Patent ID: 6591172
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
An automatic vehicle guidance system for guiding a vehicle which travels in an automatic traveling manner without being operated by a driver in an automatic traveling section which is an automatic traveling path, said automatic vehicle guidance system comprising:a control device for managing said automatic traveling section, and controlling the vehicle traveling in said automatic traveling section; an acquisition device for obtaining present position data indicating the present position of the vehicle, and destination data indicating a destination to be reached by the vehicle; a route search device for making a search for a travel route to the destination on the basis of the present position data and the destination data relating to the vehicle; and a registration device for registering said automatic traveling path which is included in the travel route if at least part of said automatic traveling section is included in the travel route as a result of the route search, wherein said control device controls automatic traveling of the vehicle along the registered automatic traveling path to perform automatic guidance of the vehicle.