JP2012248107A - Probe information transmission device, computer program and processing server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable probe information to be uploaded at an appropriate timing without the need of frequent uploads.SOLUTION: A probe information transmission device 1 that uploads probe information on a vehicle to a processing server of probe information, includes a controller 3 for controlling the timing at which the probe information is uploaded. The controller 3 uploads the probe information when the vehicle stops.

Description

  The present invention relates to a probe information transmission device, a computer program, and a processing server.

A system is known in which probe information collected by an in-vehicle device such as a navigation system is uploaded to a processing server and a service using the probe information is provided by the processing server (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
The probe information to be uploaded includes the vehicle position (latitude / longitude), vehicle speed, vehicle direction, and the like for each predetermined collection period.

JP 2011-34431 A

The timing when the in-vehicle device uploads the probe information can be considered as follows.
(1) A fixed transmission cycle (for example, every 5 minutes)
(2) When communication occurs due to user operation on the in-vehicle device (3) When there is an upload request from the processing server

  If the probe information is uploaded at such timing, it is easy to suppress the communication frequency from each vehicle-mounted device and the load fluctuation of the processing server. In the case of (2) above, communication occurs anyway, and in the case of (3) above, the processing server can manage the occurrence of communication. However, in the above (1) to (3), there is a possibility that the notification of the change in the traffic situation to the processing server by the probe information may be delayed from the time that is originally required.

  For example, if a vehicle enters a traffic jam immediately after uploading probe information, uploading of probe information is delayed by almost the time of the transmission cycle. During that time, other vehicles cannot bypass the traffic based on the probe information, and the traffic may increase accordingly. In this case, the user operation is not always performed. Moreover, in a situation where the processing server side does not know the occurrence of traffic jams, it is also impossible to make an upload request to the in-vehicle device. It is desirable to upload the probe information to the processing server as soon as possible in response to changes in traffic conditions such as the occurrence of traffic jams.

  Therefore, in order to notify the processing server of real-time probe information corresponding to changes in traffic conditions, it is conceivable to upload frequently with a shorter transmission cycle. However, frequent uploads increase the load on the processing server and excessively increase the cost of the processing server operator. There is a limit to shortening the transmission cycle in order to cope with a specific traffic situation such as occurrence of traffic congestion.

  An object of the present invention is to be able to notify probe information to a processing server at an appropriate timing without frequently uploading.

(1) The present invention is a probe information transmission device that uploads vehicle probe information to a probe information processing server, and includes a control unit that controls timing of uploading the probe information. The probe information transmitting device uploads the probe information when the vehicle is stopped.
The present invention utilizes the fact that the vehicle stops if the vehicle enters a traffic jam. That is, according to the present invention described above, the stop of the vehicle is regarded as a traffic jam and probe information is uploaded when the vehicle stops. Therefore, the probe information transmitting apparatus does not need to upload frequently, and the processing server can upload the probe information at an appropriate timing.

  In the present invention, the “stop of the vehicle” includes a case where the vehicle does not need to be completely stopped and is slow enough to be regarded as a stop. For example, it is possible to determine that the vehicle is stopped when a speed that is regarded as a vehicle stop is set and the speed is lower than the speed. Further, “stop of the vehicle” can be said to be a case where the probe information transmitting apparatus determines that the vehicle has stopped.

  In addition, the probe information transmitting device of the present invention does not need to be a device that is always mounted on the vehicle, and may be any device that can be mounted on the vehicle or used on the vehicle. That is, any device that moves incidentally as the vehicle moves can be used. For example, the probe information transmitting device of the present invention includes an in-vehicle device (such as a car navigation system) that is always mounted on a vehicle, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a portable information terminal device that is brought into the vehicle for navigation purposes or other purposes, It can be provided in a portable device such as a portable navigation system. If the portable device can be connected to the processing server, it is not necessary to be connected to the system fixed to the vehicle by wire or wireless.

(2) It is preferable that the control unit uploads the probe information at a predetermined transmission cycle and uploads the probe information when the vehicle is stopped. In this case, while uploading at a predetermined transmission cycle, uploading is also performed when the vehicle stops, so real-time when there is a possibility of entering a traffic jam without shortening the transmission cycle Can be uploaded to.

