Patent ID: 11892316
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 3:
4. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a computer program for map information assessment which is capable of executing associative processing between information for multiple road links representing a vehicle navigation route that has been generated on a navigation map based on a current location and destination location of a vehicle, and information for multiple road zones representing roads represented in a location-estimating map used for estimating a location of the vehicle, wherein the computer program for map information assessment causes a processor to execute a process, the process comprising:
detecting an end road zone located furthest on the destination location side among the multiple road zones on the navigation route;
determining whether or not the end road zone is connected with another road zone on the destination location side;
detecting an end road link on the navigation route that is associated with the end road zone when the end road zone is connected with another road zone on the destination location side;
determining whether or not the end road link is connected with another road link representing the navigation route that is not associated with the road zone on the destination location side;
attaching a predetermined attribute to the end road zone when the end road link is connected with another road link representing the navigation route; and
giving the driver a notification, using a liquid crystal display or a touch panel, information indicating that the vehicle has approached within a predetermined distance of the end road zone having the attached predetermined attribute, when the vehicle has approached within the predetermined distance to the end road zone,
wherein the notification includes indicating that operation of the vehicle by automatic control will end and operation of the vehicle will be changed from automatic control to manual control.