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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Miharu Hanai, Obu, JP;
Daisuke Higashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a route includes searching for an initial route as a guidance route from a departure place to a destination, designating an avoidance route as an unfavorable route for a passage of a user, and in a case where the avoidance route is included in the initial route, outputting a changed route obtained by changing the avoidance route included in the initial route to another route.