Abstract: A passenger transportation system includes: an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not a passenger feeling unwell is present in a vehicle; a transportation planning unit configured to determine, when it is determined that the passenger feeling unwell is present, a medical facility to which the passenger feeling unwell is transported and a via-point where normal passengers are dropped off; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel so as to transport the passenger feeling unwell to the medical facility via the via-point.

Abstract: A bus dispatch device includes a vehicle dispatch unit that determines, based on external environment information, a ratio between various classes of in-service buses having different states of a specific amenity.

Abstract: In a photocatalyst which is obtained by adding a co-catalyst to semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate and which causes a water decomposition reaction in which water molecules are decomposed into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules according to light emission, the semiconductor particles are doped with barium or additionally with scandium. A method of synthesizing a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a process of synthesizing semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate doped with barium by mixing barium titanate or additionally with scandium oxide into strontium chloride or mixing strontium titanate or additionally scandium oxide into strontium chloride and barium chloride and performing firing.

Abstract: In an apparatus producing hydrogen gas by the decomposition reaction of water using photocatalyst, its miniaturization is achieved while suppressing the decrease of production efficiency of hydrogen gas as low as possible or improving the efficiency. The apparatus 1 comprises a container portion 2 receiving water W; a photocatalyst member 3 immersed in the water, having photocatalyst which generates excited electrons and positive holes when irradiated with light, causes a decomposition reaction of the water and generates hydrogen gas; a light source 4 emitting the light irradiated to the photocatalyst member; and a heat exchange device 7 conducting waste heat of the light source to the water in the container portion; wherein the water to be decomposed on the photocatalyst member in the container portion is warmed by the waste heat of the light source by the heat exchange device.

Abstract: An automatic parking system includes an infrastructure sensor that is able to detect a state of a parking lot. A blind spot area that does not allow the state of the parking lot to be detected by the infrastructure sensor is identified in the parking lot, and the state of the parking including the blind spot area, the state of the parking lot being detected by an on-board sensor of a vehicle in the parking lot, is acquired. Based on the state of the parking lot detected by the infrastructure sensor and the state of the parking lot that includes the blind spot area and that is detected by the on-board sensor of the vehicle in the parking lot, a travel route for the vehicle traveling in the parking lot is generated.

Abstract: The sightseeing plan provision system includes a communication terminal and a server. The communication terminal is operated by a user who is traveling for purposes other than tourism. The server includes a processor and a storage device, and presents a sightseeing plan to the user. The processor automatically generates a new sightseeing plan based on the travel route planning information so as to include a desired stop-by spot of the user in response to a request of the user operating the communication terminal. Then, the processor registers the generated new sightseeing plan in the database of the storage device.

Abstract: A parking management device for a parking lot adjacent to a store that provides a product includes a provision time acquisition unit 6 that acquires a provision time of a product ordered by a driver driving the vehicle to the store, a parking location determination unit that determines a parking location of the vehicle entering the parking lot based on the provision time acquired by the provision time acquisition unit, and a guidance information generation unit that generates guidance information for guidance of the vehicle to the parking location determined by the parking location determination unit.

Abstract: A possibility of extracting a signal less affected by a variation factor is increased. A data analysis device includes a data extraction unit, that extracts, as extracted data, a plurality of primary characteristic values corresponding to a plurality of extraction conditions which are different from each other and secondary characteristic values corresponding to the plurality of primary characteristic values, for each of a plurality of pieces of input data, a data identification unit that performs predetermined analysis processing on a plurality of pieces of extracted data, and identifies, based on a result of the predetermined analysis processing, analysis target data, and a data output unit that outputs output data generated based on a plurality of pieces of analysis target data.

Abstract: A measurement device includes the following: an imaging unit configured to image a living organism to acquire an image; a determination-index calculating unit configured to calculate, for a region of interest included in the image, a determination index relating to a pixel count of a target pixel having a pixel value equal to or greater than a predetermined lower limit and equal to or smaller than a predetermined upper limit; and a biological-information calculating unit configured to calculate biological information from the pixel value of a pixel included in a region of interest with the determination index being equal to or greater than a threshold.

Abstract: A parking management device includes: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire user identification data for identifying the position of a user moving in a parking lot; a movement route estimating unit configured to estimate a movement route based on the user identification data acquired by the data acquiring unit, the movement route being a route along which the user moves in the parking lot; and a running route deciding unit configured to decide a running route of a vehicle so as to avoid the movement route estimated by the movement route estimating unit, the vehicle being a vehicle running in the parking lot.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle including a recognition sensor, an information processing device, and a notification device has the following features. The information processing device executes a process of determining whether a notification condition is satisfied based on information of a recognition result by the recognition sensor, map information of an endemic animal distribution area indicating an area in which a region-specific wild animal inhabits, and information of a vehicle's own position, a process of notifying at least an occupant of a warning or an alarm regarding the type of the region-specific wild animal via the notification device when it is determined that the notification condition is satisfied, and a process of executing danger avoidance driving of avoiding a crisis caused by the region-specific wild animal based on a predetermined condition when the detection information of the region-specific wild animal is included in the information of the recognition result.

Abstract: A method for managing a souvenir supply service is provided. The method includes the step of acquiring map information and information on a sightseeing plan of a user using the souvenir supply service. The information on the sightseeing plan comprises positional information on a sightseeing spot visited by the user and information on a time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot. The method also includes the step of sending a mobile vehicle loaded with a souvenir associated with the sightseeing spot to the sightseeing spot in the time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot based on the map information and the sightseeing plan information.

Abstract: Tour schedule information including information on locations of at least three sightseeing spots, information on stay times at these sightseeing spots, and information on a tour time frame to tour these sightseeing spots is acquired. A tour area including these sightseeing spots is set based on the information on the locations. The degrees of congestion in these sightseeing spots and in the tour area are predicted. Whether a candidate for a tour plan can be generated is determined based on the information on the stay times, the information on the tour time frame, and the degree of congestion in these sightseeing spots and in the tour area. When it is determined that the candidate for the tour plan cannot be generated, a candidate for an alternative tour plan, in which a part of these sightseeing spots is changed to a different sightseeing spot outside the tour area, is generated.

Abstract: A fluorescent light-guiding plate is defined by a first surface, a second surface, and edge surfaces, has a platy structure in which quantum dots that absorb at least one or some of components of sunlight and radiate fluorescence are internally dispersed and which is formed of a material different in refractive index from an outside, and allows the fluorescence radiated from the quantum dots to be concentrated onto the edge surfaces and emitted when the sunlight is incident from the first surface. The platy structure is formed by laminating thin resin films in which the quantum dots are dispersed. The thin resin films are formed by spreading out a solution of quantum dots and resin with an organic solvent in which the quantum dots covered with an aggregation inhibitor and a resin material are dispersed, into a thin-film shape, to evaporate the organic solvent and cure the resin material.

Abstract: A biological information estimating device includes: a detection unit configured to detect a pulse wave on a living organism; a modifying unit configured to determine whether or not the pulse wave contains disturbance and to modify a length of a measurement period based on a result of the determination; and an estimating unit configured to estimate biological information from the pulse wave detected in the measurement period.

Abstract: A biological information estimating device includes: a detection unit configured to detect a pulse wave on a living organism; a modifying unit configured to modify a length of a measurement period based on a pulse pace of the living organism; and an estimating unit configured to estimate biological information from the pulse wave detected in the measurement period.

Abstract: A parking lot management system includes an infrastructure sensor that is able to detect a sunlight state of a parking space in a parking lot, and a notification device that notifies at least one of a vehicle including a solar power generation function and a user of the parking lot of the sunlight state of each parking space detected by the infrastructure sensor.

Abstract: A method for proposing to a user a movement plan using a mobile vehicle with an equipment for web meeting is provided. The method comprising the steps of: acquiring user schedule information including a movement from a first point to a second point and a participation in a web meeting before and after the movement; acquiring communication level information in an area including a road from the first point to the second point; generating a candidate of the movement plan, the candidate including a candidate that prohibits the mobile vehicle from being located in a communication district having a communication level lower than a threshold in a time zone scheduled to participate in the web meeting; and transmitting the candidate to a terminal of the user.

Abstract: The route plan generation system generates a route plan for the movement of the user. The route plan generation system includes a user terminal operated by a user, a provider terminal, and a server. The provider terminal is operated by a food provider having a normal provision form of food and a temporary provision form. The server is connected to each of the user terminal and the provider terminal via a communication network. The route plan generation system executes a route plan change process of changing the route plan so that the provision place of the food pertaining to the offer of the offer is the destination or the via place, when the user requests the acquisition of the food pertaining to the offer of the offer of the food in response to the offer of the provision of the food in the temporary provision form from the food provider.

Abstract: A parking management device includes: a receiving unit that receives a vehicle movement request transmitted from a user so as to move a parked vehicle; a specifying unit that specifies the parked vehicle from among the vehicles in a parking lot based on the vehicle movement request; and a transmitting unit that transmits a vehicle movement mode command to the parked vehicle, the vehicle movement mode command being a command for causing a driving mode of the parked vehicle specified by the specifying unit to transition to a vehicle movement mode in which the parked vehicle is caused to execute a vehicle movement operation for moving the parked vehicle.