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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2023
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ilse Breedvelt, Manotick, CA;

Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Campbell, CA (US);

Jana H Jenkins, Raliegh, NC (US);

John A. Lyons, Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to vehicle route guidance management. A first navigation route of a first vehicle can be received. A second navigation route of a second vehicle can be received. The first navigation route can be compared to the second navigation route to determine a currently overlapping section between the first navigation route and the second navigation route. Guidance data guiding a user of the first vehicle to follow the second vehicle can be displayed on a display of the first vehicle and/or instructions can be provided to the first vehicle to automatically follow the second vehicle during the overlapping section between the first navigation route and second navigation route.


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