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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Takeshi Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Renault S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A route guidance method includes: if, on a set route from a departure point to a destination of a vehicle, a travelling road at a present position of the vehicle has a first plurality of lanes, and a next road following a nearest branch point from the present position has a second plurality of lanes, finding a branch-merge point up to which lanes other than a lane for reaching the destination out of the second plurality of lanes have gone away; and if a start point of traffic congestion is downstream of the branch-merge point, and an end point of the traffic congestion is upstream of the nearest branch point, guiding the vehicle to the lane for reaching the destination as a target before reaching the end point.