Infrastructure inspection apparatus, infrastructure inspection method, and infrastructure inspection system
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorsNAOYUKI HARADA, MASAHIKO SAITO, YOHEI NAKATA, KAZUMA TAKEUCHI
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Abstract
An inspection method includes, with a sensor mounted in an infrastructure, measuring drive assisting information that is to be used to perform a drive assisting operation of a target vehicle that uses the infrastructure, transmitting the drive assisting information to the target vehicle, receiving, from the target vehicle, information of the infrastructure measured by the target vehicle, and inspecting the infrastructure using the information of the infrastructure.
Claims10
An inspection apparatus comprising:
- a sensor that measures drive assisting information that is used to perform a drive assisting operation of a target vehicle that uses an infrastructure;
- a transmitter that transits the drive assisting information to the target vehicle;
- a receiver that receives, from the target vehicle, information of the infrastructure measured by the target vehicle;
- and
- circuitry which performs operations, the operations including inspecting the infrastructure using the received information of the infrastructure.
An inspection method comprising:
- with a sensor mounted in an infrastructure, measuring drive assisting information that is to be used to perform a drive assisting operation of a target vehicle that uses the infrastructure;
- transmitting the drive assisting information to the target vehicle;
- receiving, from the target vehicle, information of the infrastructure measured by the target vehicle;
- and
- inspecting the infrastructure using the information of the infrastructure.
An inspection system comprising a vehicle and an inspection apparatus,
- wherein the vehicle includes:
- a first sensor that measures information of an infrastructure used by the vehicle and first drive assisting information used to perform a driving assisting operation of the vehicle;
- a first transmitter that transmits, to the inspection apparatus, the information of the infrastructure when the first sensor has measured the information of the infrastructure;
- a first receiver that receives, from the inspection apparatus, second drive assisting information used to perform the drive assisting operation of the vehicle when the first sensor has measured the information of the infrastructure;
- and
- circuitry which performs operations, the operations including:
- performing the drive assisting operation of the vehicle in response to the first drive assisting information when the first sensor has measured the first drive assisting information;
- and
- performing the drive assisting operation of the vehicle in response to the second drive assisting information when the first sensor has measured the information of the infrastructure;
- and
- wherein the inspection apparatus includes:
- a second sensor that measures the second drive assisting information;
- a second transmitter that transmits the second drive assisting information to the vehicle;
- a second receiver that receives from the vehicle the information of the infrastructure measured by the vehicle;
- and
- circuitry which performs operations, the operations including inspecting the infrastructure using the received information of the infrastructure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.