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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Toshihiro Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Teramae, Kawasaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for identifying a road being traveled includes one or more processors configured to: compare a latest predetermined section of a trajectory of a vehicle with a first map representing roads to detect a section closest to a current position of the vehicle included in a road that matches the trajectory the best of the roads represented in the first map as a candidate for a road being traveled by the vehicle, compare a sensor signal representing environment around the vehicle with a second map representing individual lanes on roads to detect a lane being traveled by the vehicle, identify the candidate for the road as the road being traveled by the vehicle when the detected lane is included in the candidate, and identify a road including the detected lane as the road being traveled by the vehicle when the detected lane is not included in the candidate.