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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Yu Nagata, Chofu, JP;
Keiichi Uno, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An operation support device operates a vehicle by autonomous driving. The operation support device includes a control unit that acquires appearance data indicating an appearance history of emergency vehicles for each of a plurality of links forming a route through which the vehicle is expected to pass, predicts, for each of the links, the number of appearances of emergency vehicles while the vehicle is traveling, based on the acquired appearance data, and adjusts an operation plan of the vehicle according to the predicted number of appearances for each of the links.