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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract
A travel planner identifies, for a connection point where a travel lane in which a vehicle is traveling connects ahead of the vehicle with another lane different from the travel lane, an entry time range representing a time range during which entry of the vehicle from the travel lane to the connection point is recommended, and creates a travel plan including a transition of travel speed of the vehicle from a current position of the vehicle to the connection point so as to arrive at the connection point within the entry time range.