Abstract: A traffic information processing device includes a communication unit configured to communicate through a communication network with a plurality of communication vehicles configured to detect relative positions and relative speeds of vehicles around a host vehicle with respect to the host vehicle, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire position and speed information of the communication vehicle and position and speed information of vehicles around the communication vehicle from each of the communication vehicles traveling in a specific area through the communication unit, and a traffic state prediction unit configured to predict a future change in a traffic state of a road in the specific area based on the position and speed information from the communication vehicles acquired by the information acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive identification information for notification set for a user, an outside-vehicle notification unit configured to perform notification to the surrounding of the vehicle, and a controller configured to make the outside-vehicle notification unit perform notification of the identification information for notification to the surrounding of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a positioning unit configured to measure a position of the vehicle. The communication unit is configured to further receive a predicted boarding position of the user to the vehicle. The controller is configured to, in a case where the measured position of the vehicle is included within a predetermined range from the predicted boarding position of the user, makes the outside-vehicle notification unit perform the notification of the identification information for notification to the surrounding of the vehicle.

Abstract: A seat determining apparatus includes a travel route determining unit configured to determine a travel route of a vehicle such that the travel route runs by way of a scheduled boarding point and scheduled alighting point of each of a plurality of users scheduled to ride the vehicle, the scheduled boarding point being a point at which the user is scheduled to get on the vehicle, the scheduled alighting point being a point at which the user is scheduled to get off the vehicle; a boarding and alighting order determining unit configured to determine alighting order, in which the users get off the vehicle, based on the travel route and the scheduled alighting point of each of the users; and a seat determining unit configured to determine a seat according to the alighting order for each of the users when each of the users rides the vehicle.

Abstract: An operation assistance device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a portable terminal of a user who uses a vehicle and an on-vehicle device, an acquisition unit configure to acquire a kind of the user from the portable terminal through the communication unit, a getting on and off position setting unit configured to set a getting on position or a getting off position of the user, and a getting on and off position transmission unit configure to transmit the set getting on position or the set getting off position to the on-vehicle device through the communication unit. A stop allowable area for getting on and off is set in advance for each kind of the user. The getting on and off position setting unit sets the getting on position or the getting off position in the stop allowable area corresponding to the acquired kind of the user.

Abstract: A vehicle allocation management device includes a number-of-insufficient-vehicles calculation unit configured to, for each of a plurality of districts, calculate a difference between the number of demanded vehicles of the district and the number of vehicles, which are already allocated in the district in a predetermined time period and are able to provide the mobility service, a movement destination decision unit configured to, for each of at least one movement target vehicle among the vehicles, decide a standby location of any one of candidate districts having the number of insufficient vehicles greater than zero among the districts as a movement destination of the movement target vehicle according to a position of the movement target vehicle after mobility service provision, and a vehicle allocation instruction unit configured to notify each movement target vehicle of the movement destination of the vehicle through a communication unit.

Abstract: A stopping position control device according to an embodiment includes a sitting position specifying unit configured to specify a sitting position of a user who gets off a vehicle next, the vehicle being subjected to automatic driving control, and a stopping position determination unit configured to determine a stopping position of the vehicle, at which the user gets off the vehicle, corresponding to the sitting position of the user.

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 vehicle control device that controls a vehicle configured to transport a passenger to a destination by autonomous traveling, the vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller configured to control operation of the vehicle, an image display configured to display an image of a periphery of the destination to the passenger via an output device, and a getting-off position detector configured to detect a desired getting-off position designated by the passenger via an input device. The image shows a region where stopping is prohibited, and the vehicle controller is configured to cause the vehicle to stop at the desired getting-off position.

Abstract: A mobility service supporting device includes a communication unit configured to be communicatable with a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle subjected to autonomous driving control and a portable terminal of a user of the vehicle and a controller configured to transmit, based on information about the position of the vehicle which is received from the vehicle-mounted device via the communication unit, notification for preventing the portable terminal from being left behind in the vehicle to the portable terminal of the user via the communication unit before the vehicle arrives at a destination of the user.

