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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yoko Sakurai, Toyohashi, JP;
Xin Jin, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detour recommended area estimation system includes: a recording medium; and a control unit configured to collect probe information from a vehicle; acquire a travel-avoided direction based on the probe information when the vehicle made a detour, the travel-avoided direction being a direction in which the vehicle would have been traveled if the detour had not been made; estimate an area in which a direction dependence degree of the travel-avoided direction is less than a reference value as a detour recommended area, and record the detour recommended area in a recording medium.