Patent ID: 11869349
Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A traffic control device that controls a traffic light installed on a route of a vehicle running on a basis of an operation diagram, comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires, from a wireless base station, vehicle information including the operation diagram and a current position of the vehicle, the vehicle information being transmitted from the vehicle, the wireless base station receiving the vehicle information on an upstream side of a traveling direction of the vehicle relative to the traffic light;
a determination unit that calculates, on a basis of the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition unit, an estimated time of arrival at the traffic light, and determines whether or not the estimated time is delayed from a scheduled time; and
a signal generation unit that generates, where it is determined that the estimated time is delayed from the scheduled time, a control signal for causing the traffic light to execute signal control for preferentially causing the vehicle to pass therethrough.