Abstract: The present embodiment provides a compound represented by the formula (1): Q-CHR2??(1) (Q is a nitrogen-containing aliphatic group containing two or more tertiary nitrogens but no oxygen, and R is an aliphatic group containing a biodegradable group). From the compound in combination with other lipids such as a lipid capable of reducing aggregation, lipid particles can be formed. Further, the compound can be used for a pharmaceutical composition to deliver an activator into cells.

Abstract: A maintenance time acquisition unit acquires a periodic inspection and maintenance time determined in advance for each of a plurality of electric vehicles, a battery remaining life prediction unit predicts a remaining life of each of storage batteries from a state of the storage battery of each of the plurality of electric vehicles, and an operation plan creation unit creates an operation plan of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the periodic inspection and maintenance time of each of the plurality of electric vehicles and the remaining life of the storage battery of each of the plurality of electric vehicles.

Abstract: A server receives, from a certain house having power outage among a plurality of houses, supply request information about a request for an electric power supply to the certain house, retrieves, with reference to a database associating the houses with a plurality of electric vehicles configured to supply electric power respectively to the houses, a candidate electric vehicle that enables the electric power supply to the certain house among the electric vehicles associated with other houses different from the certain house, transmits, to a terminal associated with the retrieved candidate electric vehicle, cooperation request information about a request for the electric power supply from the candidate electric vehicle to the certain house, and transmits, when receiving from the terminal reply information indicating acceptance of the electric power supply to the certain house, location information about a location of the certain house to the terminal.

Abstract: A device includes a processor and memory storing a computer program that causes the processor to perform operations including (A) acquiring an address indicating a delivery destination of a package, and first attribute information indicating an attribute of a stopping position where an autonomous vehicle delivering the package stops at the delivery destination, (B) determining a side from which the package is to be unloaded at the delivery destination, out of a plurality of sides of the autonomous vehicle, based on the address and the first attribute information, and (C) outputting management information in which identification information for identifying the package is associated with the determined side.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information representing a state of a battery mounted on an electric device driven by the battery; an association information acquisition unit that acquires association information representing an association between the state of the battery and a deterioration rate of the battery; a deterioration information deriving unit that derives deterioration information related to the deterioration rate of the battery, based on the state information and the association information; and an output unit that outputs the deterioration information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented information processing method includes: obtaining a plan including at least locations to which moving object is expected to travel and stay at; setting, on the basis of the locations included in the plan, a candidate charging location at which the battery of the moving object is chargeable; obtaining the reservation status of a charging station associated with the candidate charging location; and arranging reservation details according to the reservation status of the charging station.

Abstract: When a management device receives battery exchange demand information from a first vehicle, the management device specifies at least one exchange partner candidate which is a vehicle providing a battery exchange with the first vehicle, transmits battery exchange request information to the exchange partner candidate, specifies, when receiving a battery exchange acceptance signal from a second vehicle, a battery exchange place based on location information about each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, creates exchange instruction information including position information about the battery exchange place, and transmits the exchange instruction information to the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

Abstract: A use management device includes: a traveling information acquisition part which acquires subsequent prospective traveling information about an electrically driven cart; a remaining amount information acquisition part which acquires remaining amount information about a battery; a determination section which determines, based on the prospective traveling information and the remaining amount information, whether charging of the battery is necessary; and a control section which executes a permission control of permitting a traveling motor to drive when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is unnecessary, and executes a forbidding control of forbidding the traveling motor from driving when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is necessary.

Abstract: An information processing device in a first vehicle: detects a head-on approach of a second vehicle relative to the first vehicle; determines whether a meeting point is in a first section; calculates a first distance between the first section and the meeting point; when the meeting point is not in the first section, transmits the first distance to the second vehicle, and receives, from the second vehicle, a second distance between the meeting point and a second section; generates travel control information for the first vehicle according to the result of comparison between the first distance and the second distance; and outputs the travel control information to a travel controller of the first vehicle.

