Abstract: A heating apparatus for a vehicle includes an air heating unit configured to heat air conditioning air to be sent into a vehicle cabin, a contact heating unit configured to heat a member that is in contact with a body of an occupant in the vehicle cabin, and an electronic control unit. A heat source of the air heating unit and a heat source of the contact heating unit each are supplied with an electric power from one or more batteries. The electronic control unit is configured to decrease an electric power that is supplied to the heat source of the air heating unit when the heat source of the contact heating unit is on as compared to an electric power that is supplied to the heat source of the air heating unit when the heat source of the contact heating unit is off.

Abstract: A communication terminal includes a touch panel provided with a display device and an input device. The touch panel displays a request to rescue a rescued person and displays a plurality of modes of transportation to go to the rescued person and a travel time for each of the modes of transportation. The touch panel is provided with a reply button for selecting one of the modes of transportation and inputting a reply of going to the rescued person. The touch panel can also display a map showing a location of the rescued person or information on a symptom of the rescued person.

Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided, in which an engine ECU starts fuel cut control when deceleration is requested, and an air conditioner ECU operates a compressor to accumulate the cold while the fuel cut control operation is performed by an engine controller, and deactivates the compressor in a case where an evaporator temperature matches or falls below a compressor deactivatable temperature when a condition for terminating the fuel cut control is satisfied. The engine ECU extends the fuel cut control in a case where the compressor is deactivated when the condition for terminating the fuel cut control is satisfied. The air conditioner ECU includes an airflow volume decreasing unit configured to decrease an airflow volume from a blower, which blows air into a vehicle interior, when an estimated air conditioning load is low during the operation to accumulate the cold, for rapidly decreasing the evaporator temperature.

Abstract: An onboard camera image application system includes multiple vehicles, an information providing system, and a PC. In the information providing system, a collection server collects image data captured by onboard cameras of the vehicles. An analysis server extracts, from the image data captured around one location, feature information associated with an extraction item for a person or a vehicle around the location. The analysis server also classifies the extracted feature information by classification item. A providing server sends the classified feature information to the PC of a user. The user is able to set a location to be processed, through the PC, and is also able to set the extraction item or the classification item.

Abstract: An on-board signage system includes one or more vehicles, a display device installed in each of the vehicles, and a signage controller, in which the signage controller is configured to function as a post collecting unit that collects a post content item uploaded to an SNS site, a post analyzing unit which extracts a location relating to the post content item as a relevant location, a post database that stores post-related information obtained from the post content item in association with the relevant location, and a selector that selects at least one of a travel route of the vehicle and an image to be assigned to the vehicle, based on information stored in the post database, and transmits the selected travel route or image to the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided, in which an engine ECU starts fuel cut control when deceleration is requested, and an air conditioner ECU operates a compressor to accumulate the cold during operation when the fuel cut control is performed by an engine controller, and deactivates the compressor in a case where an evaporator temperature matches or falls below a predetermined value of a compressor deactivation permissible temperature when a condition of terminating the fuel cut control is satisfied. The engine ECU extends the fuel cut control in a case where the compressor is deactivated when the condition of terminating the fuel cut control is satisfied. The air conditioner ECU includes a compressor deactivation permissible temperature changing unit configured to raise the compressor deactivation permissible temperature from the predetermined value when an estimated air conditioning load is low.

Abstract: Provided is a charging controller that controls a process of charging a battery from an external power source. When an outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, the charging controller charges the battery from a time earlier than a scheduled time of use of the battery by a predetermined time until the scheduled time of use. Thus, even when the outside air temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature of the battery has been raised by heat generated during the charging by the time of use of the battery.

Abstract: A distribution system includes a collection server, a storage server, and a distribution server. The collection server acquires image data captured by an on-vehicle camera, creates a table in which imaging position information is associated with imaging environment information, and stores the table in the storage server. The distribution server accepts a distribution request in which an imaging position condition and an imaging environment condition are designated. The distribution server searches the image data satisfying the imaging position condition and the imaging environment condition, and performs distribution.

Abstract: An on-board signage system includes one or more vehicles, a display device configured to display an assigned image on a display area of each of the vehicles, and a signage controller, in which the signage controller is configured to function as an image database for storing a plurality of candidate images, a terminal database for storing identification information and owner information of a registered terminal, a terminal location acquiring unit configured to acquire location information of the registered terminal, and a selector that selects at least one of a travel route for the vehicle and an image to be assigned to the vehicle, based on the location information and the owner information of the registered terminal, and transmits the selected travel route or image to the vehicle.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control system acquires settlement information on an electronic settlement performed by an occupant D of a vehicle using a mobile terminal via a car-navigation system from the mobile terminal having an electronic settlement function, and controls an air conditioner on the basis of the acquired settlement information. The settlement information includes a commodity purchased by the electronic settlement or a service having a value paid by the electronic settlement, as a settlement target.

