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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuya Okada, Arakawa-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Abe, Kasukabe, JP;
Naoya Kaneko, Toyota, JP;
Toru Furusawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Sakai, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Koji Takeoka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); G01C 21/3807 (2020.08); G01C 21/3841 (2020.08);
Abstract
A control unit configured to perform obtaining a quality map regarding the quality of wireless communication for each planned travel route and area of the first vehicle, and transmitting an alternative route that does not pass through the first area to the first vehicle in response to the planned travel route passing through the first area whose quality of wireless communication is lower than a predetermined quality.