Abstract: A first camera robot includes: a camera that captures an image of surroundings; an image recognizer that detects one or more subjects from within a captured image; a controller that selects an operation pattern of the first camera robot based on an attribute of one or more subjects detected, and causes the robot to operate according to the selected operation pattern; a communicator that transmits, to another camera robot, instruction information for causing the other robot to operate according to the selected operation pattern; and a shutter that outputs an image obtained by capturing the one or more subjects while the first camera robot and the other robot are operating according to the selected operation pattern.

Abstract: An information processing device performs: acquiring input data including a current location and a residual electric power amount of an electrically driven mobile vehicle; calculating, on the basis of map information, a geographical feature quantity between the current location and a plurality of locations; calculating an estimative electric power consumptive amount of the electrically driven mobile vehicle from the current location to each of the locations by inputting the geographical feature quantity into a learned model obtained by machine learning of a relationship between: a geographical feature quantity between two locations; and an electric power consumption amount having been consumed to travel between the two locations; generating, on the basis of the estimative electric power consumptive amount for each of the locations and the residual electric power amount, travelable area information indicating a travelable area for the electrically driven mobile vehicle from the current location.

Abstract: A control method includes: receiving first information pertaining to a first contract from a first terminal used by a first user who is one of two parties who have agreed to the first contract; when consent of a party aside from the two parties is required to validate the first contract, identifying a second user as the party aside from the two parties with reference to a ledger storing information pertaining to a past contract, and transmitting the first information to a second terminal operated by the second user; obtaining second information in which a confirmation result indicating whether the second user consents to the first contract and a digital signature of the second user are added to the first information; and confirming the second information, and when the confirmation result indicates consent, setting the first contract as a valid contract and storing the second information in the ledger.

Abstract: The method includes obtaining first information including electric power supply and demand conditions of one or more first consumers managed by a first aggregator; obtaining second information including electric power supply and demand conditions of one or more second consumers managed by a second aggregator; when a deficit or surplus in the electric power supply and demand is detected in the one or more first consumers based on the first information, creating an operation plan of the electric-powered vehicle based on the first information and the second information, the moving plan enabling electric power to be interchanged between the one or more second consumers and, among the one or more first consumers, one target consumer detected to have the deficit or surplus and; and transmitting the operation plan created.

Abstract: An information processing method that is executed by a computer includes: obtaining a video obtained by capturing a head-mounted display (HMD) user wearing an HMD or information about visual content presented on the HMD; determining whether the HMD user will take an action that affects a nearby user who is present within a predetermined range corresponding to the HMD user, based on the video or the information about the visual content; and presenting alert information to at least one of the HMD user or the nearby user when the HMD user is determined to take an action that affects the nearby user.

Abstract: A work support method, for supporting work performed by multiple users including a target user on an object in a virtual space where the object is placed, includes obtaining first information including at least one of sound information, input information, or schedule information; obtaining second information indicating manipulation of the object by the target user; determining whether the manipulation by the target user is to be applied to one or more other users among the multiple users based on the first information; generating images each viewed by a corresponding one of the one or more other users based on the result of the determining and the second information; and outputting the generated images to terminals of the one or more other users.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining design information regarding work, the design information including a reference value and an acceptable range that includes the reference value; identifying a difference between the design information obtained and measured information regarding the work by comparing the design information with the measured information, the measured information being obtained from an image obtained by capturing an object on which the work has been performed; and providing a notification to a user when the difference identified falls within a given range that is in a neighborhood of an upper limit or a lower limit of the acceptable range.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining history information about a use history of a home electric appliance by a user; calculating a CO2 reduction effect of the user based on the history information obtained; analyzing a behavioral characteristic of the user based on the history information obtained, the behavioral characteristic being a characteristic related to at least one of a private benefit or a social benefit; generating content related to the CO2 reduction effect, based on an analysis result of the behavioral characteristic; and outputting the content generated.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving, from a terminal operated by a first user who is one of parties that have concluded a first contract, first transaction data that includes a first smart contract corresponding to the first contract and a first electronic signature associated with the first user; executing a consensus algorithm with a plurality of other servers; and recording a block including the first transaction data in a distributed ledger. The first smart contract includes (i) content of the first contract which is a main contract, (ii) a variable that is provisional and used for identifying a second smart contract corresponding to a second contract which is to be newly concluded as a sub contract of the first contract, and (iii) a condition for creation of the second smart contract.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining an amount of charge when a moving body propelled by electrical power is charged by a charging facility; obtaining history information on locations that the moving body has traveled to during travels and remaining battery levels during the travels; obtaining waypoint information that indicates a location that the moving body has passed through during a first type of travel among the travels; and identifying, by using the history information and the waypoint information, a first amount of power used during the first type of travel out of the amount of charge, or a second amount of power used during a second type of travel out of the amount of charge, and outputting the first amount of power or the second amount of power, the second type of travel being the travels excluding the first type of travel.

