Abstract: A first risk potential field for a risk avoidance control is a sum of a risk potential field in which a valley of a risk value extends in a lane longitudinal direction and a risk potential field in which the risk value is maximum at a position of an object and decreases as a distance from the object increases. The steering control is executed such that a vehicle approaches a first minimum point that is a minimum point of the first risk potential field and that is searched for in a first search range. When a plurality of first minimum point candidates is present in the first search range, the first minimum point candidate that is present in a direction away from a foremost object as viewed from a previous minimum point and is the closest to the previous minimum point is selected as the current first minimum point.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes acquiring route information that indicates a route or a stop position for a delivery vehicle, the route information being generated based on driver information regarding a driver of the delivery vehicle and delivery information regarding a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle.

Abstract: A management method performed by a management apparatus includes determining a delivery vehicle based on vehicle classification data and delivery environment information.

Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, an acceptable range of a delivery time based on a delivery condition of goods ordered from a store, and determining, by the management apparatus based on the acceptable range of the delivery time and vehicle classification data on a vehicle that delivers goods, goods to be loaded into the vehicle.

Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.

Abstract: A driving support device performs steering control and deceleration control for avoiding an object which is detected in front of a host vehicle. The driving support device performs: calculating a target lateral distance which is a target of the steering control and which is a lateral distance between the host vehicle and the object when the host vehicle passes by the object; and increasing target deceleration which is a target of the deceleration control and which is deceleration of the host vehicle when the host vehicle passes by the object as a lateral distance restraint value which is obtained by subtracting the target lateral distance from a threshold value increases when the target lateral distance is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A risk potential field for a risk avoidance control (deceleration control) includes an obstacle potential field. The obstacle potential field is the risk potential field in which a risk value is maximum at a position of an object and decreases as a distance from the object increases. A search range is a range between the position of the object and a position away from the object by a predetermined gap. A local minimum point (valley) of the risk potential field is searched for within the search range. The deceleration control is executed based on a positional relationship between the local minimum point and the object. When a plurality of the local minimum points is present in the search range, a local minimum point that is the closest to the object is selected.

Abstract: A first risk potential field for a risk avoidance control is a sum of a risk potential field in which a valley of a risk value extends in a lane longitudinal direction and a risk potential field in which the risk value is maximum at a position of an object and decreases as a distance from the object increases. The steering control is executed such that a vehicle approaches a first minimum point that is a minimum point of the first risk potential field and that is searched for in a first search range. When a plurality of first minimum point candidates is present in the first search range, the first minimum point candidate that is present in a direction away from a foremost object as viewed from a previous minimum point and is the closest to the previous minimum point is selected as the current first minimum point.

Abstract: A driving support device performs steering control and deceleration control for avoiding an object which is detected in front of a host vehicle. The driving support device performs: calculating a target lateral distance which is a target of the steering control and which is a lateral distance between the host vehicle and the object when the host vehicle passes by the object; and increasing target deceleration which is a target of the deceleration control and which is deceleration of the host vehicle when the host vehicle passes by the object as a lateral distance restraint value which is obtained by subtracting the target lateral distance from a threshold value increases when the target lateral distance is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.

Abstract: A drive assist apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to: compute, when an object that causes a blind spot is ahead of a host vehicle, a first reference velocity which is a velocity at which the host vehicle is able to run without colliding with a moving object assumed to be in the blind spot of the object; estimate a degree of risk associated with a road on which the host vehicle is running, based on environment information that indicates a running environment of the host vehicle; and compute a second reference velocity which is determined by correcting the first reference velocity based on the estimated degree of risk.

Abstract: A road marking recognition device recognizes a road marking from an image acquired by imaging a road surface of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. The road marking recognition device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates each of which corresponds to a corresponding one of plurality of feature portions of a road marking as a recognition target and between which a relative positional relationship is known; and a recognition unit configured to detect a second feature portion corresponding to a second template among the plurality of templates when the first feature portion is detected from the image.