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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2024
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Motoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Mikuni, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a navigator, an area information extractor that extracts data on a communication difficulty area, a battery residual capacity monitor that monitors a traveling battery residual capacity, a traveling mode selector that receives a selected traveling mode, a travel information manager that determines a communication state in a traveling direction of the vehicle based on the data received from the area information extractor, and calculates a possible traveling distance of the vehicle based on the selected traveling mode and the traveling battery residual capacity, and a notifier that notifies the occupant of travel information on the vehicle. When determining that the vehicle is to travel in the communication difficulty area, the travel information manager proposes a switch to a traveling mode in which the vehicle is able to pass through the communication difficulty area to the occupant via the notifier.