Abstract: A charging management method includes obtaining, predicting, and creating. In the obtaining, location information, battery information, and history information are obtained, the location information being information on the location of a traveling object powered by electricity, the battery information being information on the remaining capacity of a storage battery mounted on the traveling object, the history information being information on the charging history of the storage battery. In the predicting, the charging demand of at least one charging facility is predicted on the basis of the location information, the battery information, and the history information obtained in the obtaining. In the creating, a charging plan for charging the storage battery to keep the charging demand less than or equal to a predetermined value is created on the basis of the charging demand predicted in the predicting.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a management method for software versions to improve transaction safety of software. In the management method, among management apparatuses, a first token management apparatus obtains request information indicating a requested version requested by a user, and first transaction data indicating that the user provides predetermined number of tokens to a software developer who has developed the requested version is stored in distributed ledgers through execution of a consensus algorithm by the management apparatuses.

Abstract: A charging management method includes first obtaining, second obtaining, generating, and presenting. In the first obtaining, location information on the location of an electrified vehicle and battery information are obtained. In the second obtaining, desired-power-source information on a user's desired charging power source is obtained. In the generating, charging information on charging of the storage battery is generated on the basis of the battery information and the desired-power-source information. In the presenting, the charging information and location information on the location of a recommended charging facility are presented to the user, the recommend charging facility being a charging facility recommendable for the user on the basis of the location information on the location of the electrified vehicle, among charging facilities.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of requests, and a parallel processing unit that executes, in parallel, a plurality of pieces of response processing corresponding to a plurality of acquired requests. In each piece of the response processing, planimetric feature information corresponding to a tile ID included in a request is extracted from a planimetric feature database, a geographic feature amount between a current position and a planimetric feature indicated by the extracted planimetric feature information is calculated based on the extracted planimetric feature information, reachability by a vehicle to the planimetric feature is determined based on the calculated geographic feature amount and remaining energy information, and the determined reachability and the extracted planimetric feature information are output to a display device.

Abstract: A drone control system includes a destination determiner and a movement instructor. The destination determiner determines, among standby places, a destination of a drone capable of delivering a package, based on a current location which is a location of the drone at present, standby place locations which are locations of the standby places, and predicted demand information regarding packages in the standby places. The movement instructor instructs the drone to move to the destination determined by the destination determiner.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving, from a terminal operated by a first user who is one of parties that have concluded a first contract, first transaction data that includes a first smart contract corresponding to the first contract and a first electronic signature associated with the first user; executing a consensus algorithm with a plurality of other servers; and recording a block including the first transaction data in a distributed ledger. The first smart contract includes (i) content of the first contract which is a main contract, (ii) a variable that is provisional and used for identifying a second smart contract corresponding to a second contract which is to be newly concluded as a sub contract of the first contract, and (iii) a condition for creation of the second smart contract.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquisition part that acquires genetic data detected by a gene detector and including a base sequence indicating a genotype of a user; a region specifying part that specifies a region where the genetic data is located in the reference data; a rarity degree calculation part that calculates a rarity degree indicating a rarity of the genetic data on the basis of a data density associated with the specified region; an incentive calculation part that calculates an incentive to be given to the user in accordance with the calculated rarity degree; and an output part that outputs the calculated incentive.

Abstract: A cloud server (104) receives environmental information of respective installation sites of a plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b) via a network (1000), and determines one or more appliances that are installed in a same room among the plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b), based on the received environmental information.

Abstract: A risk prediction method is executed by a computer of a risk predictor using a convolutional neural network. The method includes making the convolutional neural network acquire an input image taken by an in-vehicle camera installed on a vehicle. The method also includes making the convolutional neural network estimate a risk area and a feature of the risk area, the risk area being in the acquired input image. The risk area has a possibility that a moving object may appear from the risk area into a travelling path of the vehicle, and the moving object may collide with the vehicle in a case where the vehicle simply continues running. The method further includes making the convolutional neural network output the estimated risk area and the estimated feature of the risk area as a risk predicted for the input image.

Abstract: A control method that is performed by a first device included in a plurality of devices includes: receiving, from a terminal being used by a second user, first transaction data indicating that value information is to be transferred from a first user to the second user; and storing the received first transaction data into a distributed ledger.