Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising: a control unit configured to control an automated parking mode based on a shift position of a transmission when an automated parking is instructed, wherein the automated parking mode includes a first automated parking mode in which steering is not executed and forward movement or rearward movement is possible and a second automated parking mode in which a parking space is detected and steering is executed automatically, and the control unit controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a first position, and selectively controls the automated parking mode to be in the first automated parking mode or the second automated parking mode, in a case where the shift position is a second position that differs from the first position.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls movement of a vehicle in response to an instruction from a remote control terminal located outside the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image captured by an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a periphery of the vehicle; an operator detecting unit configured to detect an operator of the remote control terminal on the basis of the image obtained by the obtaining unit; a terminal detecting unit configured to detect a position of the remote control terminal relative to the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control, on the basis of a detection result from the operator detecting unit and a detection result from the terminal detecting unit, whether to permit or prohibit a remote control operation of the vehicle performed through the remote control terminal.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is configured to be capable of controlling movement and parking of a vehicle based on an operation from an operation terminal. The vehicle control apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to execute processing in a virtual parking control mode in which a virtual vehicle displayed on a screen is virtually operated by the operation from the operation terminal and processing in a remote parking control mode in which the vehicle is moved to a parking position and parked at the parking position based on the operation from the operation terminal.

Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units provided with a reception surface to receive the ranging signal and configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal with respect to the reception surface; and a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal and a reference posture of each of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position based on an operation input to the terminal in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold. The control device is configured to cause the terminal to display an intensity of the ranging signal received by at least one of the reception units.

Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a control device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute remote parking processing; an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user; and a position determination unit mounted on the vehicle and/or the operation terminal and configured to determine a terminal position which is a position of the operation terminal. The control device is configured to calculate a first traveling route and a first recommended area. The first traveling route is a traveling route of the vehicle from an alighting position to a parking position. The first recommended area is an area where the user should be present when the vehicle moves along the first traveling route. The control device calculates a second traveling route on determining that the terminal position is not present within the first recommended area set for the first traveling route that has already been calculated.

Abstract: A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal; a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal detected by at least two of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold; and a transmission antenna fixed to the vehicle and configured to transmit the ranging signal. The control device is configured to determine a failure of at least one of the reception units based on the ranging signal transmitted from the transmission antenna and received by the at least one of the reception units.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a control device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute remote automatic moving processing; an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user and to transmit a control signal to the control device based on an input by the user; and a position determination unit mounted on the vehicle and/or the operation terminal and configured to measure a distance between the operation terminal and the vehicle. When the control device determines that the distance exceeds a first threshold based on a signal from the position determination unit, the control device stops the vehicle and transmits an output signal to the operation terminal, the output signal being a signal to cause the operation terminal to output a fact that the distance exceeds the first threshold.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a vehicle controller that, if a predetermined state transition condition is satisfied, makes a state transition of a vehicle from a drive possible state to a drive impossible state. The vehicle control device includes a vehicle occupant detection unit that detects a vehicle occupant in the vehicle. The vehicle controller makes the state transition to the drive impossible state that is different depending on a detection result from the vehicle occupant detection unit.

Abstract: A commodity information display apparatus includes a shelf on which a commodity is displayed, and a display unit for displaying the commodity information about the commodity. The commodity information about the commodity related to an RFID tag detected by an antenna and a read device is acquired in advance from a store computer and stored in a storage unit. When the commodity information is displayed, the information is acquired from the storage unit, and displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: An antenna unit includes a plurality of loop antennas; an impedance matching circuit common to the loop antennas; a switching circuit that switches high frequency connection between the impedance matching circuit and the loop antenna; and an antenna control circuit that controls to connect only one loop antenna among the loop antennas in a high frequency manner on the basis of a control signal from a reader.

Abstract: In the inventory management system managing the inventory status of a commodity displayed in a showcase by using a computer, the showcase is provided with an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag attached to a commodity on a commodity shelf, detecting means for detecting a unique number of the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag through the antenna, and transmitting means for transmitting the detected unique number of the RFID tag to the computer through a network. The computer manages the commodity inventory based on the unique number of the RFID tag, the unique number being received from the showcase.

Abstract: A control unit of a reader superimposes a control signal for antenna switching on a high frequency signal outputted into an antenna unit from a high frequency circuit. The antenna unit includes: separators for separating the superimposed signals into high frequency signals and control signals; a switch circuit for switching loop antennas; and a control circuit for controlling the switch circuit based on the control signal separated by the separator.

Abstract: An RFID tag reader having an antenna for communication with an RFID tag, a high frequency circuit for processing a communication signal with the RFID tag, a signal line for connecting the antenna with the high frequency circuit, and an impedance matching circuit for impedance matching between the antenna and the signal line includes: a detection unit for detecting a calibration RFID tag provided in a predetermined reading range; and a calibration unit for calibrating the high frequency circuit or matching circuit so that the calibration RFID tag can be detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A control unit of a reader superimposes a control signal for impedance adjustment on a high-frequency signal outputted from a high-frequency circuit to an antenna unit to output a superimposed signal. The antenna unit includes a separating unit that separates the superimposed signal into the high-frequency signal and the control signal, a matching circuit that subjects the high-frequency signal separated by the separating unit to impedance matching and input the high-frequency signal to an antenna, and an adjusting unit that controls a circuit constant of the matching circuit on the basis of the control signal separated by the separating unit.