Abstract: The vehicle control system, in response to transmission of a command from a remote assistance apparatus to a vehicle, sets a cancellable period during which the command can be cancelled by the remote assistance apparatus. Also, the vehicle control system acquires a communication delay time between the vehicle and the remote assistance apparatus. The vehicle control system adjusts a control amount of the vehicle related to a speed in accordance with the communication delay time on condition that current time is within the cancellable period and the communication delay time is equal to or greater than a predetermined time.

Abstract: A method for managing a remote service for mobile objects is provided. The method includes the step of determining, when a request for close of a business of the remote service is received, whether or not the request for close is to be accepted. The service business includes a first business which affects travel efficiency of an object for which the remote service is provided and a second business which does not affect the travel efficiency. In the step of determining the request for close, when the request for close is a request for close of the second business, a determination is made as to whether or not a start of the first business to the object of the second business is expected. In addition, when it is determined that a start of the first business is expected, acceptance of the request for close of the second business is rejected.

Abstract: A method for managing a remote service for mobile objects is provided. The method includes the step of assigning, when a start trigger of a service business to an object for which the remote service is provided is output, the service business to at least one operator among a plurality of operators engaged in the remote service. The service business includes a first business which affects travel efficiency of the object of the remote service and a second business which does not affect the travel efficiency. In the step of assigning the service business, in the event that a start trigger of the first business for the object of the remote service is output, when there is an operator already engaged in the second business for the object of the remote service, the first business is assigned to the operator.

Abstract: A vehicle remote instruction training device that trains a remote commander who issues a remote instruction to an actual autonomous vehicle includes: a commander interface including an information output unit that shows a situation of the actual autonomous vehicle to the remote commander and an instruction input unit for the remote commander to input the remote instruction to the actual autonomous vehicle; a virtual situation display unit that shows a virtual situation of a virtual vehicle with time variation to a remote commander who is a trainee through the information output unit; a remote instruction input recognition unit that recognizes an input of the remote instruction input into the instruction input unit; and an evaluation unit that evaluates the remote commander based on timing at which they issue the remote instruction with respect to the virtual situation of the virtual vehicle or on a content of the remote instruction.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a seat in a vehicle includes adjusting the seat from an initial position to a passenger adjusted position based on receiving an input from a passenger. The method further includes determining the passenger exited the vehicle after adjusting the seat and predicting a likelihood of the passenger returning to the vehicle based on determining the passenger exited the vehicle. The method also includes adjusting the seat to the initial position based on the likelihood of the passenger returning is less than a passenger returning threshold. The method still further includes identifying a person approaching the vehicle after the passenger exited the vehicle based on information captured by one or more sensors of the vehicle. The method also includes adjusting the seat to a position associated with the previous passenger based on identifying the person approaching the vehicle as the previous passenger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular environment estimation device capable of accurately estimating a travel environment around own vehicle on the basis of a predicted route of a mobile object or the like, which is moving in a blind area. A vehicular environment estimation device that is mounted in the own vehicle detects a behavior of another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle, and estimates a travel environment, which affects the traveling of another vehicle, on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. For example, the presence of another vehicle, which is traveling in a blind area, is estimated on the basis of the behavior of another vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a vehicle travel environment that cannot be recognized by the own vehicle but can be recognized by another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle.

Abstract: A remote assistance system according to the present disclosure comprises a memory storing a database and one or more processors. The database manages, for each of a plurality of operators, feature values of a plurality of feature items regarding a last assistance scene. The one or more processors are configured to execute the following first to third processes. The first process is, when a new assistance request is received from s vehicle, specifying one or more index items from the plurality of feature items. The second process is specifying, from the plurality of operators, one or more candidate operators whose the last assistance scene is similar to a current assistance scene based on the feature values of the one or more index items. The third process is selecting an operator to process the new assistance request from the one or more candidate operators.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle sensor mounting structure by which a GNSS antenna and at least one external sensor are mounted on a roof of a vehicle, the at least one external sensor being configured to detect an external state of the vehicle. The vehicle sensor mounting structure includes: a first wiring hole into which a sensor wiring line of the at least one external sensor is drawn to be placed under the roof, the first wiring hole being formed in the roof; and a second wiring hole into which an antenna wiring line of the GNSS antenna is drawn to be placed under the roof, the second wiring hole being formed in the roof.

