Abstract: A system includes a camera configured to capture image data of an environment, a monitoring system configured to generate a gaze sequences of a subject, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the camera and the monitoring system. The computing device is configured to receive the image data from the camera and the gaze sequences from the monitoring system, implement a machine learning model comprising a convolutional encoder-decoder neural network configured to process the image data and a side-channel configured to inject the gaze sequences into a decoder stage of the convolutional encoder-decoder neural network, generate, with the machine learning model, a gaze probability density heat map, and generate, with the machine learning model, an attended awareness heat map.

Abstract: A ride-sharing assistance system includes a plurality of terminals and a ride-sharing assistance apparatus capable of communicating with each of the plurality of terminals. The ride-sharing assistance apparatus sends, when the number of inquiry signals received from at least two terminals of the plurality of terminals for requesting inquiry about a parking space available at a same destination is greater than a vacancy reference value in accordance with the number of available parking spaces within a certain range from the destination, a suggestion signal for suggesting ride-sharing on a vehicle owned by any one of users of the at least two terminals, from which the inquiry signal has been sent, to each of the at least two terminals from which the inquiry signal has been sent.

Abstract: A system includes a camera configured to capture image data of an environment, a monitoring system configured to generate a gaze sequences of a subject, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the camera and the monitoring system. The computing device is configured to receive the image data from the camera and the gaze sequences from the monitoring system, implement a machine learning model comprising a convolutional encoder-decoder neural network configured to process the image data and a side-channel configured to inject the gaze sequences into a decoder stage of the convolutional encoder-decoder neural network, generate, with the machine learning model, a gaze probability density heat map, and generate, with the machine learning model, an attended awareness heat map.

Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus includes: a communication unit communicating with a vehicle with lodging capability; a vehicle management control unit creating a travel plan based on information transmitted from a user terminal operated by a user, and managing travel of the vehicle; and an emergency vehicle management unit managing so that an emergency vehicle is deployed at a position so as to arrive at a route, on which the vehicle moves according to the travel plan, within a predetermined arrival time.

Abstract: A first terminal in a first vehicle included in a vehicle exterior information sharing system sends, when it is detected that a second vehicle is going to park around the first vehicle while the first vehicle is parked, vehicle exterior information on an object around the first vehicle, which is acquired by a sensor device installed on the first vehicle, and a second terminal in the second vehicle receives the vehicle exterior information sent by the first terminal and presents the received vehicle exterior information to a driver of the second vehicle.

Abstract: An accommodation vehicle management apparatus is disclosed which is configured to manage an accommodation vehicle including a reclinable seat in which a passenger sits, the reclinable seat being usable as bedding on which the passenger lies, and the accommodation vehicle being movable. The accommodation vehicle management apparatus includes a first hardware processor configured to restrict a reclining angle of the reclinable seat to less than a predetermined angle set as a reclining angle at the time of the reclinable seat being used as the bedding, at least while the accommodation vehicle is moving.

Abstract: A vehicle operation management apparatus includes an operation management controller receiving information including embarking and disembarking position information; selecting an overnight stay parking lot; creating the operation plan including a plan of using at least one of electric power and fuel in accordance with a facility of the overnight stay parking lot; selecting the overnight vehicle; calculating a price corresponding to the operation plan; and transmitting information of the selected overnight vehicle and the determined price to the user terminal. Further, the overnight vehicle includes a rechargeable battery, and in a case where there is no facility capable of charging the battery and no: facility capable of performing fuel supply to the overnight vehicle in the overnight stay parking lot selected in the operation plan, travel, control in the operation plan is set to travel control of suppressing consumption of electric power from the battery in the overnight vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus includes: a communication unit communicating with a vehicle with lodging capability; a vehicle management control unit creating a travel plan based on information transmitted from a use terminal operated by a user, and managing travel of the vehicle; and an emergency vehicle management unit managing so that an emergency vehicle is deployed at a position so as to arrive at a route, on which the vehicle moves according to the travel plan, within a predetermined arrival time.

Abstract: An accommodation vehicle management apparatus includes a transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with an accommodation vehicle where one or more guests may stay overnight; a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether an actual number of guests in the accommodation vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined number of guests who are allowed to utilize the accommodation vehicle by using bedding, and output an allowance signal indicating allowance of usage of the bedding to the accommodation vehicle through the transmitter/receiver when it is determined that the actual number of guests in the accommodation vehicle is less than or equal to the redetermined number of guests.

Abstract: A ride-sharing assistance system includes a plurality of terminals and a ride-sharing assistance apparatus capable of communicating with each of the plurality of terminals. The ride-sharing assistance apparatus sends, when the number of inquiry signals received from at least two terminals of the plurality of terminals for requesting inquiry about a parking space available at a same destination is greater than a vacancy reference value in accordance with the number of available parking spaces within a certain range from the destination, a suggestion signal for suggesting ride-sharing on a vehicle owned by any one of users of the at least two terminals, from which the inquiry signal has been sent, to each of the at least two terminals from which the inquiry signal has been sent.

