TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, TRAVEL SUPPORT METHOD, AND DRIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM

摘要

A travel support device includes a planner, an information generator, and a traffic information obtaining unit. To each of a plurality of sections into which a travel route from the current location to the destination is divided, the planner is adapted to assign, based on a road load associated with each section, a travel mode among a first mode, in which a remaining energy charge of the battery of the vehicle is not maintained, and a second mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery is maintained. When traffic congestion information is acquired by the traffic information obtaining unit, the information generator is adapted to set a traffic congestion road load, which is a fixed road load, for a section in which the traffic congestion is occurring.

主权项

1. A travel support device for supporting a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a motor as drive sources to move from a current location to a destination, the travel support device comprising:
a planner adapted to plan vehicle travel modes to be respectively assigned to each of a plurality of sections into which a travel route from the current location to the destination is divided; an information generator adapted to generate information related to a road load associated with each of the plurality of sections; and a traffic information obtaining unit adapted to acquire traffic congestion information of the respective sections in the travel route, wherein to each of the plurality of sections, the planner is adapted to assign, based on a road load associated with the respective sections, a travel mode among a first mode, in which a remaining energy charge of a battery of the vehicle is not maintained, and a second mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery is maintained, and when traffic congestion information is acquired by the traffic information obtaining unit, the information generator is adapted to set, for a section in which the traffic congestion is occurring, a traffic congestion road load, which is a fixed road load that is lower than a road load during normal traveling.