Data analysis apparatus

1. A data analysis apparatus, comprising:

a vehicle data communicator that obtains vehicle data indicating a vehicle status of each of a plurality of first vehicles from each of the plurality of first vehicles;

an external data communicator that obtains external data indicating an external circumstance of each of the plurality of first vehicles from at least one of a second vehicle and a traffic infrastructure system, the second vehicle being in an area where each of the plurality of first vehicles is running, the second vehicle being different from the plurality of first vehicles;

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory including at least one set of instructions that, when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations including:

performing a first determination as to whether there is an inconsistency between the vehicle status of one or more of the plurality of first vehicles and the external circumstance; and outputting a result of the first determination regarding the one or more of the plurality of first vehicles, wherein

the processor performs the first determination on the vehicle data obtained from each of the plurality of first vehicles, and outputs results of the first determination, and

the operations further include:

performing a second determination as to whether or not a number of one or more results each indicating that there is the inconsistency is at or higher than a predetermined reference number, the one or more results being included in the results of the first determinations for the plurality of first vehicles; and

outputting (i) a result of the second determination indicating that the external data has an anomaly when the second determination is made that the number is at or higher than the predetermined reference number, and outputting (ii) a result of the second determination indicating that one or more first vehicles corresponding to the one or more results each indicating that there is the inconsistency among the plurality of first vehicles have an anomaly when the second determination is made that the number is less than the predetermined reference number.

2. The data analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an information communicator that

transmits a first notice indicating that the external data has the anomaly to at least one of the traffic infrastructure system, the plurality of first vehicles, and the second vehicle, when the result of the second determination indicating that the external data has the anomaly is outputted, and

transmits a second notice indicating that the one or more first vehicles having the anomaly have the anomaly to at least one of the traffic infrastructure system, the plurality of first vehicles, and the second vehicle, when the result of the second determination indicating that the one or more first vehicles determined as having the inconsistency in the first determination have the anomaly is outputted.

3. The data analysis apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information communicator

transmits an instruction to avoid use of the external data to at least one of the traffic infrastructure system, the plurality of first vehicles, and the second vehicle, when the result of the second determination indicating that the external data has the anomaly is outputted, and

transmits an instruction to avoid use of vehicle data indicating a vehicle status of each of the one or more first vehicles having the anomaly to at least one of the traffic infrastructure system, the plurality of first vehicles, and the second vehicle, when the result of the second determination indicating that the one or more first vehicles have the anomaly is outputted.

4. The data analysis apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the information communicator

transmits an instruction to execute an action to the one or more first vehicles having the anomaly, when the result of the second determination indicating that the one or more first vehicles have the anomaly is outputted, the action being to be executed when the anomaly occurs.

5. The data analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the external data and the vehicle data includes a time, and

among pieces of external data each being the external data, the processor obtains, as the external data to be used in the first determination, one or more pieces of external data each indicating a time within a predetermined time period before the time included in the vehicle data or a predetermined number of pieces of external data counted retroactively from the time indicated in the vehicle data.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium embodied with a program, the program causing, when executed by a computer, the computer to perform a method including:

obtaining vehicle data indicating a vehicle status of each of a plurality of first vehicles from each of the plurality of first vehicles;

obtaining external data indicating an external circumstance of each of the plurality of first vehicles from at least one of a second vehicle and a traffic infrastructure system in an area where each of the plurality of first vehicles is running, the second vehicle being different from the plurality of first vehicles; and

performing a first determination as to whether there is an inconsistency between the vehicle status of one or more of the plurality of first vehicles and the external circumstance, and outputting a result of the first determination regarding the one or more of the plurality of first vehicles, wherein

the first determination is performed on the vehicle data obtained from each of the plurality of first vehicles, and results of the first determination are output, and

the method performed by the computer further includes:

performing a second determination as to whether or not a number of one or more results each indicating that there is the inconsistency is at or higher than a predetermined reference number, the one or more results being included in the results of the first determinations for the plurality of first vehicles; and

outputting (i) a result of the second determination indicating that the external data has an anomaly when the second determination is made that the number is at or higher than the predetermined reference number, and outputting (ii) a result of the second determination indicating that one or more first vehicles corresponding to the one or more results each indicating that there is the inconsistency among the plurality of first vehicles have an anomaly when the second determination is made that the number is less than the predetermined reference number.