Route creation device, vehicle, and method for route generation

Abstract

A route generator estimates a possibility of incorrect travel in which a vehicle proceeds in a direction different from a direction set as a travel route among multiple directions at more than one of branch points included in the travel route from a current position to a destination. The route generator estimates a loss based on at least one of time, money, and comfort when traveling each of a plurality of candidate routes from the current position to the destination if the possibility of incorrect travel at more than one of the branch points is estimated to be higher than a predetermined incorrect travel threshold. The route generator selects a route with minimum estimated loss among the plurality of candidate routes as an optimal candidate route.

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