Abstract: A monitoring device includes: an instruction unit configured to instruct a vehicle to acquire appearance data of a monitoring object designated by a user; a detection unit configured to receive the appearance data from the vehicle and to detect whether a state of the monitoring object has changed based on the appearance data; and a monitoring result notifying unit configured to notify the user of a monitoring result of the monitoring object when the detection unit detects that the state of the monitoring object has changed.

Abstract: A log management apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises a memory storing traveling log data of a vehicle and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the following first to five processes. The first process is acquiring a remaining capacity of the memory at a current time. The second process is acquiring a traveling plan of the vehicle. The third process is calculating a predicted data size which is a size of the traveling log data predicted to be stored in the future in the traveling plan. The fourth process is predicting a capacity shortage of the memory in the traveling plan based on the predicted data size and the remaining capacity at the current time. The fifth process is a process of increasing the remaining capacity when the capacity shortage of the memory is predicted.

Abstract: A travel planner identifies, for a connection point where a travel lane in which a vehicle is traveling connects ahead of the vehicle with another lane different from the travel lane, an entry time range representing a time range during which entry of the vehicle from the travel lane to the connection point is recommended, and creates a travel plan including a transition of travel speed of the vehicle from a current position of the vehicle to the connection point so as to arrive at the connection point within the entry time range.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system configured to make an abnormality determination for an in-vehicle device at an abnormality determination point while an autonomous vehicle is driving autonomously includes: a route search unit configured to search for a travel route from a departure point to a destination point; a route determination unit configured to determine a determination route for making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device from the searched travel route, based on necessity of making the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device and the number of the abnormality determination points on the travel route; and an abnormality determination unit configured to make the abnormality determination for the in-vehicle device at the abnormality determination point while the autonomous vehicle is driving along the determination route.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides to an apparatus for managing travel of a vehicle having an autonomous travel function. The apparatus executes the following steps. The apparatus sequentially acquires sensor information from a recognition sensor mounted on the vehicle. The apparatus sequentially generates prediction information showing a position of an object at a future time point based on the sensor information acquired sequentially. The apparatus transmits a remote support request to a remote support operator. The apparatus receives a remote support given in response to the remote support request by the remote support operator. The apparatus makes the vehicle autonomously travel in accordance with the remote support in response to confirming that an actual position of an object obtained from sensor information and a predicted position of an object obtained from prediction information correspond.

Abstract: An automated driving management system is applied to a vehicle that performs automated driving by using a perception sensor. The automated driving management system acquires first sensor perception information indicating a result of perception by the perception sensor. Reference information indicates a correspondence relationship between a vehicle position and expected sensor perception information that is the first sensor perception information expected when an automated driving condition is satisfied. Based on the reference information, the automated driving management system acquires the expected sensor perception information associated with a determination target position.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch system for dispatching an autonomous vehicle in accordance with a vehicle dispatch request is proposed. The vehicle dispatch system is configured to execute generating a transportation route from a pick-up point to a destination point, generating a plurality of candidate dispatch routes for a dispatch route from a current point of the autonomous vehicle to the pick-up point, calculating a degree of overlap between the transportation route and the dispatch route for each of the plurality of candidate dispatch routes, selecting the dispatch route from the plurality of candidate dispatch routes based on the degree of overlap, and causing the autonomous vehicle to travel along the dispatch route and the transportation route.

Abstract: An automated driving trajectory generating device is configured to: recognize a mobile object which is located near a vehicle; calculate a host vehicle path for automated driving of the vehicle and a plurality of predicted paths of the mobile object based on a position of the vehicle on a map, a position of the mobile object on the map, and map information; calculate a predicted acceleration which is generated in the mobile object moving along a predicted path for each predicted path based on the plurality of predicted paths and a vehicle speed of the mobile object; identify a target path which is a predicted path used to generate the trajectory out of the plurality of predicted paths based on a result of comparison between the predicted acceleration and an acceleration threshold value; and generate the trajectory based on the host vehicle path and the target path.

Abstract: An automated drive device that automatically stops a vehicle in a pick-up and drop-off area in which a passenger gets and off the vehicle includes at least one processor and at least one memory that stores a program and information to be read by the at least one processor. The processor is configured to acquire the type of the passenger before the vehicle reaches the pick-up and drop-off area as a first process. The processor is configured to change a behavior for stopping the vehicle in the pick-up and drop-off area in accordance with the type of the passenger as a second process.

