VEHICLE PATH GENERATION DEVICE, VEHICLE PATH GENERATION METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

There are included an own vehicle position sensor which detects the position of an own vehicle; a reference path acquisition unit which acquires a reference path on which the own vehicle travels; a reference path determination unit which determines whether or not the own vehicle is traveling on the reference path; a temporary vehicle path calculation unit which, when it is determined by the reference path determination unit that the own vehicle is not traveling on the reference path, calculates a temporary vehicle path from at least two points, a travel start point of the own vehicle and an end point of the reference path; and a vehicle path setting unit which sets either the temporary vehicle path calculated by the temporary vehicle path calculation unit or the reference path on which it is determined by the reference path determination unit that the own vehicle is traveling as the vehicle path of the own vehicle.