VEHICLE OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD

A vehicle operation device is used in an autonomous vehicle C autonomously controlled to drive along a determined driving route, and includes: a destination setting unit 21 configured to set a destination D to a wide area for determining the driving route; a route setting unit 22 configured to allot a provisional destination E on the boundary of the area of the destination according to route search conditions including a current position and the destination D, so as to determines the driving route F passing through the provisional destination E; and a presenting unit 12 configured to provide a user with a task indicated by an item operated by the user while the autonomous vehicle C is moving along the driving route toward the provisional destination E, so that the task is executed in the area of the destination D after reaching the provisional destination E.