Abstract: A first terminal in a first vehicle included in a vehicle exterior information sharing system sends, when it is detected that a second vehicle is going to park around the first vehicle while the first vehicle is parked, vehicle exterior information on an object around the first vehicle, which is acquired by a sensor device installed on the first vehicle, and a second terminal in the second vehicle receives the vehicle exterior information sent by the first terminal and presents the received vehicle exterior information to a driver of the second vehicle.

Abstract: A ride-sharing assistance apparatus includes a communication circuit capable of communicating with a plurality of terminals and a processor configured to calculate, upon receiving a ride-sharing request signal indicating a request for ride-sharing on a vehicle from at least two terminals of the plurality of terminals via the communication circuit, an evaluation score, for each combination of users of the at least two terminals, that represents compatibility between users included in the combination on the basis of information about a vehicle owned by each of the users of the at least two terminals, determine a combination of users having the highest evaluation score as the combination of users who will share a ride on a vehicle, and send a suggestion signal for suggesting ride-sharing on a vehicle to terminals of the users included in the determined combination of the at least two terminals via the communication circuit.

Abstract: A vehicle remote operation system includes a controller correcting a map, which indicates a relationship between an operation amount of a reference vehicle and an operation amount of a vehicle to be operated, based on vehicle characteristic data of the vehicle to be operated, characteristic of the operation device being determined based on characteristic of an operation device of the reference vehicle, correcting an operation amount, which is indicated by the operation signal, in accordance with a characteristic of the vehicle to be operated by using the corrected map, and outputting a control signal indicating the corrected operation amount to the vehicle to be operated so that the vehicle to be operated can be operated in accordance with the corrected operation amount.

Abstract: A vehicle remote operation system includes a controller correcting a map, which indicates a relationship between an operation amount of a reference vehicle and an operation amount of a vehicle to be operated, based on vehicle characteristic data of the vehicle to be operated, characteristic of the operation device being determined based on characteristic of an operation device of the reference vehicle, correcting an operation amount, which is indicated by the operation signal, in accordance with a characteristic of the vehicle to be operated by using the corrected map, and outputting a control signal indicating the corrected operation amount to the vehicle to be operated so that the vehicle to be operated can be operated in accordance with the corrected operation amount.

Abstract: A vehicle operation management apparatus includes an operation management controller receiving information including embarking and disembarking position information; selecting an overnight stay parking lot; creating the operation plan including a plan of using at least one of electric power and fuel in accordance with a facility of the overnight stay parking lot; selecting the overnight vehicle; calculating a price corresponding to the operation plan; and transmitting information of the selected overnight vehicle and the determined price to the user terminal. Further, the overnight vehicle includes a rechargeable battery, and in a case where there is no facility capable of charging the battery and no: facility capable of performing fuel supply to the overnight vehicle in the overnight stay parking lot selected in the operation plan, travel, control in the operation plan is set to travel control of suppressing consumption of electric power from the battery in the overnight vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle remote operation system includes a controller correcting a map, which indicates a relationship between an operation amount of a reference vehicle and an operation amount of a vehicle to be operated, based on vehicle characteristic data of the vehicle to be operated, characteristic of the operation device being determined based on characteristic of an operation device of the reference vehicle, correcting an operation amount, which is indicated by the operation signal, in accordance with a characteristic of the vehicle to be operated by using the corrected map, and outputting a control signal indicating the corrected operation amount to the vehicle to be operated so that the vehicle to be operated can be operated in accordance with the corrected operation amount.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: execute first automatic stop control for automatically stopping an engine when a first condition is established during traveling of the vehicle; execute second stop control for automatically stopping the engine when a second condition is established during stop of the vehicle; predict a vehicle stop duration; calculate a required cold and heat storage amount of an evaporator; calculate a reaching time until a cold and heat storage amount of the evaporator reaches the required cold and heat storage amount; predict a time needed for vehicle stop; and when the first condition is established during traveling of the vehicle, in a case where the calculated reaching time is equal to or longer than the predicted time needed for vehicle stop, automatically stop the internal combustion engine during traveling of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: execute first automatic stop control for automatically stopping an engine when a first condition is established during traveling of the vehicle; execute second stop control for automatically stopping the engine when a second condition is established during stop of the vehicle; predict a vehicle stop duration; calculate a required cold and heat storage amount of an evaporator; calculate a reaching time until a cold and heat storage amount of the evaporator reaches the required cold and heat storage amount; predict a time needed for vehicle stop; and when the first condition is established during traveling of the vehicle, in a case where the calculated reaching time is equal to or longer than the predicted time needed for vehicle stop, automatically stop the internal combustion engine during traveling of the vehicle.