Abstract: A sensor evaluation system includes an infrastructure device installed outside a vehicle, and an information processing device. The infrastructure device includes an infrastructure sensor that detects the environment around the infrastructure device, and an infrastructure information processing device that performs information processing. The infrastructure information processing device calculates first feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the infrastructure device, based on detection information of the infrastructure sensor. The information processing device calculates second feature point position information indicating information on a position of a feature point in the environment around the vehicle, based on the detection information of a sensor.

Abstract: A remote driving device configured to remotely operate a vehicle includes a remote operation device, a reaction force unit, a receiver, and a processor. The remote operation device is operated by an operator in order to remotely operate the vehicle. The reaction force unit is configured to generate an operation reaction force to be applied to the remote operation device. The receiver is configured to receive a parameter affecting vehicle characteristics of the vehicle from the vehicle. The processor is configured to control the reaction force unit so as to generate a magnitude of the operation reaction force according to the received parameter.

Abstract: A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch system for dispatching an autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling with remote assistance by a remote operator. The vehicle dispatch system comprising: a required time prediction unit for predicting the required time until the autonomous driving vehicle arrives at a point of dispatch by a route, a remote assistance request number calculation unit for calculating the remote assistance request number on a route, and a vehicle dispatch determination unit for determining the vehicle dispatch route to the point of dispatch where the autonomous driving vehicle travels based on the required time for each route and the remote assistance request number for each route, when the route search unit searched for a plurality of the routes.

Abstract: The crime prevention system executes evaluating whether or not a degree of safety of the passenger getting off the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level on a basis of a recognition result of the recognition sensor (at least one of a first recognition sensor and a second recognition sensor), in a case where the degree of safety is lower than the predetermined level, executing illumination control of irradiating a position of the passenger getting off the vehicle with illumination from the illumination device (at least a first illumination device) while the vehicle is kept stopped for a period set in accordance with the degree of safety, and terminating the illumination control in response to a predetermined termination condition being satisfied.

Abstract: The control device includes an information processing device and a communication device. The information processing device extracts a group of users from the plurality of users based on passenger information of the plurality of users, the group of users being a group of users whose relationship with each other is a predetermined personal relationship, transmits to information terminal devices carried by the users belonging to the group, via the communication device, first display information indicating a current position of the shared vehicle, and transmits, in a case where a protection target user for whom a predetermined privacy protection requirement is satisfied is included in the group, second display information that is processed to protect privacy of the protection target user, to an information terminal device carried by a user not belonging to the group, via the communication device.

Abstract: According to the method of the present disclosure, first, an application for a reservation for at least one of a point and a time at which a first transportation service vehicle is to be stopped is received from a user. Next, an overlap is detected between the reservation and an operation schedule related to a stopping point and a stopping time of each of other transportation service vehicles operated in a region where the first transportation service vehicle is operated. Further, a priority between the first transportation service vehicle and a second transportation service vehicle having an operation schedule overlapping with the reservation among the other transportation service vehicles is determined based on at least a service type of each of the first transportation service vehicle and the second transportation service vehicle. Then, the user is notified of approval or disapproval of the reservation determined based on the priority.

Abstract: A vehicle is operated in accordance with a second operation amount corresponding to a first operation amount of a remote operation member by an operator. A first maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of the remote operation member. A second maximum operation range is a maximum operation range of an operation member of the vehicle. When the first maximum operation range is smaller than the second maximum operation range, a correspondence relationship between the first and second operation amounts is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes larger than the first operation amount. When the first maximum operation range is larger than the second maximum operation range, an operable range of the remote operation member is restricted or the correspondence relationship is adjusted such that the second operation amount becomes smaller than the first operation amount.

Abstract: A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

Abstract: A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.

Abstract: A sensor cleaning system cleans a sensor surface of an external sensor mounted on a vehicle. Specifically, the sensor cleaning system estimates a water droplet amount of a water droplet adhering to the sensor surface of the external sensor. The sensor cleaning system determines whether a cleaning start condition is satisfied based on the water droplet amount. The sensor cleaning system executes a cleaning process of cleaning the sensor surface when the cleaning start condition based on the water droplet amount is satisfied.

Abstract: The method of the present disclosure is a method for assigning a remote operation on a vehicle to a remote operator by a computer. According to the method of the present disclosure, a requested remote operation is classified into a first type of operation in which only one operation can be assigned to one remote operator at a time and a second type of operation in which a plurality of operations can be assigned to one operator at a time. When the requested remote operation is the first type of operation, the requested remote operation is assigned to an idle remote operator. When the requested remote operation is the second type of operation, the requested remote operation is assigned to an active remote operator already engaged in the second type of operation.