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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Chikamori, Saitama, JP;
Kazumasa Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Konishi, Saitama, JP;
Takuji Harayama, Saitama, JP;
Tomoaki Masakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Aso, Saitama, JP;
Ryo Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Zhaoqi Wang, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle system includes: a controller configured to communicate with a map server; and a vehicle position acquiring device configured to acquire own vehicle position information. The controller includes: a vehicle position determining unit configured to determine a lane in which an own vehicle is traveling based on the own vehicle position information; and a recommended lane determining unit configured to determine a recommended lane. The recommended lane determining unit is configured to set a priority of each lane based on map information, determine the lane having a highest priority as the recommended lane, calculate a congestion degree of each lane based on traffic state information and/or a statistic, and adjust a switching point of the recommended lane according to the congestion degree of the lane to be switched to the recommended lane.