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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu, JP;
Masamichi Ohsugi, Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous driving route along which autonomous driving control of a vehicle is executed is set. In the setting of the autonomous driving route, at least two candidates of a route from a current location to a destination of the vehicle are set. Next, for each of the at least two candidates, a fluctuation amount of log data that fluctuates in a memory device during a travel of the vehicle along the candidate of the route. Next, a future value of a free space in the memory device at which the vehicle arrives at a destination of the candidate of the route for each of the at least two candidates based on the fluctuation amount of the log data. Then, one candidate of the route from the at least two candidates of which the future value of the free space is the maximum is selected as the autonomous driving route.