TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER AND TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traffic light controller capable of preventing travel of other vehicles from being intervened.;SOLUTION: Included are a specific vehicle travel decision unit 121 that decides based on information on a driver or information on a vehicle, which is acquired from a vehicle that is traveling on an incoming path led to an intersection, whether a vehicle driven by a driver, who is classified into a specific type, or a specific vehicle, which is a vehicle classified into a predetermined category, is traveling on an incoming path led to an intersection, a preceding jam decision unit 122 that acquires a result of decision made on whether a preceding jam, which indicates a state in which the vehicle cannot enter an outgoing path, which recedes from the intersection, because of a traffic congestion occurring on the outgoing path receding from the intersection has occurred, and a lighting time change unit 126 that changes a lighting time of a blue signal lamp of a signaling light on the incoming path, which is a signaling light disposed at the intersection and intended for vehicles that travel on the incoming path, on the basis of a result of decision made by the preceding jam decision unit 122.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT