Abstract: A vehicle ride-sharing assist system includes a terminal including a user interface and a terminal processing unit; an action information managing server; and a ride-sharing managing server configured to create an operation schedule based on a desired ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of a departure place, a departure time, an arrival place, and an arrival time of each user, transmitted from the terminal processing unit. The ride-sharing managing server is configured to set a recommended ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of the departure place, the departure time, the arrival place, and the arrival time suitable for each user, based on the action information and transmit the recommended ride-sharing condition to the terminal processing unit. The terminal processing unit is configured to cause the user interface to display the recommended ride-sharing condition on receiving the recommended ride-sharing condition from the ride-sharing managing server.

Abstract: A home delivery device that autonomously delivers a package to a dwelling in an apartment building includes a detection unit configured to detect a target around the home delivery device, and a delivery determination unit configured to determine whether or not to permit the delivery of the package. When the home delivery device arrives at the dwelling as a delivery destination and the detection unit detects that a person comes out of the dwelling, the delivery determination unit determines that the delivery of the package to the person is permitted.

Abstract: A delivery robot that delivers a delivery item in a building comprises: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire external environment information; a travel control unit configured to control traveling of the delivery robot to a delivery destination in the building on the basis of the environment information acquired by the first acquisition unit; and a notification unit configured to perform notification in a case where an opening operation of a door existing in a traveling direction of the delivery robot is detected during the traveling of the delivery robot on the basis of the environment information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The notification unit performs notification by at least one of light and sound toward the door.

Abstract: A vehicle ride-sharing assist system includes a terminal including a user interface and a terminal processing unit; an action information managing server; and a ride-sharing managing server configured to create an operation schedule based on a desired ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of a departure place, a departure time, an arrival place, and an arrival time of each user, transmitted from the terminal processing unit. The ride-sharing managing server is configured to set a recommended ride-sharing condition, which includes at least one of the departure place, the departure time, the arrival place, and the arrival time suitable for each user, based on the action information and transmit the recommended ride-sharing condition to the terminal processing unit. The terminal processing unit is configured to cause the user interface to display the recommended ride-sharing condition on receiving the recommended ride-sharing condition from the ride-sharing managing server.

Abstract: A rideshare vehicle utilization supporting system supports matching of a rideshare vehicle and a user. The rideshare vehicle utilization supporting system includes: a rideshare vehicle management unit that manages a ridesharing plan of the rideshare vehicle within a retrieval target area; a predetermined rideshare vehicle extraction unit that extracts a predetermined rideshare vehicle, the predetermined rideshare vehicle being the rideshare vehicle for which the ridesharing plan within the retrieval target area in a retrieval target time zone is already determined by the rideshare vehicle management unit; and a predetermined ridesharing route guide unit that makes a display unit visually recognized by the user display a predetermined ridesharing route guide screen for which a predetermined ridesharing route of the predetermined rideshare vehicle is superimposed on a map of the retrieval target area.

Abstract: A vehicle ride-sharing support system which supports matching between a user and a vehicle for ride-sharing includes a condition information acquiring unit acquiring desired condition information, from a user terminal apparatus, the desired condition information including a desired location and a desired time slot which are desired by the user, a reservation information acquiring unit acquiring and storing a reservation accepting record indicating a reserved location, a reserved date and a reserved time slot for each of matching reservation requests transmitted from the user terminal apparatus, and a difficulty level calculating unit calculating, on a basis of the stored past reservation accepting record, an index value of an index representing a difficulty level of achievement of the matching for each predetermined time slot including the desired time slot for each of predetermined locations in an area within a predetermined distance range including the desired location.

Abstract: A vehicle ride share assist system includes: user terminals possessed by users; and a host server connected to the user terminals and configured to acquire ride share application information entered to the respective user terminals, the ride share application information including available vehicle information indicating whether each of the users has an available vehicle that can be used for ride share, set a plurality of drivers from the users based on the ride share application information, create a plurality of ride share groups that include the drivers respectively, create a plurality of operation schedules for the ride share groups respectively, allocate an allocated vehicle to a user who is set as one of the drivers and does not have the available vehicle, create reservation results of the ride share based on the operation schedules and information about the allocated vehicle, and send the reservation results to the user terminals.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control apparatus with which when autonomous driving is switched from an off state to an on state by an autonomous driving switch, the transition to autonomous driving is made according to the previous target path generated in the autonomous-driving off state or the predicted path generated on the basis of the latest vehicle state information, thereby allowing instantaneous and smooth transition from manual driving to autonomous driving.