Abstract: A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons; and when it is determined that one device icon of the one or more device icons is a second type, the one device icon is displayed in a same room as a room in which the device icon of a first type is displayed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented information processing method includes: obtaining a plan including at least locations to which moving object is expected to travel and stay at; setting, on the basis of the locations included in the plan, a candidate charging location at which the battery of the moving object is chargeable; obtaining the reservation status of a charging station associated with the candidate charging location; and arranging reservation details according to the reservation status of the charging station.

Abstract: A system includes a controller and base stations each including first and second transmitters and a detector. The controller, when a first base station is not connected with any mobile body, causes the first transmitter of the first base station to transmit a first signal and the second transmitter of the first base station to transmit a second signal, thereby guiding a mobile body around the first base station toward the first base station. The controller, when the first base station is connected with a mobile body and a second base station closest to the first base station is not connected with any mobile body, causes the first transmitter of the first base station to transmit the second signal and/or the second transmitter of the first base station to transmit the first signal, thereby guiding the mobile body around the first base station toward the second base station.

Abstract: A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, the operation icon causing an operation screen for an electric curtain device to be displayed; display the operation screen for the electric curtain device when selection of the operation icon is sensed, the operation screen including a curtain image representing a curtain of the electric curtain device; and when a pinch-out operation is sensed on the operation screen, output to a network a first open control command for opening the curtain of the electric curtain device.

Abstract: An information processing method includes, when information indicating absence of a consignee at a delivery address of a package being delivered is obtained, information related to candidates for a receiving agent who acts to receive the package is obtained, information indicating a position of the package and information indicating the delivery address of the package are obtained, a redelivery cost required for redelivery of the package to the delivery address is calculated based on a positional relationship between the position of the package and the delivery address, a receiving agent delivery cost required for a delivery of the package to the delivery address via each candidate is calculated based on information related to the candidate, the candidate with the receiving agent delivery cost less than the redelivery cost is selected as the receiving agent, and a request for acting to receive the package is notified to the receiving agent.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display, a display screen representing at least a floor plan including one or more rooms; and when it is sensed that movement of a device icon that is movable within a region corresponding to a predetermined room associated with a type of the device icon, judge whether or not the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, and in the case where it is judged that the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, return the device icon to the region corresponding to the predetermined room.

Abstract: An unmanned flying object that flies in the air includes a capturer, including at least one of a net, a sucking device, a stick, a rope or a spear, that captures an object other than the unmanned flying object in the air, a sensor that detects that the capturer has captured the object, and a processor that performs operations including: receiving an operation signal via wireless communication; performing a manual flight control that controls the unmanned flying object on the basis of the operation signal; switching from the manual flight control to an autonomous flight control that controls the unmanned flying object to not be dependent on the operation signal received via the wireless communication, when the sensor detects the capture of the object while the manual flight control is being performed.

Abstract: A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons; and when it is determined that one device icon of the one or more device icons is a second type, the one device icon is displayed in a same room as a room in which the device icon of a first type is displayed.

Abstract: A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a touch panel display, a display screen representing a floor plan; display device icons on the display screen, the device icons representing one or more target devices respectively, the device icons including an icon representing an electric shutter device that is capable of opening or closing a shutter; display an operation screen on the display screen, when selection of the icon representing the electric shutter device is sensed, the operation screen including a shutter image representing the shutter; and output a movement control command to a network when a swipe operation is sensed on the shutter image, the movement control command being for moving the shutter of the electric shutter device in a swipe direction of the swipe operation, the electric shutter device corresponding to the selected icon.

Abstract: An information processing method includes the following processing performed by using a computer. The first order representing an order for a first dish is received from a terminal operated by a first user. A second dish capable of being prepared in parallel with the first dish is determined. Information to encourage ordering the second dish is created. A location associated with the first user is obtained. A second user associated with a location within a predetermined distance from the location associated with the first user is identified. The information is sent to a terminal operated by the second user.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; and using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display a device icon having a room that corresponds to a type of a device icon among the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to the device icon and display a device icon not having a room that corresponds to the type of the device icon among the one or more device icons in a prescribed region on the display screen.