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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Akira Iijima, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Sakakibara, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous driving device includes a navigation device configured to search a plurality of routes, from a diverging point to a target position, for one or more extra routes other than a recommended route before a vehicle passes the diverging point wherein the diverging point is a point where the vehicle is expected to pass; and an electronic control unit configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle based on information on a particular extra route when the vehicle departs from the recommended route at the diverging point and travels on the particular extra route wherein the particular extra route is one of the one or more extra routes.