Traffic prediction system, vehicle-mounted display apparatus, vehicle, and traffic prediction method

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a traffic prediction system, a vehicle-mounted display apparatus, a vehicle, and a traffic prediction method. The traffic prediction system includes: a vehicle configured to acquire a driving probability for at least one drivable route; and a server apparatus configured to receive the driving probability for the at least one drivable route from the vehicle, and to calculate a volume of traffic for the at least one drivable route based on the driving probability for the at least one drivable route.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle-mounted display apparatus, comprising:
 a controller configured to acquire a driving probability for at least one route along which a vehicle is able to travel; and   a communication unit configured to transmit the driving probability for the at least one route to a server apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is configured to receive from a server apparatus information about a volume of traffic calculated based on the driving probability for the at least one route. 
     
     
         3 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising a display unit configured to display the information about the volume of traffic. 
     
     
         4 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the display unit is configured to combine the information about the volume of traffic with map information to display the result of the combination. 
     
     
         5 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate a driving probability for each link connected to at least one node, using at least one of a lane change history of the vehicle and driving vectors of the vehicle, to thereby acquire the driving probability for the at least one route. 
     
     
         6 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate a driving probability for at least one link, and is configured to calculate a driving probability for each route using the driving probability for the at least one link. 
     
     
         7 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the driving probability for each route using an Electronic Horizon (EH) method. 
     
     
         8 . The vehicle-mounted display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one route along which the vehicle is able to travel includes a route existing in a range to which the vehicle is able to travel for a predetermined time period.