Abstract: A lighting device including a light-emitter including light emitting elements, and a support having a first surface that carries a wiring line electrically connecting element electrodes of the light emitting elements and a light emitting surface, and a substrate including a base substrate, a conductor formed on a first surface of the base substrate, an adhesive member formed on a second surface of the base substrate, and a through-hole penetrating the substrate. A space is formed between the substrate and the light-emitter to communicate with a bottomed hole formed in a location of the through-hole as a result of adhering an adhesive surface of the adhesive member to a surface of the light-emitter having the wiring line formed thereon. The wiring line is connected to the conductor via a filler filling the bottomed hole, and the space is located outside an opening of the bottomed hole.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit substrate including 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 including 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 including 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 parking assist system is provided with: a first estimator configured to estimate a first time, which is a time required for a parking control preliminary operation of manually moving a vehicle to a position in which the parking control can be started; a second estimator configured to estimate a second time, which is a time required for a manual parking operation of manually parking the vehicle in a parking space; a determinator configured to determine whether or not it is in a situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation, on the basis of the first time and the second time; and a proposing device configured to propose performing the manual parking operation to an occupant of the vehicle if it is determined that it is in the situation to perform the manual parking operation rather than the parking control preliminary operation.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an autonomous driving system that can determine whether an interruption of autonomous driving control is required. The autonomous driving system can determine that interruption is required based on an evaluation value dependent upon a target position and a control position, and an evaluation value threshold. The vehicle further includes communication systems that provide interruption information on the autonomous driving control to an occupant of the vehicle and to other vehicles around the vehicle if it is determined that the interruption of the autonomous driving control is required.

Abstract: During automated driving of a vehicle, an automated driving system searches for a driver's acceptable range being a range of an automated driving parameter accepted by a driver of the vehicle. A positive response is the driver's response when the automated driving parameter is within the driver's acceptable range. A negative response is the driver's response when the automated driving parameter is beyond the driver's acceptable range. The automated driving system executes: parameter change processing that actively changes the automated driving parameter; response determination processing that determines whether the driver's response to the parameter change processing is the positive response or the negative response based on a result of detection by a driver response detection device; and search processing that repeatedly executes the parameter change processing and the response determination processing to search for the driver's acceptable range.

Abstract: In a navigation device for the autonomously driving vehicle, a continuation degree of autonomous driving on the paths found by a path searcher is calculated by a continuation degree calculator. In addition, a path for the host vehicle to travel is selected by the path selector from the paths found by the path searcher based on the degree of continuation of the autonomous driving. Therefore, it is possible to select a path for the host vehicle travelling by autonomous driving while including the degree of continuation of the autonomous driving in conditions for selecting the path.

Abstract: A driverless transportation system includes an autonomous driving vehicle and a management server. A check code includes: a vehicle code unique to the autonomous driving vehicle; and a passcode whose value changes each time it is generated. In deactivation processing, the autonomous driving vehicle newly generates the passcode, stores the check code including the newly-generated passcode, as a first check code, and transmits the first check code to the management server. The management server stores the first check code as a stored check code. In order to activate the autonomous driving vehicle, the management server transmits an activation instruction and the stored check code to the autonomous driving vehicle. In response to that, the autonomous driving vehicle reads the check code from its memory device, as a second check code, and determines whether or not the second check code and the stored check code match.

Abstract: A driverless transportation system includes: an autonomous driving vehicle that a user boards; and an abnormal event check device that checks whether or not an abnormal event exists in a passenger room of the autonomous driving vehicle after the user gets off. The autonomous driving vehicle uses a passenger room monitor to acquire, as a comparison-target image, an image of the passenger room after the user gets off the autonomous driving vehicle. The abnormal event check device: acquires a reference image being an image of the passenger room before the user boards the autonomous driving vehicle; acquires the comparison-target image; compares the comparison-target image with the reference image to determine whether or not the abnormal event exists; and notifies the user terminal or a management center, when it is determined that the abnormal event exists.

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 baggage ? of a user UA is delivered from a position P1 to a position P2. A collection task of the baggage ? at the position P1 is carried out at time T1. A handover task of the baggage ? at the position P2 is carried out at time T2. From time T1 to time T2, a transportation service of a user UC is carried out. The transportation task of the user UC is carried out from a position P3 to a position P4. A pickup task of the user UC at the position P3 is carried out at time T3. A drop-off task of the user UC at the position P4 is carried out at time T4.

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).