Patent Document ID: 20100324806
Application ID: 12867102
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A travel pattern information obtaining device comprising: a vehicle speed identification information obtaining unit for obtaining vehicle speed identification information in order to identify vehicle speed of a vehicle on a road for a plurality of vehicles; a vehicle speed identification information classifying unit for classifying the vehicle speed identification information into a group corresponding to a motion of the vehicle, based on a distribution of the vehicle speed identification information; and a motion occurrence probability obtaining unit for obtaining an occurrence probability of the motion of the vehicle, based on the classification characterized in that the vehicle speed identification information obtaining unit obtains the vehicle speed identification information of a plurality of road sections, respectively, that are consecutive between two preset points, the vehicle speed identification information indicating the vehicle speed or required time of the road sections, the vehicle speed identification information classifying unit classifies the vehicle speed identification information of each of the road sections into the group which is defined such that the group in a certain road section is dependent on the group in a previous road section of the certain road section, based on the motion on the certain road section, the motion being dependent on the motion on the previous road section of the certain road section, and the motion occurrence probability obtaining unit obtains the occurrence probability of the motion of the vehicle on each of the road sections.