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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Sakaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract
An autonomous driving deviceis configured to set a target route to merge into a first main line Lfrom a branch line Lbased on waypoints P set in a lane. If it is determined by the merge determination unitthat the merge is not easy, the target route setting unitis configured to select the waypoint P on the branch line Lset at the position on an end edge E side of the branch line Las the end edge waypoint Pa closest to the end edge E side on the branch line Lto be selected for setting the target route, compared to a case where it is determined that the merge is easy.