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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
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;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
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.