Information processing apparatus, vehicle, computer-readable storage medium, and information processing method

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer to function as:

• an image obtaining unit for obtaining an image around a moving object;
• a determining unit for determining a risk area based on the image obtained by the image obtaining unit;
• and
• a communication unit for transmitting risk area information related to the risk area determined by the determining unit to an information collecting apparatus which is configure to collect information from a plurality of moving objects, the communication unit transmitting the risk area information to the information collecting apparatus when the moving object is within a region where information is provided by the information collecting apparatus.

An information processing method comprising:

• an image obtaining step to obtain an image around a moving object;
• a determining step to determine a risk area based on the image that is obtained in the image obtaining step;
• and
• a communication step to transmit risk area information related to the risk area determined in the determining step to an information collecting apparatus which is configured to collect information from a plurality of moving objects,
• the communication step being to transmit the risk area information to the information collecting apparatus when the moving object is within a region where information is provided by the information collecting apparatus.