicating a possibility that the lane keeping function stops when the temporary stop rate of the lane keeping function is less than the first threshold and greater than a second threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, as the notification information, warning information indicating a possibility that the lane keeping function temporarily stops. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit the notification information for the given vehicle to reflect the notification information on map information of a navigation system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to calculate the temporary stop rate on the basis of the use information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: acquire, from the plurality of vehicles, environment information indicating environments outside the plurality of vehicles; calculate the temporary stop rate in accordance with the environment information for each region; and transmit the notification information generated on the basis of the temporary stop rate and the environment information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the environment information is information indicating a time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops, information indicating an operation state of a windshield wiper of at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles at the time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops, or information indicating an operation state of a light of the at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles at the time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate the notification information on the basis of the temporary stop rate. ### Claim 10 An information processing method, comprising: acquiring, from a plurality of vehicles each of which has a lane keeping function of allowing each of the plurality of vehicles to travel along a lane, use information of the lane keeping function during a travel; extracting a region in which a temporary stop rate of the lane keeping function is greater than or equal to a threshold, on the basis of the use information, wherein the temporary stop rate corresponds to a ratio of a count of vehicles that temporarily stop the lane keeping function in the region to a count of the plurality of vehicles; and transmitting notification information for stopping the lane keeping function to a given vehicle of the plurality of vehicles when the temporary stop rate is greater than or equal to the threshold. ### Claim 11 A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising: circuitry configured to: acquire use information of a lane keeping function of allowing the vehicle to travel along a lane; transmit the use information to a server; receive, from the server, notification information for a region in which a temporary stop rate of the lane keeping function is greater than or equal to a threshold, wherein the temporary stop rate is calculated by the server on the basis of the use information of a plurality of vehicles, the temporary stop rate corresponds to a ratio of a count of vehicles that temporarily stop the lane keeping function in the region to a count of the plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicles has the lane keeping function, and the plurality of vehicles includes the vehicle; and stop the lane keeping function on the basis of the notification information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The control device for the vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a warning indicating a possibility that the lane keeping function temporarily stops, on the basis of the notification information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The control device for the vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further configured to change map information of a navigation system on the basis of the notification information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The control device for the vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: acquire environment information; transmit the environment information along with the use information; and receive the notification information based on the temporary stop rate calculated by the server in the region in accordance with the environment information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The control device for the vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the environment information comprises information indicating a time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops, information indicating an operation state of a windshield wiper of the vehicle at the time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops, or information indicating an operation state of a light of the vehicle at the time at which the lane keeping function temporarily stops. ### Claim 16 A control method for a vehicle, the control method comprising: acquiring use information of a lane keeping function of allowing the vehicle to travel along a lane; transmitting the use information to a server; receiving, from the server, notification information for a region in which a temporary stop rate of the lane keeping function is greater than or equal to a threshold, wherein the temporary stop rate is calculated by the server on the basis of the use information of a plurality of vehicles, the temporary stop rate corresponds to a ratio of a count of vehicles that temporarily stop the lane keeping function in the region to a count of the plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicles has the lane keeping function, and the plurality of vehicles includes the vehicle; and stopping the lane keeping function on the basis of the notification information.