Abstract: In a control system for vehicles, a pre-processor of a server apparatus accumulates and records travel information received from each of the multiple vehicles in a database. A control information generator determines interference with respect to each vehicle traveling toward a merging section, based on the travel information in the database, generates individual control information, and individually transmits the individual control information. The control information generator further generates information regarding waypoints in the merging section, with respect to each vehicle traveling toward the merging section, and individually transmits the information regarding the waypoints.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus according to the invention executes: a simulation process of performing, based on driving operation data of a vehicle, a simulation of a vehicle behavior using multiple vehicle models having different parameter settings; and a model identifying process of evaluating a similarity of a vehicle behavior of each of the vehicle models to be obtained in the simulation process with an actual measured vehicle behavior, the actual measured vehicle behavior being a vehicle behavior of the vehicle that has been actually measured, and identifying the vehicle model that satisfies a predetermined similarity condition.

Abstract: A vehicle driving control system includes: a first road-traffic detection information acquisition unit and a first communicator of a mobile body; a road traffic information recognition unit, a control information calculation unit, and a second communicator of a traffic control apparatus; a second road-traffic detection information acquisition unit and a third communicator of a monitoring apparatus; and a driving control execution unit of a vehicle. The first and second road-traffic detection information acquisition units respectively acquire first and second road-traffic detection information. The road traffic information recognition unit recognizes road traffic information from the first and second road-traffic detection information received by the second communicator respectively through the first and third communicators. The control information calculation unit calculates, from the road traffic information, control information for the vehicle.

Abstract: In a server apparatus of a traffic control system, a pre-processor records a position of a vehicle in a database. A control information generator periodically generates individual control information regarding vehicles by using information in the database, and transmits the individual control information to each vehicle. Each vehicle controls travel of the subject vehicle by using the individual control information received from the server apparatus. In the server apparatus, an emergency processor is implemented when received travel information includes information that hinders travel of another vehicle, identifies the position of the vehicle related to the travel information, and records passage regulation regions and in the database. The control information generator generates and transmits the individual control information for deceleration or a stop for a vehicle that is likely to travel in the passage regulation regions and in the database.

Abstract: In a server apparatus of a traffic control system, a pre-processor records a position of a vehicle in a database. A control information generator periodically generates individual control information regarding vehicles by using information in the database, and transmits the individual control information to each vehicle. Each vehicle controls travel of the subject vehicle by using the latest individual control information received from the server apparatus. In the server apparatus, an emergency processor is implemented when received travel information includes information that hinders travel of another vehicle, and generates and transmits information corresponding to the information that hinders the travel of the other vehicle, as the individual control information regarding each of the vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle external environment imaging apparatus includes imaging devices and a controller. The imaging devices are disposed on a vehicle to perform imaging of a vehicle external environment. The controller generates information regarding a distance or a direction of a vehicle-external imaging target with imaging images of the imaging devices. At least two imaging devices are disposed on the vehicle to be able to perform duplicated imaging of a common imaging region. The controller generates, on the basis of a distance and a direction in an imaging image obtained by a first one of the at least two imaging devices, correction information regarding a distance, a direction or both of the vehicle-external imaging target based on an imaging position which is to be used in a monocular process on an imaging image of at least one the at least two imaging devices that is different from the first one.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes a stereo camera device, a LiDAR device, and a control unit. The stereo camera device recognizes a predetermined range of a front region of the vehicle as an image to acquire image data, and acquires three-dimensional image information including distance information on the basis of the acquired image data. The LiDAR device acquires three-dimensional point cloud data including distance information for each of detection points, by scanning substantially a same range as a range recognized by the stereo camera device, of the front region of the vehicle. The control unit controls the stereo camera device and the LiDAR device. The control unit includes a camera calibration unit that performs calibration of the stereo camera device, by correcting a position shift of the three-dimensional image information acquired by the stereo camera device, with respect to the three-dimensional point cloud data acquired by the LiDAR device.

