Abstract: An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running.

Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle provides a driverless transportation service for a user. An alarming phenomenon is a natural phenomenon that potentially causes a disaster. The autonomous driving vehicle recognizes, based on driving environment information, the alarming phenomenon at a current location of the autonomous driving vehicle or on a planned travel route from the current location to a destination. When recognizing the alarming phenomenon, the autonomous driving vehicle determines whether to continue or halt vehicle travel control in accordance with a current travel plan. When determining to halt the vehicle travel control in accordance with the current travel plan, the autonomous driving vehicle sets an emergency plan depending on a type of the alarming phenomenon and controls the autonomous driving vehicle in accordance with the emergency plan.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile vehicle comprises the steps of selecting a control mode for autonomous driving of the mobile vehicle and transmitting information on the selected control mode to the mobile vehicle. The control mode includes a first mode and a second mode of which a restriction on a driving safety is stricter than that of the first mode. The step of selecting the control mode comprises the steps of determining whether a remote support for the mobile vehicle is required, and selecting the first mode as the control mode when it is determined that the remote support is not required whereas selecting the second mode as the control mode when it is determined that the remote support is required.

Abstract: An autonomous driving vehicle provides a driverless transportation service for a user. An alarming phenomenon is a natural phenomenon that potentially causes a disaster. The autonomous driving vehicle recognizes, based on driving environment information, the alarming phenomenon at a current location of the autonomous driving vehicle or on a planned travel route from the current location to a destination. When recognizing the alarming phenomenon, the autonomous driving vehicle determines whether to continue or halt vehicle travel control in accordance with a current travel plan. When determining to halt the vehicle travel control in accordance with the current travel plan, the autonomous driving vehicle sets an emergency plan depending on a type of the alarming phenomenon and controls the autonomous driving vehicle in accordance with the emergency plan.

Abstract: An operator management system for managing allocation of a plurality of remote assistance operators to a plurality of vehicles transmitting a remote assistance request is proposed. The operator management system is configured to execute setting an allocation priority corresponding to contents of the remote assistance request for each of the plurality of vehicles, and reassigning a remote assistance operator assigned to a second vehicle to a first vehicle when the number of the plurality of vehicles is larger than the number of the plurality of remote assistance operators and when the allocation priority of the first vehicle is higher than the allocation priority of the second vehicle, the first vehicle being one of the plurality of vehicles to which any remote assistance operator is not assigned, the second vehicle being one of the plurality of vehicles to which one of the plurality of remote assistance operators is assigned.

Abstract: An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit substrate includes forming, in an insulating substrate and circuit patterns that are provided on a first surface and a second surface of the insulating substrate, a through-hole penetrating the insulating substrate and the circuit patterns, where the circuit patterns contain Cu as a main component. The method includes filling, in the through-hole, an electrically conductive paste that is a melting-point shift electrically conductive paste including Sn—Bi solder powder, Cu powder, and resin, and forming a protrusion obtained by causing the electrically conductive paste to protrude from the through-hole. The method further includes performing pressure treatment on the protrusion near the through-hole; and performing heat treatment on the insulating substrate whose protrusion is subjected to the pressure treatment and causing the circuit patterns and the electrically conductive paste to be electrically connected with each other.

Abstract: A method to perform remote operation of a mobile vehicle is provided. In this method, data of two types of camera images whose imaging ranges partially overlap each other and data of operation content in the remote operation are acquired. Further, based on the data of the operation content, the position in the vertical direction at which the two types of the camera images are combined is set. Further, at least one of the two types of the camera images is moved in the vertical direction such that the two types of the camera images are combined at the set position in the vertical direction, and the two types of the camera images are combined. Then, a composite image of the two types of the camera images is output from a display of a remote operation device.

Abstract: The transportation vehicle determines whether the calculated distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance (step S14). If the determination result of step S14 is positive, the transportation vehicle searches for the closest stoppable location to the current location (step S15). The transportation vehicle also performs the pause task at the closest stoppable location. The transportation vehicle performs visualization processing of the surrounding circumstances of the drop-off location, and displays the processed image on touch-screen. The user specifies the detailed drop-off location while looking at the touch-screen (step S16).

Abstract: The vehicle dispatching system accepts a dispatch request from a user, selects an autonomous vehicle matching with the dispatch request from among a plurality of autonomous vehicles, and dispatches a selected autonomous vehicle to the user. The plurality of autonomous vehicles include a plurality of battery-mounted vehicles having an in-vehicle battery capable of being charged externally as an energy source. Each of the plurality of battery-mounted vehicles performs charging at a charging station when a charging level of the in-vehicle battery decreases. The vehicle dispatching system comprises a management server including a processor for executing programs stored in memory, the management server programmed to act as a charging planning unit that changes an upper limit charging level of the in-vehicle battery when charging at the charging station according to a time slot.

