Abstract: Provided is a technique for generating an utterance based on data indicating the context of a dialogue.

Abstract: A server for a charge-discharge system includes a controller. The controller is configured to communicate with a plurality of registered vehicles each equipped with a chargeable-dischargeable battery. The controller is configured to acquire information on a scheduled start time of a next travel of each of the registered vehicles. The controller is configured to acquire electric power information. The controller is configured to determine, based on the scheduled travel start time and the electric power information, a target vehicle of which the battery is to be charged or discharged from among the registered vehicles that are at least parked. The controller is configured to send to the target vehicle either a charge command that orders the battery of the target vehicle to be charged or a discharge command that orders the battery of the target vehicle to be discharged.

Abstract: A temperature stimulation unit according to one or more embodiments may include a cover, a case including a top portion with an opening, and a control board. The case may include a bottom portion and a side portion having a through-hole. The bottom portion and the side portion may define a clearance at least with the control board.

Abstract: A temperature stimulation unit according to one or more embodiments may include a cover, a case with an opening through which the cover is exposed, a temperature changer located on a back surface of the cover, and a coil spring that urges the cover and the temperature changer in a direction to cause the cover and the temperature changer to protrude outside the case through the opening.

Abstract: A voltage monitoring device includes a voltage supply device configured to supply a second voltage generated from a first voltage to the electric component, a voltage supply control section configured to control the voltage supply device, a voltage level detection section configured to detect a voltage level related to the first voltage, and a voltage monitor section configured to monitor the first voltage, compare the voltage level with a first threshold in the voltage non-supply time, compare the voltage level with a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold in the voltage supply time, control the voltage supply device to continue supplying the second voltage when the voltage level is higher than the first threshold or the second threshold, and control the voltage supply device to stop supplying the second voltage when the voltage level is lower than the first threshold or the second threshold.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a rotary electric machine configured to generate a driving force for driving driving wheels; a driving battery storing power to drive the rotary electric machine; a converter connected to the driving battery; an auxiliary battery connected to the driving battery via the converter; and a cooling box connected to the auxiliary battery. When the driving battery has an SOC reduced to be smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the converter is stopped and power remaining in the auxiliary battery is used to drive the cooling box.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for generating a tagging model for attaching a tag in consideration of a phrase based on dependency between words. A tagging model generation apparatus includes a learning section 2 which generates, by using inputted learning data, a tagging model including probability-related information serving as information related to the probability that each tag is associated with each word-related information, and joint probability-related information serving as information related to a joint probability which serves as the probability of appearance of each tag in which appearance frequencies of a plurality of consecutive tags associated with pieces of word-related information of a plurality of consecutive words in each text are taken into consideration, and a storage section 3 which stores the generated tagging model.

Abstract: An energy saving support system according to an embodiment is configured to provide a consumer, who has an electric load to which electric energy is supplied from an electric power supply system within a house, with energy consumption-related information through a photo frame or the like. The information providing apparatus is configured to acquire an acceptability level, which stepwise indicates a degree of interest of the consumer in the energy consumption-related information, and to determine the energy consumption-related information to be newly provided to the consumer based on the acceptability level.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to promote a user's understanding or agreement, and to cause a dialogue to last long. A dialogue system 100 conducts a dialogue with a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents a first utterance which is a certain utterance. When the user 101 performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or it is predicted that the user performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or when the user does not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, or it is predicted that the user will not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, then the humanoid robot 50-1 presents a second utterance which is at least one utterance resulting from paraphrasing the contents of the first utterance.

Abstract: An object is to give the user the impression that the system has sufficient dialogue capabilities. A humanoid robot (50) presents a first system speech to elicit information regarding a user's experience in a subject contained in a dialogue. A microphone (11) accepts a first user speech spoken by a user (101) after the first system speech has been spoken. When the first user speech is a speech that contains information regarding the user's experience, the humanoid robot (50) presents a second system speech to elicit information regarding the user's evaluation of the user's experience. The microphone (11) accepts a second user speech spoken by the user (101) after the second system speech has been spoken. When the second user speech is a speech that contains the user's positive or negative evaluation, the humanoid robot (50) presents a third system speech to sympathizes with the positive or negative evaluation.

Abstract: An object is to give the user the impression that the system has sufficient dialogue capabilities. A dialogue system (100) has a personality virtually set thereto. A microphone (11) collects a spoken voice of a user (101) and converts it into a voice signal. A voice recognition unit (20) performs voice recognition on the voice signal of the spoken voice of the user (101) to convert the voice signal into a text that represents the content of the user's speech. A speech determination unit (30) determines a text representing the content of a system speech that is based at least on information contained in the most recently input user speech and information set to the personality of the dialogue system. The voice synthesis unit (40) converts the text representing the content of the system speech into a voice signal representing the content of the system speech. A speaker (51) outputs the voice signal representing the content of the system speech.

Abstract: An automated driving vehicle includes an analysis unit, an autonomous travel control unit, and a passenger ascertaining unit configured to transmit a notification to an interested person's contact-number device set in a reservation for vehicle allocation in at least one of (1) a case in which a passenger set in the reservation for vehicle allocation has boarded at a boarding point set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, (2) a case in which the passenger has not been recognized by the analysis unit within a predetermined waiting time from a target boarding point arrival time set in the reservation for vehicle allocation, and (3) a case in which the passenger has alighted at a destination set in the reservation for vehicle allocation.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.

Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an input unit that is capable of receiving input of a dispatch request and a destination and a position determiner that is capable of obtaining a terminal position which is its own current position. In accordance with the dispatch request, an autonomous vehicle is designated as a vehicle that is to be dispatched. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving controller that performs driving control so as to track the mobile terminal based on the terminal position while on its way to pick up the user.

Abstract: When a rental user schedule management unit (general user schedule management unit) receives, from a general user (rental user) different from the priority user that is a lease contractor, a general usage request for a predetermined autonomous vehicle in which a time zone excluding a priority usage time zone is specified, the rental user schedule management unit set the time zone specified by the general usage request as a general usage time zone.

Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to prevent inattentive listening to a dialogue of an agent without taking it seriously and to make it easier to understand the dialogue with the agent. A dialogue system 100 conducts a dialogue with a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents a leap-in-logic utterance, which is an utterance, of which a logical structure is partially missing. The user 101 expresses a confirmation action which is an action confirming the missing information in the leap-in-logic utterance. The humanoid robot 50-1 presents a supplementary utterance which is an utterance describing the missing information.

Abstract: A patrol system includes a vehicle and a server. The server includes: a first decision unit that decides a priority of each of a plurality of patrol points to be patrolled and located in a prescribed area, based on resident data including data of the number of residents living in the prescribed area and addresses of the residents; a second decision unit that decides a patrol route for patrolling the patrol points, based on map information of the prescribed area and the priorities; and a transmission unit that transmits the patrol route to the vehicle.

Abstract: A dialog apparatus and the like are provided which achieve a natural dialog in which topics minutely connect, starting from a user utterance, by making, after a robot's response to the user utterance, robots exchange additional questions and answers, which reflect the contents of the response, between them.