Abstract: An object recognition apparatus mounted in a vehicle including a sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object present in a same lane as that of the vehicle by using information from the sensor, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information concerning lights which the object turns on by using the information from the sensor, and a determining unit configured to determine a type of the object based on the information concerning the lights. A condition in which the determination unit determines that the type of the object is a two-wheeled vehicle includes a case in which the object includes not less than two lights arrayed in a vertical direction with respect to the ground surface.

Abstract: A travel assistance system including a server that assists traveling of a vehicle, comprises: a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstruction factor for traveling of the vehicle; an obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an approaching vehicle that approaches the obstruction factor; a generation unit configured to, based on information of the obstruction factor recognized by the recognition unit, generate warning information corresponding to information of a type of the approaching vehicle obtained by the obtainment unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit the warning information to the approaching vehicle; and a control unit configured to give notification to an occupant of the approaching vehicle and/or control traveling of the approaching vehicle based on the warning information.

Abstract: A travel support system includes a server configured to support the travel of a vehicle. The server comprises a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstacle on a travel path of the vehicle, an obtainment unit configured to obtain, upon detecting an approaching vehicle which is approaching the obstacle, a blind spot region which occurs due to the obstacle recognized by the recognition unit, and a notification unit configured to notify the approaching vehicle of information of the blind spot region obtained by the obtainment unit. The server is arranged in an apparatus other than the approaching vehicle.

Abstract: A use management system comprises a moving body on which a user rides; a storage medium and an information processing apparatus, wherein the medium stores identification, a predetermined route and movement information, and the moving body includes a first reader/writer for acquiring information from the storage medium and records information onto the storage medium, starts recording the movement information regarding the moving body when the use of the moving body is started, records the movement information when the moving body deviates from the route, and writes the recorded movement information onto the storage medium when the use of the moving body is ended, and the information processing apparatus includes a second reader/writer for acquiring information from the storage medium and charges an additional fee to a user based on the movement information.

Abstract: A travel assistance system including a server that assists traveling of a vehicle, comprises: a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstruction factor for traveling of the vehicle; an obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an approaching vehicle that approaches the obstruction factor; a generation unit configured to, based on information of the obstruction factor recognized by the recognition unit, generate warning information corresponding to information of a type of the approaching vehicle obtained by the obtainment unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit the warning information to the approaching vehicle; and a control unit configured to give notification to an occupant of the approaching vehicle and/or control traveling of the approaching vehicle based on the warning information.

Abstract: A travel support system includes a server configured to support the travel of a vehicle. The server comprises a recognition unit configured to recognize an obstacle on a travel path of the vehicle, an obtainment unit configured to obtain, upon detecting an approaching vehicle which is approaching the obstacle, a blind spot region which occurs due to the obstacle recognized by the recognition unit, and a notification unit configured to notify the approaching vehicle of information of the blind spot region obtained by the obtainment unit. The server is arranged in an apparatus other than the approaching vehicle.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus mounted in a vehicle including a sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object present in a same lane as that of the vehicle by using information from the sensor, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information concerning lights which the object turns on by using the information from the sensor, and a determining unit configured to determine a type of the object based on the information concerning the lights. A condition in which the determination unit determines that the type of the object is a two-wheeled vehicle includes a case in which the object includes not less than two lights arrayed in a vertical direction with respect to the ground surface.

Abstract: A use management system comprises a moving body on which a user rides; a storage medium and an information processing apparatus, wherein the medium stores identification, a predetermined route and movement information, and the moving body includes a first reader/writer for acquiring information from the storage medium and records information onto the storage medium, starts recording the movement information regarding the moving body when the use of the moving body is started, records the movement information when the moving body deviates from the route, and writes the recorded movement information onto the storage medium when the use of the moving body is ended, and the information processing apparatus includes a second reader/writer for acquiring information from the storage medium and charges an additional fee to a user based on the movement information.

Abstract: The present invention contributes to vessel navigation safety, by applying conventional navigation technology and using smartphones or other wireless communication terminals to provide a chart according to vessel type. Provided is a server system (3), which: receives, from wireless communication terminals (2) which are carried by users aboard vessels (4), position information of the wireless communication terminals (2) and information of the sizes of the vessels (4); creates, in response to the sizes of the vessels, navigation trajectory information formed from time series position information of the vessels (4); and, with the navigation trajectory information as an input, updates navigable course information for each size of the vessels (4).

Abstract: The present invention provides a system capable of properly controlling the switching of the operation state of each of a plurality of arithmetic processing resources according to an increase or a decrease in an arithmetic processing load. A distributed processing control system 10 includes a load estimation unit 11 that estimates an estimation arithmetic processing load at a first point of time in a future from a reference point of time, and a state control unit 12 that starts the processing for switching the operation state of an arithmetic processing resource Sj so as to satisfy a first condition, in which the estimated arithmetic processing load is included in a predetermined range of an estimation processing capacity of the arithmetic processing resource Sj expected to be activated at the first point of time.

Abstract: To provide a system capable of appropriately assigning, in consideration of a state concerning increase in an arithmetic processing load required for executing each of a plurality of tasks, each task to a plurality of arithmetic processing resources. An indication value is detected which represents a degree of an arithmetic processing load required for executing each of the plurality of tasks. Whether or not the indication value satisfies a predetermined condition is determined. States or occurring events in an area concerning execution of the plurality of tasks are detected. Each of the plurality of tasks is assigned to each of the plurality of servers S1 to Sn (arithmetic processing resources) in a different order of priority depending on a difference of the detected state on a requirement that the indication value satisfies the predetermined condition.

Abstract: The present invention contributes to vessel navigation safety, by applying conventional navigation technology and using smartphones or other wireless communication terminals to provide a chart according to vessel type. Provided is a server system 3, which: receives, from wireless communication terminals 2 which are carried by users aboard vessels 4, position information of the wireless communication terminals 2 and information of the sizes of the vessels 4; creates, in response to the sizes of the vessels 4, navigation trajectory information formed from time series position information of the vessels 4; and, with the navigation trajectory information as an input, updates navigable course information for each size of the vessels 4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system capable of properly controlling the switching of the operation state of each of a plurality of arithmetic processing resources according to an increase or a decrease in an arithmetic processing load. A distributed processing control system 10 includes a load estimation unit 11 that estimates an estimation arithmetic processing load at a first point of time in a future from a reference point of time, and a state control unit 12 that starts the processing for switching the operation state of an arithmetic processing resource Sj so as to satisfy a first condition, in which the estimated arithmetic processing load is included in a predetermined range of an estimation processing capacity of the arithmetic processing resource Sj expected to be activated at the first point of time.

Abstract: To provide a system capable of appropriately assigning, in consideration of a state concerning increase in an arithmetic processing load required for executing each of a plurality of tasks, each task to a plurality of arithmetic processing resources. An indication value is detected which represents a degree of an arithmetic processing load required for executing each of the plurality of tasks. Whether or not the indication value satisfies a predetermined condition is determined. States or occurring events in an area concerning execution of the plurality of tasks are detected. Each of the plurality of tasks is assigned to each of the plurality of servers S1 to Sn (arithmetic processing resources) in a different order of priority depending on a difference of the detected state on a requirement that the indication value satisfies the predetermined condition.