(3) The controller uploads the probe information for each first cycle at a predetermined transmission cycle, and the probe information for each second cycle shorter than the first cycle when the vehicle is stopped. It is preferable to upload. In this case, when there is a stop of the vehicle, the processing server can obtain the probe information indicating the behavior of the vehicle at a shorter cycle, so that it becomes easy to analyze the behavior before the stop of the vehicle.

(4) When the control unit uploads the probe information in response to the stop of the vehicle, until the vehicle meets one of the following conditions 1) to 3), It is preferable not to upload probe information.
Condition 1) Until a predetermined time elapses after uploading.
Condition 2) Until the vehicle moves a predetermined distance from the upload position.
Condition 3) A predetermined time has elapsed since uploading and the vehicle has moved a predetermined distance from the upload position.
In this case, frequent uploading can be prevented by repeatedly stopping and starting the vehicle.

(5) The information included in the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped preferably has a format different from the information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle.

(6) The probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle includes a plurality of pieces of position information indicating a vehicle trajectory, and the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped includes at least a vehicle stop The number of position information included in the probe information that is uploaded when the vehicle stops is included in the probe information that is uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. The number is preferably less than the number of position information.

A plurality of pieces of position information indicating the vehicle trajectory are represented by latitude and longitude, and thus the amount of information increases. However, the information is necessary for the processing server to grasp the vehicle trajectory. Therefore, a sufficient number of position information is necessary for the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. On the other hand, when the vehicle is stopped, it is not always important to accurately grasp the vehicle trajectory, and the processing server is loaded to grasp the vehicle trajectory. As a processing server, what is necessary is just to be able to grasp | ascertain the approximate position (trailing position of traffic jam) where the vehicle stopped.
Therefore, the processing server can obtain the minimum necessary information by including at least the stop position of the vehicle or position information in the vicinity of the stop position in the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped. .
Then, by reducing the number of position information included in the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped, less than the number of position information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. In addition, it is possible to provide necessary information in that case while suppressing the information amount of the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped.

(7) It is preferable that the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped includes information of a different type from the information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle.

(8) The probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped is preferably information that can directly express the behavior of the vehicle rather than the position information. From this point of view, the different information is preferably vehicle acceleration / deceleration information.

(9) The control unit determines whether or not the stop of the vehicle is caused by a factor other than the traffic jam, and determines that the stop of the vehicle is caused by another factor other than the traffic jam. It is preferable not to upload the probe information even if there is any. By avoiding uploading when the vehicle stops due to factors unrelated to traffic jams, it is possible to prevent unnecessary communication.

(10) The present invention viewed from another viewpoint is a computer program that causes a computer to execute a process for controlling the timing of uploading probe information of a vehicle to a probe information processing server. A computer program comprising: a process for determining a stop; and a process for uploading the probe information when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped.

(11) The present invention viewed from another viewpoint is a processing server that processes probe information uploaded from the probe information transmission device according to any one of (1) to (9).

(12) The processing server includes a determination unit that determines, based on the probe information uploaded when the vehicle stops, whether the stop of the vehicle is caused by a factor other than a traffic jam. It is preferable.

(13) It is preferable that the processing server determines the probe information to be processed based on a determination result by the determination unit.

  According to the present invention, the probe information can be uploaded to the processing server at an appropriate timing without frequently uploading.

It is a block diagram of a probe information transmitter. It is a block diagram of a processing server. It is a flowchart which shows an upload timing control procedure. It is explanatory drawing of a stop determination. It is explanatory drawing of a stop determination. It is explanatory drawing of a stop determination. (A) is a file structure figure which shows a normal probe information file, (b) is explanatory drawing of the point where probe information was collected. (A) is a file structure figure which shows the probe information file at the time of a stop, (b) is explanatory drawing of the point where probe information was collected.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the probe information transmitting apparatus 1. The probe information transmitting device 1 is provided in an in-vehicle device such as a car navigation system, for example. A vehicle on which the probe information transmission device 1 is mounted is referred to as a “probe vehicle”.