Abstract: A vehicle running control apparatus capable of enabling a vehicle to more easily follow a target running state and improving the running stability of the vehicle is provided. A running state obtaining unit obtains the actual running state (actual running path or running position) of a vehicle. A target running state setting unit sets the target running state (target path or target position) of the vehicle. A deviation obtaining unit obtains a deviation of the actual running state from the target running state. A running support controller performs running support control of the vehicle such that the running state of the vehicle becomes identical or closer to the target running state. At this time, a correction unit makes the target running state closer to the actual running state as the deviation becomes greater.

Abstract: A vehicle ride share assist system includes a plurality of user terminals (2), and a host server (4) connected to the user terminals via a network (3), wherein each of the user terminals includes an application input unit (15) configured to allow a corresponding user to enter a ride share application and to transmit the ride share application to the host server, and the host server includes an operation scheduling unit (24) configured to create an operation schedule based on the ride share applications and to select at least one driver in the operation schedule from the users who have transmitted the ride share applications.

Abstract: A ride share assist system includes a host server including a user acknowledge receiving unit (42) configured to receive an intent confirmation message from each user terminal, and determine if the intent confirmation message is received before a prescribed deadline time defined for each user as a time point preceding the corresponding scheduled boarding time by a prescribed time period. If the intent confirmation message is not received from any one of the user terminals by the user acknowledge receiving unit (42) before the deadline time, the corresponding ride share application is canceled.

Abstract: A vehicle running control apparatus capable of enabling a vehicle to more easily follow a target running state and improving the running stability of the vehicle is provided. A running state obtaining unit obtains the actual running state (actual running path or running position) of a vehicle. A target running state setting unit sets the target running state (target path or target position) of the vehicle. A deviation obtaining unit obtains a deviation of the actual running state from the target running state. A running support controller performs running support control of the vehicle such that the running state of the vehicle becomes identical or closer to the target running state. At this time, a correction unit makes the target running state closer to the actual running state as the deviation becomes greater.

Abstract: In a mobile robot control system, it is configured such that the robot generates time-series data sequentially at a predetermined time interval and transmits them to the external terminal, and the external terminal receives the transmitted time-series data and adds them to the motion command, such that the motion of the robot is determined based on the generated time-series data and the time-series data added to the motion command. With this, it becomes possible to prevent the robot from suddenly starting to move at the time when the communication between the external terminal which is a transmitting source of the motion command and the robot has recovered from disconnection, thereby enabling to avoid making the operator feel unnatural.

Abstract: In a mobile robot control system, it is configured to input at least one of the desired position and orientation of the robot at a time when the robot reaches the desired position by manipulation of the operator, to control the motion of the robot based on the inputted desired position and orientation, and to display a first image indicative of the inputted desired position and orientation by numeric values or language including at least the numeric values and a second image indicative of the inputted desired position and orientation by graphics on a display. With this, the operator can check the desired position and orientation of the robot with both of the numeric values and graphics. As a result, it becomes possible to prevent the operator from manipulating erroneously and operate the robot to be moved or turned as desired by the operator.

Abstract: In a mobile robot control system, it is configured such that the robot generates time-series data sequentially at a predetermined time interval and transmits them to the external terminal, and the external terminal receives the transmitted time-series data and adds them to the motion command, such that the motion of the robot is determined based on the generated time-series data and the time-series data added to the motion command. With this, it becomes possible to prevent the robot from suddenly starting to move at the time when the communication between the external terminal which is a transmitting source of the motion command and the robot has recovered from disconnection, thereby enabling to avoid making the operator feel unnatural.

Abstract: In a mobile robot control system, it is configured to input at least one of the desired position and orientation of the robot at a time when the robot reaches the desired position by manipulation of the operator, to control the motion of the robot based on the inputted desired position and orientation, and to display a first image indicative of the inputted desired position and orientation by numeric values or language including at least the numeric values and a second image indicative of the inputted desired position and orientation by graphics on a display. With this, the operator can check the desired position and orientation of the robot with both of the numeric values and graphics. As a result, it becomes possible to prevent the operator from manipulating erroneously and operate the robot to be moved or turned as desired by the operator.