Abstract: According to the remote assistance method of the present disclosure, first, a positional relationship between the vehicle having an autonomous traveling function and an object present around the vehicle at a future time beyond a current time is displayed spatially on a display device, the positional relationship being predicted based on a path plan for autonomous traveling created by the vehicle and information on the object. Next, assistance content input from a remote operator is transmitted to the vehicle. Then, remote assistance corresponding to the assistance content is executed in the vehicle in response to confirmation that the positional relationship between the vehicle and the object displayed on the display device when the assistance content is input is realized after the vehicle receives the assistance content.

Abstract: A surface-emitting light source includes: a wiring substrate including a wiring layer on a base member; a light-guiding plate having a first primary surface and a second primary surface facing the wiring substrate; a light-reflective resin portion having an opening and being disposed between the light-guiding plate and the wiring substrate; and a light source portion including an element electrode on a first surface thereof and a light-extracting surface on a second surface thereof that faces the light-guiding place. The element electrode is electrically connected to the wiring layer via the opening, which is equal to or smaller than an area in which a side surface of the light source portion contacts the resin portion. The resin portion and the light-guiding plate face each other and are bonded to each other, and the resin portion and the wiring substrate face each other and are bonded to each other.

Abstract: An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running.

Abstract: The vehicle dispatching system accepts a dispatch request from a user, selects an autonomous vehicle matching with the dispatch request from among a plurality of autonomous vehicles, and dispatches a selected autonomous vehicle to the user. The plurality of autonomous vehicles include a plurality of battery-mounted vehicles having an in-vehicle battery capable of being charged externally as an energy source. Each of the plurality of battery-mounted vehicles performs charging at a charging station when a charging level of the in-vehicle battery decreases. The vehicle dispatching system comprises a management server including a processor for executing programs stored in memory, the management server programmed to act as a charging planning unit that changes an upper limit charging level of the in-vehicle battery when charging at the charging station according to a time slot.

Abstract: An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running.

Abstract: An autonomous running vehicle transmits a camera image around the vehicle photographed by a camera to a remote monitoring center. An obstacle is detected on the basis of information obtained from autonomous sensors including the camera. When an obstacle is detected, the autonomous running vehicle is automatically stopped. The remote monitoring center determines, when the autonomous running vehicle automatically stops, whether or not the run of the autonomous running vehicle is permitted to restart on the basis of the received camera video. When it is determined that the autonomous running vehicle can be restarted, a departure signal is transmitted to the autonomous running vehicle. When the departure signal is received from the remote monitoring center, the autonomous running vehicle restarts running.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of a vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle. The vehicle controller changes the control of the vehicle depending on a failure level when the failure detection unit detects a failure of an on-vehicle component other than the vehicle control device.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base, a first external terminal, a second external terminal, a plurality of wirings respectively electrically connecting the first external terminal and the second external terminal, and a plurality of light emitting elements each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the wirings. The wirings include a first wiring connecting the first external terminal and the second external terminal at a smallest distance, a second wiring longer than the first wiring, and a third wiring longer than the second wiring. The first, second, and third wirings have a substantially equal electric resistance. At least two of the first, second and third wirings are each provided with at least two of the light emitting elements with an average width in an intermediate region between adjacent ones of the light emitting elements being smaller than an average width in a region other than the intermediate region.

Abstract: A light-emitting module includes (i) a board provided with: a circuit pattern and a plurality of bottomed holes in each of a set of wiring pads continuous with the circuit pattern on a first surface; electrically conductive paste extending over two or more of the bottomed holes; and an insulating resin covering the electrically conductive paste at a side close to the first surface, and (ii) a plurality of light-emitting segments connected to a second surface of the board with an adhesive sheet interposed therebetween. The light-emitting segments each include a plurality of light-emitting devices that are aligned. The electrically conductive paste includes a portion disposed on a portion of a surface of the wiring pad extending over two or more of the bottomed holes.

Abstract: The vehicle dispatching system accepts a dispatch request from a user, selects an autonomous vehicle matching with the dispatch request from among a plurality of autonomous vehicles, and dispatches a selected autonomous vehicle to the user. The plurality of autonomous vehicles include a plurality of battery-mounted vehicles having an in-vehicle battery capable of being charged externally as an energy source. Each of the plurality of battery-mounted vehicles performs charging at a charging station when a charging level of the in-vehicle battery decreases. The vehicle dispatching system comprises a management server including a processor for executing programs stored in memory, the management server programmed to act as a charging planning unit that changes an upper limit charging level of the in-vehicle battery when charging at the charging station according to a time slot.