Abstract: A vehicle driving control system includes a road map information updating unit, a control information calculation unit, and a driving control execution unit. Upon determining that a stopped vehicle is present ahead of a target vehicle and that the target vehicle is able to pass by the stopped vehicle, the control information calculation unit calculates control information to be used to restrict a vehicle speed to a first set vehicle speed or less until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle, and calculates, if a door of the stopped vehicle has been opened, the control information to be used to restrict the vehicle speed to a second set vehicle speed or less until a set time period elapses from the opening of the door or until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle. The second set vehicle speed is lower than the first set vehicle speed.

Abstract: A traffic control system includes a vehicle control system and a management and control system. The vehicle control system transmits, from a probe information transmitter, traveling information of a specific section in which an own vehicle has traveled deviating from a target route or target speed of the own vehicle, as probe information. The management and control system collects the probe information of a plurality of vehicles and extracts highly reliable information by a probe information collector, and calculates and transmits recommended traveling information for passing through the specific section by a recommended traveling information calculator. The vehicle control system performs traveling control for passing through the specific section based on the recommended traveling information for the specific section received from the management and control system and recognition information of a traveling environment for the specific section in a specific section traveling controller.

Abstract: A driving control system includes: a sensor group for executing a driving assist; an automated driving control information generator that includes an automated driving sensor for executing an automated driving control, and generates information to be used for the automated driving control; a surrounding information generator that executes a communication connecting an own vehicle and everything, transmits automated driving sensor information of the own vehicle, and acquires automated driving sensor information of another vehicle to generate information on a surrounding of the own vehicle by the acquired information and a high-precision map; and a controller that executes the automated driving control or a driving assist control. The controller changes a mode of a driving control in response to an operation state of the sensor group, the automated driving control information generator, or the surrounding information generator.

Abstract: A travel control assistance system for a vehicle includes assistance server apparatuses, and a map update server apparatus. The assistance server apparatuses generate data that assists in a travel control of the automobile, based on respective pieces of high-precision map data and transmit the data to the automobile. The map update server apparatus updates the high-precision map data held in the assistance server apparatuses. The high-precision map data held in the assistance server apparatuses include narrow-area high-precision map data and wide-area high-precision map data regarding a wide area including an area for the narrow-area high-precision map data. The narrow-area high-precision map data is held in the low-order assistance server apparatus. The wide-area high-precision map data is held in the high-order assistance server apparatus. The map update server apparatus updates the narrow-area high-precision map data and the wide-area high-precision map data based on common data.

Abstract: A travelling control system includes vehicles each with a controller configured to execute travelling control, a server including a generator configured to generate travelling control information, and a determiner configured to determine priority with respect to the vehicles including a first vehicle. In a case that the determiner has determined to give priority to the first vehicle, the generator of the server generates the travelling control information for each of the vehicles such that a travelling of the first vehicle has priority over a travelling of other vehicle, even in a case that the first vehicle has lower priority, based on the priority rule in traffic. The determiner is configured to determine to temporarily give priority to the first vehicle in a case that there is a request from the first vehicle stopped for performing traffic-jam-cutting-in.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support system capable of supporting driving of a vehicle that travels on a road includes a notifier, and an acquirer. In a case where there is a first vehicle that moves between lanes, the notifier is configured to, provide notification of presence of the first vehicle to a second vehicle travelling in a target lane into which the first vehicle is to move. The acquirer is configured to acquire a size of a merging space that is to be provided by the second vehicle for merging of the first vehicle. In a case where the first vehicle is travelling under autonomous operation or assisted operation, the acquirer is configured to acquire the size of the merging space such that the size of the merging space is longer than when acquired in a case where the first vehicle is travelling under manual operation.

