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Server and information providing device

  • US 10,692,369 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2017
  • Issued: 06/23/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A server comprising:

  • a processor programmed to;

    obtain, from each of a plurality of vehicles by communication, a support aspect of driving support executed by a driving support device of the vehicle on each of a plurality of road links, wherein the support aspect is determined as a driving automation support level for automation among three or more driving automation support levels that each represent a different degree of the driving support;

    prioritize determining a greater automation support route passing through the road links on which the driving support is executable at a second driving support level having a greater degree of automation support than a first driving support level, over determining a lesser automation support route passing through the road links on which the driving support is executable at the first driving support level;

    identify the support aspect of the driving support that has been activated most frequently on each of the road links, based on the obtained support aspects from each of the vehicles;

    generate road link information based on the greater automation support route in which the identified support aspect is associated with data of the road link for each of the road links;

    provide the generated road link information to an information service destination; and

    cause a vehicle or an information providing terminal provided in the vehicle, as the information service destination having received the road link information, to display the road link information so as to identify which one of the support aspects of the driving automation support levels is executable on which one of the road links.

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