  The probe information transmitting device 1 includes a communication unit 2 that performs wireless communication using radio waves or light, and can communicate with a roadside communication device such as a roadside wireless communication device or an optical beacon. The probe information transmitted (uploaded) by the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 is given to a processing server 10 installed in a traffic control center or the like via a roadside communication device and a network. The probe information transmitting device 1 does not need to be connected to the processing server 10 via a roadside communication device for a traffic system, but is connected to the processing server 10 via a public or wide area communication network for a mobile phone or the like. May be.

The processing server 10 obtains probe information from a large number of probe vehicles traveling on the road, analyzes the probe information, and generates road traffic information provided to the vehicle (on-vehicle device 1). Control the traffic light.
The road traffic information provided to the vehicle includes, for example, information on a traffic jam occurrence point, detour information for avoiding the traffic jam, and the like.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the processing server 10 includes a processing unit 11 and a storage unit 12. Probe information acquired from the probe vehicle is stored in the storage unit 12. The processing unit 11 analyzes the probe information accumulated in the storage unit 12 and performs processing such as generating road traffic information provided to the vehicle (onboard device 1).
The processing unit 11 is configured by a computer. The function of the processing unit 11 is exhibited when the computer program stored in the storage unit 12 is executed by the computer.

Returning to FIG. 1, the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 includes a control unit 3, a storage unit 4, a GPS processing unit 5, an orientation sensor unit 6, and an information acquisition unit 7.
The control unit 3 performs processing for generating probe information, processing for uploading probe information, and the like.

The control unit 3 is configured by a computer. The function of the control unit 3 is exhibited when the computer program is executed by the computer.
Note that a computer program for causing a computer to function as the control unit 3 of the present embodiment can be stored in an appropriate computer-readable storage medium. Further, a computer program for causing the computer to function as the control unit 3 of the present embodiment is stored in the application providing server and downloaded from the application providing server to the information terminal device for causing the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 to function. It can also be made.

Information acquired from the detectors 5 and 6 of the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 itself (raw information that is the basis of uploaded probe information) and information acquired from the vehicle (uploaded) are stored in the storage unit 4. Raw information) and / or information generated by the control unit 3 can be stored.
As shown in FIG. 1, when the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 includes a GPS processing unit 5 and an orientation sensor 6, the position (coordinates; latitude / longitude) of the vehicle can be acquired from the GPS processing unit 5, and the direction The vehicle direction can be acquired from the sensor 6.
Moreover, the control part 3 can acquire information, such as brake / accelerator information which shows the presence or absence of a brake operation / existence of an accelerator operation, from the information acquisition part 7 for communicating with a vehicle. Further, the vehicle position, vehicle orientation, and vehicle speed may also be acquired from the vehicle.
Moreover, the vehicle speed calculation part 3a of the control part 3 can calculate and acquire a vehicle speed based on the time change of the position of a vehicle. Further, the acceleration / deceleration calculation unit 3b of the control unit 3 can calculate and acquire the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle based on the temporal change of the vehicle speed or the temporal change of the position of the vehicle.

  Such acquisition of various types of information is performed every predetermined accumulation cycle (for example, every 1 [s]) and accumulated in the storage unit 4. That is, the vehicle position information (coordinates), vehicle direction, brake accelerator information, and the like for each predetermined accumulation cycle are sequentially accumulated in the storage unit 4 while the probe vehicle is traveling.

  The control unit 3 uploads information stored in the storage unit 4 and / or information generated based on the stored information to the processing server 10 at the probe information upload timing.

  The control unit 3 executes processing for controlling the timing for uploading probe information to the processing server 10. FIG. 3 shows the processing procedure. The upload timing is basically every predetermined transmission cycle (for example, every 5 minutes), but when the probe vehicle stops, even if it is a timing other than the upload timing based on the predetermined transmission cycle, Upload.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 3 determines whether or not it is an upload timing (normal upload timing) based on a predetermined transmission cycle based on a timer (not shown) (step S1). If it is the normal upload timing, the probe information is uploaded (step S2).

