Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle. The controller is configured to receive, from a terminal apparatus of a user, boarding application information including a desired condition of the user, determine an operation schedule for the vehicle so as to enable the user to board the vehicle in accordance with the desired condition, when an operation demand for the vehicle occurs, change the operation schedule based on the operation demand, and when the user is unable to board the vehicle as per the desired condition due to the change in the operation schedule made based on the operation demand, transmit, to the terminal apparatus of the user, information regarding an incentive to be granted to the user.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle for boarding a user. The controller is configured to grant an incentive to the user based on an event that has occurred in the vehicle while the user is on board.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle. The controller is configured to: cause the vehicle to provide a first service for transporting a user between at least two points during a first time period; and cause the vehicle to provide a second service for enabling the user to stay at a predetermined point or in a predetermined area during a second time period.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives, from a first terminal apparatus of a first user who entrusts management of a vehicle ridden into a predetermined area, entrustment request information including information that specifies the predetermined area. The controller determines a second user to assume management of the vehicle based on the entrustment request information and outputs information to a second terminal apparatus of the second user.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle is provided, the device including personal information acquisition section, environment information acquisition section, information conversion section and display section. The personal information acquisition section acquires personal information about a driver of the vehicle from an identification tag in which the personal information of the driver is recorded. The environment information acquisition section acquires environment information about a vicinity of the vehicle. The information conversion section converts the environment information in accordance with the personal information of the driver. The display section displays the converted information to the interior of a passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A server includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface is configured to receive request information including first location information and purpose information, the first location information indicating a location of a user, and the purpose information indicating a travel purpose of the user. The controller is configured to search operation schedule information indicating respective operation routes of a plurality of vehicles and times at which each vehicle is scheduled to pass through a plurality of places on a corresponding operation route, and facility information including second location information and attribute information, the second location information indicating respective locations of a plurality of facilities, and the attribute information indicating respective attributes of the plurality of facilities.

Abstract: A server includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an information terminal in the possession of a user; and a controller configured to manage operation schedule information for one or more vehicles. The communication interface is configured to receive boarding request information from the information terminal in the possession of the user. The boarding request information includes a desired boarding location, a desired alighting location, and a desired boarding time and/or a desired alighting time of the user. The controller is configured to determine, for a vehicle that can be used by the user, a potential boarding location and a potential alighting location, and a potential boarding time and a potential alighting time, based on the operation schedule information, the boarding request information, and road condition information indicating a condition of a road in the vicinity of the desired boarding location and the desired alighting location.

Abstract: A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.

Abstract: An information provision system includes a vehicle including a first processor having a hardware, and a server device that includes a second processor having a hardware, and is operable to communicate with the vehicle for transmission of information via communication lines. The second processor obtains position information of the vehicle via the communication lines, and sends driving characteristic information of vehicles in a region that lies within a range of a first predetermined distance from a position of the vehicle, to the vehicle, via the communication lines, based on the obtained position information. The first processor presents the driving characteristic information transmitted from the server device, to a driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a container capable of housing a mobile object to be used by a user. The vehicle is configured to, in accordance with use request information for the mobile object from the user, move to at least one of a location at which the user is to rent the mobile object and a location at which the user is to return the mobile object.

Abstract: An automatic driving control system includes: an automatic driving vehicle; and a server device connected to the automatic driving vehicle via a telecommunication line. Further, the server device includes a database storing information about vehicle driving characteristics of each of areas, and a control unit that, in a case where it is determined, based on position information of the automatic driving vehicle acquired via the telecommunication line, that the automatic driving vehicle is located within an area stored in the database, controls an operation of the automatic driving vehicle, based on the information about the vehicle driving characteristics of the area stored in the database.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: determine a type of a detection object approaching the vehicle; determine whether or not the detection object enters a predetermined range around the vehicle; and control an output of a sound corresponding to the type of the detection object when the detection object enters the predetermined range.

Abstract: A vehicle allocation system includes: an automatic driving vehicle; a mobile terminal configured to transmit a vehicle allocation request signal containing at least information on a vehicle allocation place of the automatic driving vehicle; and a server configured to allocate the automatic driving vehicle at the vehicle allocation place in response to reception of the vehicle allocation request signal, give a notification to the mobile terminal in response to arrival of the automatic driving vehicle from the vehicle allocation place within a predetermined distance range, and permit usage of the automatic driving vehicle when a user of the mobile terminal is authenticated based on authentication information transmitted from the mobile terminal in response to the notification.

Abstract: A sensor element includes an element main body having an oxygen ion-conducting solid electrolyte body, a detection electrode which is disposed on an outer surface of the element main body and contains Pt and Au, a reference electrode which is disposed in the element main body, a connecting terminal for detection electrode which is disposed on the outside of the element main body, a lead portion for detection electrode which contains Pt, is disposed on the outside of the element main body, and electrically connects between the detection electrode and the connecting terminal for detection electrode, a lower insulating layer which is disposed between the lead portion for detection electrode and the element main body and insulates the two from each other, and an upper insulating layer which covers a surface of the lead portion for detection electrode and has a porosity of 10% or less.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided including an activation section, a shielding section, and a display section. An occupant uses the activation section to activate a make-up mode to assist the occupant in doing their make-up. The shielding section makes opaque at least one of a windshield glass, a side window glass, or a rear glass in a state in which the make-up mode has been activated. The display section is configured to display a mirror image of an entire face of the occupant in front of the occupant in a state in which the make-up mode has been activated, the mirror image being in an upright state relative to the occupant.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a compartment equipped with a locker configured to be usable by a user and a communication apparatus communicably connected with a terminal apparatus possessed by the user and configured to acquire point-of-use information from the terminal apparatus, the point-of-use information concerning a point at which the user uses the locker, wherein the vehicle moves based on the point-of-use information.

Abstract: An onboard device is provided in a vehicle and includes: a communication unit configured to perform short-range radio communication with a mobile terminal; and a pairing permitting unit configured to permit pairing between the onboard device and the mobile terminal by causing the mobile terminal to receive data including an identifier for uniquely identifying the onboard device when the mobile terminal in which the same identifier as the identifier is set comes within a predetermined distance from the onboard device.

Abstract: A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires images captured by a plurality of vehicles each including a camera that images a periphery of the vehicle while the vehicle is parked by wireless communication. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute acquiring information on a status of each of the vehicles, selecting an imaging vehicle serving as a vehicle that performs imaging among the vehicles based on the information, generating a command to perform imaging, for the imaging vehicle, and transmitting the command to perform imaging to the imaging vehicle.