Abstract: A vehicle control system controls a vehicle that potentially requests remote support in a predetermined area. The vehicle control system acquires surrounding situation information including at least one of object information regarding an object around the vehicle and signal indication information indicating signal indication around the vehicle. The vehicle control system determines whether or not an exit passable condition is satisfied based on the surrounding situation information, the exit passable condition being a condition under which the vehicle is able to pass through a target exit from the predetermined area without waiting. When the exit passable condition is not satisfied, the vehicle control system withholds requesting the remote support in the predetermined area until a lifting condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of MaaS vehicles, one or more processors configured to execute generating a dispatch plan for the plurality of MaaS vehicles. The plurality of MaaS vehicles includes one or more autonomous vehicles performing autonomous driving in accordance with the dispatch plan. The generating the dispatch plan includes acquiring an operational design domain of the one or more autonomous vehicles, acquiring a prediction of dispatch service environment for a predetermined period of time in the future regarding a dispatch service area of the one or more autonomous vehicles, specifying an inoperable vehicle among the one or more autonomous vehicles based on the operational design domain and the prediction of dispatch service environment, and modifying the dispatch plan depending on vehicle information or service information of the inoperable vehicle.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus including a controller, the controller is configured to execute operations including accepting designation of a reserved stop as a stop for a vehicle, determining a stop other than the reserved stop as a standby stop when it is determined that the reserved stop is to be used by another vehicle at a scheduled arrival time at the reserved stop, and notifying a passenger of the vehicle that the vehicle is stopping at the standby stop.

Abstract: A map management system stores map information used by an automated driving vehicle. The automated driving vehicle detects an obstacle based on the map information, or acquires a margin distance when stopping in front of an obstacle based on the map information. When requiring a remote operator's decision about an action with respect to the obstacle, the automated driving vehicle issues a support request that requests the remote operator to give support. The map management system acquires an operator instruction to the automated driving vehicle issued by the remote operator in response to the support request. The map management system estimates a type of the obstacle based on a state of acquisition of the operator instruction or a content of the operator instruction. Then, the map management system updates the map information according to the type of the obstacle.

Abstract: A management device manages remote support for a vehicle. The management device executes assigns a remote operator to a target vehicle in response to a support request from the target vehicle. Vehicle information includes a position and a travel plan of the target vehicle. When receiving a plurality of support requests in a same period respectively from a plurality of target vehicles scheduled to pass through a predetermined area, the management device recognizes, based on the vehicle information, an entry direction into the predetermined area and an exit direction from the predetermined area for each target vehicle. Based on a combination of the entry direction and the exit direction, the management device determines whether to assign a same remote operator to the plurality of target vehicles or assign different remote operators to the plurality of target vehicles.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection system includes a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles and a server configured to be able to communicate with each of the autonomous driving vehicles. The server is configured to select at least one vehicle to be moved to the location of a pedestrian from among the autonomous driving vehicles as a pedestrian protection vehicle when a particular situation occurrence notification is received and is configured to send an instruction notification to the pedestrian protection vehicle. The particular situation occurrence notification indicates that the pedestrian is placed in a particular situation. The instruction notification instructs the pedestrian protection vehicle to move to the location of the pedestrian for protecting the pedestrian. Each of the autonomous driving vehicles is configured to move to the location of the pedestrian for protecting the pedestrian when the instruction notification is received.

Abstract: An information collection system includes a plurality of vehicles and a server. The server is configured to, when an event occurrence notification notifying that a specific event has occurred at least together with an event occurrence location is received, select at least one vehicle to move toward the event occurrence location from among the vehicles as an information collection vehicle, and transmit an information collection instruction notification to the information collection vehicle. The vehicles are configured to, when the information collection instruction notification is received, move toward the event occurrence location and collect images captured by a camera while the vehicles are moving as event-related information that is information related to the event.

Abstract: A remote support system requests a remote operator to perform remote support for passing through a predetermined area, when a vehicle is determined to be in a remote support request situation that a continuation of autonomous driving is difficult due to the vehicle during autonomous driving and one or more avoidance target vehicles approaching each other in the predetermined area. Then, the system displays information of the one or more avoidance target vehicles on a display of the remote operator, receives information of a starting reference vehicle serving as a reference for start permission designated by the remote operator from the displayed information, determines whether the starting reference vehicle has passed through the predetermined area, and causes the vehicle to pass through the predetermined area by autonomous driving in case where the starting reference vehicle has passed through the predetermined area.

Abstract: A server includes: a registration unit that registers identification information for identifying a detection target in a storage unit; a detection target determination unit that determines whether the detection target is shown in an image captured on or around a road, based on the identification information; an abnormal behavior determination unit that determines whether the detection target exhibits an abnormal behavior that is different from a normal behavior of the detection target, when the detection target is shown in the image; and an alert transmission unit that transmits an alert when the detection target exhibits the abnormal behavior.

Abstract: An abnormality notification system includes: a vehicle that travels regularly on a predetermined travel route; a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a sensor mounted on the vehicle and an outside, the sensor being a sensor that acquires road data obtained by imaging or measuring a road along the travel route; and a control device. The control device is configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route based on a different part when the road data acquired by the sensor is compared with reference road data obtained by imaging or measuring the road along the travel route in the past, and transmit predetermined abnormality occurrence information to an external client via the communication device when the control device determines that an abnormality has occurred on the road along the travel route.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes: an instruction unit configured to instruct a vehicle to acquire appearance data of a monitoring object designated by a user; a detection unit configured to receive the appearance data from the vehicle and to detect whether a state of the monitoring object has changed based on the appearance data; and a monitoring result notifying unit configured to notify the user of a monitoring result of the monitoring object when the detection unit detects that the state of the monitoring object has changed.