Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a first storage configured to store a load tendency of each user in association with each user; a second storage configured to store a load history of each rental vehicle in association with each rental vehicle; and a controller configured to select, upon generation of a rental request from a desired user, a vehicle to be rented to the desired user from among a plurality of rental vehicles that are available for rent, based on a load tendency stored in the first storage in association with the desired user, and a load history stored in the second storage in association with each of the plurality of rental vehicles available for rent.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores driving history information including states of a taxi, driving positions and time stamps in association with a taxi driver; and a processor that analyzes the driving history information about the taxi driver corresponding to a predetermined period to acquire driver characteristics information pieces indicating behavioral characteristics of the taxi driver in a vacant state of the taxi. The processor acquires information indicating a first area within top N areas (N is a positive integer) where a time during which the taxi existed in the vacant state during the predetermined period is long as one of the driver characteristics information pieces; and creates, based on the driver characteristics information pieces about the plurality of taxi drivers, a work shift schedule for the taxi drivers so that the first area corresponding to each of the taxi drivers is dispersed.

Abstract: A control unit issues temporary authentication information for disabling a locking/unlocking process to a user terminal satisfying a first condition. The control unit determines whether first authentication information has been issued to another user terminal, issues second authentication information to the user terminal to which the temporary authentication information has been issued when the first authentication information has not been issued to another user terminal, and issues the second authentication information to the user terminal to which the temporary authentication information has been issued with detection of ending of use of the first authentication information in another user terminal as a trigger when the first authentication information has been issued to the other user terminal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates an operation plan of a vehicle that is operable through rental in a plurality of different rental modes, includes: a storage section that stores usage record data on the vehicle by rental mode; and a control section that, based on the stored usage record data, estimates a utilization rate and sales of the vehicle when the vehicle is rented out, in each of the plurality of rental modes and in each of a plurality of time periods of day, and, based on both the estimated utilization rates and sales, generates the operation plan of the vehicle for each of the plurality of time periods of day.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of acquiring location information indicating the present locations of empty taxis, detecting an overpopulated region in which there are taxis larger in number than a predetermined upper limit based on the location information, and sending to a taxi located in the overpopulated region a removal request containing information requesting its removal to a specific region other than the overpopulated region and information about an incentive that will be given if the taxi removes to the specific region.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates a deployment plan of a shared vehicle to be rented out to a user, includes: a storage section that stores demographic data including one or more attributes, on an area where a station is located at which the shared vehicle is deployed, and a user model in which each attribute included in the demographic data and a tendency to select the shared vehicle are associated with each other; and a control section that determines a vehicle that is deployed at the station, based on the demographic data and the user model.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller and the controller is configured to acquire demands of passengers at each of time points of areas to which a vehicle is movable until the each of the time points dividing a predetermined period, and configured to extract areas where the vehicle is located at the each of the time points such that a total of the demands in the predetermined period satisfies a first predetermined condition.

Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to supply power to and receive power from another vehicle. The server performs a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving vehicle. The server prohibits setting, as the power-supplying vehicle in the matching process, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having a history that power has been received from another vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle rental system includes an input acceptance unit that accepts input of usage information on use of a vehicle by a user, a selection unit that selects a type of the vehicle, from among an electric vehicle and a fuel cell vehicle, which is recommended for the user according to the usage information accepted by the input acceptance unit, and a notification unit that notifies the user of the type of the vehicle selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: A luggage management system includes: a locking/unlocking device mounted in a vehicle and configured to lock and unlock the vehicle in response to a request from a terminal, the terminal being used by a user who delivers luggage; an imaging device configured to capture an image of an inside of a predetermined area located in the vehicle, the predetermined area being used as a delivery place of the luggage; a control device configured to cause the imaging device to capture the image in the predetermined area when the locking/unlocking device locks or unlocks the vehicle in response to the request, and store the image; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a result of comparison between a reference image and a comparison image, whether the luggage has been carried away from the predetermined area.

Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to supply power to and receive power from another vehicle. The server performs a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving vehicle. The server prohibits setting, as the power-supplying vehicle in the matching process, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having a history that power has been received from another vehicle.

Abstract: An information providing system includes: a power-supplying vehicle; a plurality of power-receiving vehicles; and a server. The server is configured to generate a candidate power-supplying target list including information of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicles, and notify the candidate power-supplying target list to the power-supplying vehicle so as to make an inquiry to a user of the power-supplying vehicle to select any of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicle. The power-supplying vehicle having received this inquiry is configured to present locations of candidate power-supplying targets on a map screen and make a response to the server by notifying, to the server, a power-supplying target selected by the user. The server having received this response matches the power-supplying target notified from the power-supplying vehicle to the power-supplying vehicle, and notifies matching determination information to both the matched vehicles.

Abstract: An information processing method which is performed by an information processing apparatus for forecasting demand for a service provided by a mobile vehicle, comprises a classification step of classifying a plurality of unit regions included in a first area into a plurality of categories, respectively, by using a first classification model; a first building step of building a first demand forecasting model by determining a first set of parameters to be applied to each of the plurality of categories based on the classified categories and track record data in the first area; a second building step of building a second classification model by using classification criteria possessed by the first classification model, and building a second demand forecasting model by using the first set of parameters; and a forecasting step of performing demand forecasting in a second area by using the second classification model and the second demand forecasting model.

Abstract: An information processing method for evaluating teacher data used in a system that forecasts demand for a service by using a forecasting model by machine learning, the method comprises a forecast step of generating demand forecasting data in a second service different from a first service by using the forecasting model that has performed learning by use of first track record data in the first service as teacher data; and a calculation step of calculating a degree of contribution of the first track record data in demand forecasting for the second service based on the result of a comparison made between the demand forecasting data and second track record data in the second service.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a control device that notifies a device of a vehicle which is boarded by a user of a destination which is set by the user; and a control unit configured to transmit first data for notifying of the destination along with a user identifier corresponding to the user to the control device via the communication unit, to acquire a vehicle identifier corresponding to the vehicle in accordance with the user's operation, and to transmit second data for notifying of the vehicle identifier along with the user identifier to the control device via the communication unit.

Abstract: A control device includes a controller configured to determine to dispatch a vehicle to transport at least one user of a plurality of users according to one or more instant messages sent or received between or among the plurality of users.

Abstract: A locking and unlocking control system includes: a first information acquisition part configured to acquire presence information as to whether a parcel associated with a first user is present in a predetermined region defined in a vehicle or a facility, the predetermined region having a door configured to be locked and unlocked through a locking and unlocking process performed by a locking and unlocking control device; and a locking and unlocking control part configured to execute a predetermined process so as not to permit unlocking of the door by a second user when the locking and unlocking control part determines based on the presence information that the parcel is present in the predetermined region and when the door is locked.

Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle.

Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power stations, a plurality of vehicles capable of exchanging power with any of the power stations, and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles and the plurality of power stations. When each power station receives power from the vehicle or supplies power to the vehicle, each power station associates a power amount received from the vehicle or a power amount supplied to the vehicle with a user ID of the vehicle, and transmits the power amount to the server. The server sets a value point based on the power amount received from the power station, and provides the value point to the user having the user ID associated with the power amount.

Abstract: A locking and unlocking control system includes: a first information acquisition part configured to acquire presence information as to whether a parcel associated with a first user is present in a predetermined region defined in a vehicle or a facility, the predetermined region having a door configured to be locked and unlocked through a locking and unlocking process performed by a locking and unlocking control device; and a locking and unlocking control part configured to execute a predetermined process so as not to permit unlocking of the door by a second user when the locking and unlocking control part determines based on the presence information that the parcel is present in the predetermined region and when the door is locked.