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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Shusuke Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Chikara Okazaki, Gotemba, JP;
Kohta Watatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Nisshin, JP;
Shinya Murase, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Tatsumoto, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3685 (2013.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3647 (2013.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/182 (2022.01);
Abstract
An output device, including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: acquire an objective that a user wishes to achieve after boarding a vehicle; and output a candidate site having a shortest total time among candidate sites that would enable the objective to be achieved, the total time including a predicted required time from a current location of the user and a predicted waiting time at a parking lot associated with the candidate site.