In-vehicle device, traffic information creating device, notifying method, traffic information creating method, notifying program, and traffic information creating program

A traffic information creating device comprising:

• a count acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a target vehicle, a count value based on at least one of
• the number of times a determination unit, which is configured to determine whether or not the target vehicle deviates from a traveling lane that is a lane on which the target vehicle is traveling, has determined, based on a captured image showing a road around the target vehicle, that the target vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a right-side boundary of the traveling lane, and has determined that the target vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane because a drive operation performed on the target vehicle by a driver satisfies a predetermined condition, and
• the number of times the determination unit has determined, based on the captured image showing the road around the target vehicle, that the target vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a left-side boundary of the traveling lane, and has determined that the target vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane because the drive operation satisfies the predetermined condition;
• a lane acquisition unit configured to acquire lane information indicating a lane on which the target vehicle travels;
• and
• a creation unit configured to create traffic information including information about a lane on which the target vehicle has traveled, based on the count value acquired by the count acquisition unit and the lane information acquired by the lane acquisition unit.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having, stored therein, a notifying program used in an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, the program causing a computer to function as:

• a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a right-side boundary of a traveling lane that is a lane on which the vehicle is traveling, based on a captured image that shows a road around the vehicle;
• a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a left-side boundary of the traveling lane, based on the captured image that shows the road around the vehicle;
• an operation determination unit configured to determine whether or not a drive operation performed on the vehicle by a driver satisfies a predetermined condition, when the first determination unit or the second determination unit has determined that the vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross the boundary of the traveling lane;
• a deviation determination unit configured to determine that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane, when the operation determination unit has determined that the drive operation satisfies the predetermined condition;
• a count unit configured to count
• the number of times the first determination unit has determined that the vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross the right-side boundary of the traveling lane and the deviation determination unit has determined that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane, and
• the number of times the second determination unit has determined that the vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross the left-side boundary of the traveling lane and the deviation determination unit has determined that the vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane;
• and
• a notification unit configured to notify a processing device outside the vehicle of a count value of the count unit.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having, stored therein, a traffic information creating program used in a traffic information creating device, the program causing a computer to function as:

• a count acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a target vehicle, a count value based on at least one of
• the number of times a determination unit, which is configured to determine whether or not the target vehicle deviates from a traveling lane that is a lane on which the target vehicle is traveling, has determined, based on a captured image showing a road around the target vehicle, that the target vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a right-side boundary of the traveling lane, and has determined that the target vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane because a drive operation performed on the target vehicle by a driver satisfies a predetermined condition, and
• the number of times the determination unit has determined, based on the captured image showing the road around the target vehicle, that the target vehicle has crossed or may possibly cross a left-side boundary of the traveling lane, and has determined that the target vehicle does not deviate from the traveling lane because the drive operation satisfies the predetermined condition;
• a lane acquisition unit configured to acquire lane information indicating a lane on which the target vehicle travels;
• and
• a creation unit configured to create traffic information including information about a lane on which the target vehicle has traveled, based on the count value acquired by the count acquisition unit and the lane information acquired by the lane acquisition unit.