  Even if it is not the normal upload timing, the stop determination unit 3c of the control unit 3 performs a vehicle stop determination process (step S3), and if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, the probe information is uploaded (step S3). Step S6). Since the stop of the vehicle may be because the vehicle has entered the end of the traffic jam, the processing server 10 uploads the probe information at the timing when the vehicle may have entered the tail of the traffic jam by uploading at the timing of the vehicle stop. Since it can be acquired, the occurrence of traffic jam can be quickly determined.

However, even if it is determined in step S3 that the vehicle is stopped, if the upload is prohibited, the upload in step S6 is not executed (step S4).
In the upload prohibition state, after it is determined that the vehicle is stopped and the probe information is uploaded once, a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) elapses and / or the vehicle is at a predetermined distance (for example, 100 [m]). Until it moves.

  When it is determined that the vehicle is stopped and uploading is performed, the control unit 3 sets the upload prohibited state until a predetermined time and / or travels a predetermined distance. In the second stop, the probe information is not uploaded and frequent uploads can be prevented. In addition, after the vehicle is stopped (upload), after a predetermined time has elapsed and / or after moving a predetermined distance, the upload prohibition state is canceled, and after it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, the probe information is uploaded. .

In addition, when it is determined by the non-congestion determination unit 3d that the stop of the vehicle is due to other factors not related to the congestion (for example, parking on the road, parking in the parking lot, stopping by a red light), The upload in step S6 is not executed (step S5).
In the case of a vehicle stop that is clearly unrelated to traffic congestion, uploading can be omitted by not uploading.

  For example, the non-congestion determination unit 3d is a case where it is determined that the vehicle is stopped when information indicating vehicle stop or parking such as hazard lamp lighting information and / or engine OFF information is acquired from the vehicle side. However, it can be determined that the stop is due to parking such as street parking (non-congestion determination).

In addition, the non-congestion determination unit 3d may stop the vehicle by parking at the parking lot even if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped when the vehicle is off the road based on the vehicle position information. It can be determined that there is (non-congestion determination).
Further, the non-congestion determination unit 3d determines that the vehicle is stopped due to parking at the parking lot even if it is determined that the vehicle is stopped when the vehicle direction is different from the road direction (non-congestion determination). )can do.

Further, the non-congestion determination unit 3d determines that the motion immediately before the vehicle stops is not a movement along the road (when the vehicle turns right, left, or reverse regardless of the road direction to enter the parking lot). Even when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, it can be determined that the vehicle is stopped due to parking at the parking lot (non-congestion determination). Note that the operation immediately before the vehicle stops can be determined based on the position / orientation of the vehicle.
Further, the non-congestion determination unit 3d determines that the vehicle is stopped due to a red signal (non-congestion determination) even when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped when the vehicle is in the vicinity of a traffic signal (near an intersection). )can do.

  7 and 8 show probe information (probe information file composed of a plurality of probe information) uploaded to the processing server. The probe information file shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is generated by the control unit 3 based on the information stored in the storage unit 4.

FIG. 7A shows a normal probe information file transmitted at a normal upload timing based on a predetermined transmission cycle (for example, 5 minutes).
The normal probe information file shown in FIG. 7A stores data of the management unit and a data body composed of probe information at a plurality of points. The management unit includes the ID of the probe information transmission device (on-vehicle device) and the file type. The file type is data for distinguishing whether the file is the normal probe information file shown in FIG. 7A or the probe information file at the time of stop shown in FIG. Here, information indicating a normal probe information file is stored.

The plurality of probe information included in the data main body is probe information collected every predetermined first collection period (for example, 5 [s]) after the previous upload. In each probe information, as shown in FIG. 7B, the vehicle position (coordinates; latitude / longitude), vehicle direction, vehicle position at each point a, b, c, d,. The vehicle speed and time (time at the time of information acquisition) are included.
That is, the data body includes vehicle position information for each predetermined collection period (for example, 5 [s]) after the previous upload. Such a plurality of vehicle position information is information indicating the trajectory (running trajectory) of the vehicle after the previous upload. In the processing server 10, various traffic conditions can be estimated based on such a vehicle trajectory.