Abstract: In a travel control assistance system in which server apparatuses assist in a travel control of automobiles, the automobiles each includes a travel controller and a vehicle communication unit. The travel controller carries out the travel control based on detection data by a vehicle sensor. The vehicle communication unit acquires data regarding the travel control from the server apparatus. The server apparatuses as an entirety include individual assistance units corresponding to the respective automobiles, and a high-order assistance unit. The high-order assistance unit collects data regarding the automobiles from the individual assistance units, and generates high-order assistance data for the travel control. The high-order assistance unit offers the generated data to the individual assistance units.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes an in-vehicle camera, a processor, and a memory. The in-vehicle camera performs imaging to obtain a captured image of a traffic signal outside the vehicle. The processor executes a traffic signal stop control. The processor sets a detection region in the captured image, and extracts information on a reference object in the captured image and records the information in the memory. The detection region is adapted to a detection of a green lighting state of the traffic signal in the captured image. The captured image is obtained by the in-vehicle camera in the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped. The processor performs an adjustment of the detection region based on a difference between the reference object in the captured image after the setting of the detection range and the reference object in the captured image recorded in the memory.

Abstract: An object estimation device includes an acquisition unit and an estimation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a space image including an object present in a space. The estimation unit estimates image region data on the basis of a portion or all of the space image including the object. The image region data indicates a location of the object in the space image. On the condition that the object included in the space image acquired by the acquisition unit is included in an oblique posture, the estimation unit estimates an image region widened from an image region of the object included in the oblique posture in the space image, as the image region data.

Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, a generator, and a controller. The collector collects field information on movement of mobile bodies using communication apparatuses provided in respective predetermined zones or respective predetermined sections. The mapping unit maps positions of the mobile bodies based on the collected field information. The generator generates course-related information based on information on the mapped positions of the mobile bodies. The controller is provided for each of the mobile bodies and controls movement of corresponding one of the mobile bodies based on the course-related information. If the collected field information includes information on an obstacle that would hinder the movement of the mobile bodies, the mapping unit maps the obstacle together with the positions of the mobile bodies, and the generator generates the course-related information for the mobile bodies to cause the mobile bodies to move avoiding the obstacle.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes one or more processors, and one or more recording media including a program to be executed by the one or more processors stored therein. The program includes one or more commands that cause the one or more processors to execute: a simulation process of performing, based on driving operation data of a vehicle, a simulation of a vehicle behavior of the vehicle using vehicle models having different parameter settings; and a model identifying process of identifying one or more of the vehicle models that satisfy a predetermined similarity condition by evaluating a similarity of a vehicle behavior of each of the vehicle models to be obtained in the simulation process with a target vehicle behavior. Evaluating the similarity in the model identifying process is based on respective time waveforms of the vehicle behavior obtained in the simulation process and the target vehicle behavior.

Abstract: A mobility information provision system includes a collector, a mapping unit, an overall generator, and a specific generator. The collector collects information about movement of a plurality of mobile bodies. The mapping unit maps positions of the plurality of mobile bodies on the basis of the information collected by the collector. The overall generator repeatedly performs a first generation process of generating course-related information by using information including the mapped positions. The specific generator performs, in a case where a specific area for one or more mobile bodies, out of the plurality of mobile bodies, has been set, a second generation process of generating the course-related information for the one or more mobile bodies present in the specific area, by using the information including the mapped positions. The specific generator executes the second generation process in precedence over the first generation process executed by the overall generator.

Abstract: A automatic driving control apparatus for a vehicle can selectively switch a driving mode between a manual driving mode in which a driver manually performs driving operation of the own vehicle and an automatic driving mode in which driving operation is performed automatically along a set target traveling route. The automatic driving control apparatus includes a driving skill evaluation unit and a driving mode switching unit. The driving skill evaluation unit is configured to monitor the driving operation by the driver during traveling in the manual driving mode and evaluate a driving skill of the driver. The driving mode switching unit is configured to control the driving mode so as to be switchable to the automatic driving mode on condition that at least an evaluation value of the driver by the driving skill evaluation unit exceeds a threshold set in advance.