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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshinori Yamada, Nagakute, JP;

Takahiro Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;

Yosuke Tokuda, Ota-ku, JP;

Taiki Nakamura, Toyota, JP;

Miyu Tanaka, Miyoshi, JP;

Kentaro Otokubo, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01);
Abstract

A navigation device that includes: a memory; and a processor that is configured to: acquire route information relating to a planned route to be traveled by a second vehicle of a user having a friendly relationship with a user of a first vehicle, search for a guided route based on a current position of the first vehicle and the route information, such that at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle heads toward a common location, and output route guidance information relating to the guided route to at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.


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