  As described above, accumulation of information in the storage unit 4 is performed every predetermined accumulation cycle (for example, every 1 [s]), and more than the first collection cycle (for example, 5 [s]). It is a short cycle. Therefore, the control unit 3 extracts only the information for each first collection period (for example, 5 [s]) from the information stored in the storage unit 4 and generates the normal probe information file. .

FIG. 8A shows a probe information file at stop transmitted when the vehicle stops.
Also in the probe information file at the time of vehicle stop shown in FIG. 8A, data of the management unit and a data main body made up of probe information at a plurality of points are stored. The management unit includes an ID of the probe information transmission device (on-vehicle device), a file type, a vehicle position (coordinates; latitude / longitude), and a collection cycle. As apparent from FIGS. 7 and 8, the format of the probe information file when the vehicle is stopped is different from that of a normal probe information file.

In the file type, information indicating whether the probe information file at the time of stop shown in FIG. 8A is stored.
As the position of the vehicle, the stop position of the vehicle or position information in the vicinity of the stop position is stored.

In the case of the probe information file at the time of stopping, unlike the case of a normal probe information file, the data body includes a second collection period (for example, 1 [ s]) probe information is stored. This is because the processing server 10 shows the vehicle behavior immediately before stopping the vehicle in detail for each short time in order to facilitate the analysis of the vehicle behavior immediately before stopping the vehicle.
The collection period of the management unit stores the second collection period (for example, 1 [s]).

In the data body, each point A, B, C, D, and so on for each second collection period (for example, 1 [s]) in a period that goes back about a predetermined collection period (for example, 10 [s]) from the stop point. E ... Probe information in G. Each probe information includes vehicle acceleration / deceleration information, vehicle direction, and brake / accelerator information.
If the processing server 10 can acquire the vehicle behavior immediately before the stop, the processing server 10 can determine whether or not the stop is due to a traffic jam. Therefore, the probe information in a period that goes back a predetermined collection period (for example, 10 [s]) from the stop point. The probe information traced back to the immediately preceding upload may be stored in the data body.

  In the probe information file at the time of stopping, the type of information included in the probe information is different from that of a normal probe information file. For example, in the probe information file at the time of stop, the position information (latitude / longitude) of the vehicle is only one indicating the position at the time of stop or the vicinity thereof, but in the normal probe information file, for each first collection period A lot of vehicle position information (latitude and longitude) is included. A large number of vehicle positions (latitude / longitude) are necessary for grasping the trajectory of the vehicle and eventually the behavior of the vehicle, but the latitude / longitude information has a large amount of information.

  On the other hand, at the time of stopping, it is only necessary to know where the vehicle stopped, so in the probe information file at the time of stopping, there is only one indicating the position at the time of stopping or its vicinity as the position (latitude / longitude) of the vehicle. It is said. Also, when stopping, there is only a minimum amount of information that can be used to estimate the stop position, and information that can be used to determine whether the stop is due to the entrance of a traffic jam. There is no need for a certain amount of running trajectory. Therefore, in the probe information file at the time of stopping, vehicle acceleration / deceleration information is stored as probe information for each second collection period instead of the vehicle position. Further, the vehicle speed is also omitted in the probe information file at the time of stopping.

  In this way, in the probe information file at the time of stop, by adding information of a type that is not in the normal probe information file, such as acceleration / deceleration information, it becomes easier to analyze the cause of the stop of the vehicle while suppressing the data size. Yes. Further, in the processing server 10, it is not necessary to calculate acceleration / deceleration information indicating the behavior of the vehicle immediately before stopping, and the processing load is reduced.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8A, the stop probe information file includes brake / accelerator information as additional information that is not included in the normal probe information file. Therefore, the processing server 10 can analyze the cause of the stop in consideration of additional information such as brake / accelerator information.
As shown in FIG. 8A, each piece of probe information in the probe information file at the time of stopping is composed of coordinates, vehicle direction, vehicle speed, and time, like the probe information in the normal probe information file. There may be. In this case, the processing server 10 estimates the vehicle behavior immediately before stopping from the position (coordinates) of the vehicle.

