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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a travel route generation apparatus and a travel route generation method which can generate a travel route for changing lanes with good accuracy using the newest lane marking information obtained during lane change. A travel route generation apparatus and a travel route generation method, during lane change of the own vehicle, determines whether or not the lane marking information of each lane marking is effective lane marking information which can be used for generation of a lane change travel route which is a travel route for changing lanes; selects a reference lane marking from the lane marking on the left side and the lane marking on the right side of an own lane, based on an effectiveness determination result; and generates a lane change travel route, based on the lane marking information of the reference lane marking.