In the probe information file in FIG. 8A, the probe information (points a, b, c, and d in FIG. 8B) is a period after the previous upload and before the predetermined collection period. , E, and f probe information) are not included, but may be included. In this case, the information for each first collection period is sufficient for the probe information in the period before the predetermined collection period.
In addition, the probe information in the period prior to the predetermined collection period is in the normal probe information file format shown in FIG. 7A, in addition to the probe information file at the time of stop, at the time of uploading at the time of stop or next time You may transmit in the transmission period.

As described above, in the probe information transmitting apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, probe information is uploaded in real time at the timing when the vehicle is stopped. Therefore, the processing server 10 can perform traffic jam detection in real time.
As shown in FIG. 2, the processing server 10 can be provided with a non-congestion determination unit 11a similar to the non-congestion determination unit 3d in the probe information transmission apparatus 1. In this case, the processing server 10 can also independently determine whether or not the probe information has been uploaded due to a vehicle stop caused by a factor other than congestion (non-congestion determination). And the process part 11 can determine the probe information used as the process target after that based on the determination result by the determination part 11a. For example, the processing unit 11 can delete the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped due to a factor other than the traffic jam from the storage unit 12 and discard the probe information. Can be prevented. Note that it is not necessary to delete the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped due to a factor other than the traffic jam from the storage unit 12, and may be simply excluded from the processing target while being held in the storage unit 12.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the meanings described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Probe information transmitter 2 Communication part 3 Control part 3a Vehicle speed calculation part 3b Acceleration / deceleration calculation part 3c Stop determination part 3d Non-congestion determination part 4 Storage part 5 Processing part 6 Direction sensor part 7 Information acquisition part 10 Processing server 11 Processing part 11a Non-congestion determination unit 12 Storage unit

Claims (13)

A probe information transmission device that uploads vehicle probe information to a probe information processing server,
A control unit for controlling the timing of uploading the probe information;
The said control part uploads the said probe information, when there exists a stop of a vehicle. The probe information transmission apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The probe information transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit uploads the probe information at a predetermined transmission cycle and uploads the probe information when a vehicle is stopped. The control unit uploads probe information for each first cycle at a predetermined transmission cycle, and uploads probe information for each second cycle shorter than the first cycle when the vehicle is stopped. Item 3. The probe information transmitting device according to Item 1 or 2. When the control unit uploads the probe information when the vehicle is stopped, the probe information is updated even if the vehicle stops again until one of the following conditions 1) to 3) is satisfied. The probe information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein uploading is not performed.
Condition 1) Until a predetermined time elapses after uploading.
Condition 2) Until the vehicle moves a predetermined distance from the upload position.
Condition 3) A predetermined time has elapsed since uploading and the vehicle has moved a predetermined distance from the upload position. The information included in the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped has a format different from the information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. The probe information transmitting apparatus according to item 1. The probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle includes a plurality of position information indicating a vehicle trajectory,
The probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped includes at least the position information of the vehicle at or near the stop position, and is included in the probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped. The probe information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of position information is smaller than the number of the position information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. The probe information uploaded when the vehicle is stopped has information of a type different from the information included in the probe information uploaded at a predetermined transmission cycle. The probe information transmitting device according to claim 1.   The probe information transmitting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the different information is vehicle acceleration / deceleration information. The control unit determines whether or not the stop of the vehicle is due to a factor other than the traffic jam, and determines that the stop of the vehicle is due to another factor other than the traffic jam and the vehicle is stopped. The probe information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the probe information is not uploaded. A computer program for causing a computer to execute processing for controlling timing of uploading probe information of a vehicle to a probe information processing server,
The processing is as follows:
A process for determining stoppage of the vehicle;
When it is determined that the vehicle has stopped, a process of uploading the probe information;
A computer program comprising:   A processing server for processing probe information uploaded from the probe information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1. The processing server according to claim 11, further comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the stop of the vehicle is caused by a factor other than the traffic jam based on the probe information uploaded in response to the stop of the vehicle. . The processing server according to claim 12, wherein the probe information to be processed is determined based on a determination result by the determination unit.

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