Abstract: A rescue system includes a receiver, an emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit, an acquisition unit, a user arrival time estimation unit, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a request for rescue of a rescued person and rescued person location information. The emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit estimates an emergency medical staff arrival time at which an emergency medical staff arrives at the rescued person based on the rescued person location information. The acquisition unit acquires user location information of a registered user that is a candidate for a rescuer. The user arrival time estimation unit estimates the user arrival time when the registered user arrives at the rescued person based on the user location information. The transmitter transmits the request for rescue to the registered user that is able to arrive earlier than the emergency medical staff.

Abstract: A vehicular arithmetic operation processing device that is mounted in a vehicle having a communication function of communicating with an outside of the vehicle and the vehicular arithmetic operation processing device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: perform an arithmetic operation for an arithmetic operation task, output a result of the arithmetic operation, and receive an arithmetic operation task from the outside of the vehicle by using the communication function when an amount of arithmetic operations performed in the vehicular arithmetic operation processing device is equal to or less than a predetermined first value; and transmit an arithmetic operation task to the outside of the vehicle by using the communication function when the amount of arithmetic operations which are performed in the vehicular arithmetic operation processing device is equal to or greater than a predetermined second value.

Abstract: A control device distributes electric power from a battery to an electric power feed terminal when the remaining level of a battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined value with an ignition off. Therefore, an electronic component can be charged after being connected to the electric power feed terminal, even with the ignition off. When the remaining level of the battery is lower than the predetermined value, the distribution of electric power from the battery to the electric power feed terminal is shut off, so the electric component can be stopped from being charged, even after being connected to the electric power feed terminal. In consequence, even when the electronic component can be charged after being connected to the electric power feed terminal with the ignition off, a battery remaining level that is needed when a vehicle runs next time can be ensured.

Abstract: A vehicle temperature regulation apparatus includes a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of a circuit board mounted in a vehicle, a controller configured to control the temperature regulator, and a storage unit configured to store a vehicle startup scheduled time. When the temperature of the circuit board at a check time before the vehicle startup scheduled time is outside of a predetermined normal temperature range, the controller executes circuit board pre-temperature-regulation control to operate the temperature regulator to regulate the temperature of the circuit board before the vehicle startup scheduled time.

Abstract: An insurance fee setting system includes: a driving analysis server that is connected to a rear distance sensor, which is attached to a second vehicle, by a communication line, and that analyzes a driving state of a driver of a first vehicle that is a contract vehicle of an automobile insurance, based on detected data of the rear distance sensor; and an insurance fee setting server that sets an insurance fee of the automobile insurance in which the driver is under contract, based on the driving state of the driver input from the driving analysis server.

Abstract: A discount percentage determination system includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a database in which residential areas and electronic payment information of consumers who made electronic payments are recorded in association with each other, the electronic payment information for each of the residential areas; and a discount percentage determination unit configured to identify a tendency of the electronic payments for each of the residential areas based on the electronic payment information for each of the residential areas and to determine for each of the residential areas a discount percentage for prices of items for sale at a predetermined store according to the identified tendency.

Abstract: A communication terminal includes a touch panel provided with a display device and an input device. The touch panel displays a request to rescue a rescued person and displays a plurality of modes of transportation to go to the rescued person and a travel time for each of the modes of transportation. The touch panel is provided with a reply button for selecting one of the modes of transportation and inputting a reply of going to the rescued person. The touch panel can also display a map showing a location of the rescued person or information on a symptom of the rescued person.

Abstract: A car sharing fee system for calculating a car sharing fee for an electric vehicle is provided. In the car sharing fee system, the car sharing fee is discounted when the electric vehicle is recharged by a user. A discount is designed to motivate the user to recharge an on-board battery.

Abstract: A rescue system includes a receiver, an emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit, an acquisition unit, a user arrival time estimation unit, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a request for rescue of a rescued person and rescued person location information. The emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit estimates an emergency medical staff arrival time at which an emergency medical staff arrives at the rescued person based on the rescued person location information. The acquisition unit acquires user location information of a registered user that is a candidate for a rescuer. The user arrival time estimation unit estimates the user arrival time when the registered user arrives at the rescued person based on the user location information. The transmitter transmits the request for rescue to the registered user that is able to arrive earlier than the emergency medical staff.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes an information receiver configured to communicate with a second vehicle around a first vehicle, to acquire drive source information of the second vehicle, and an air-conditioning controller configured to control an air conditioner of the first vehicle in an inside air recirculation mode or in an outside air introduction mode based on the drive source information. The drive source information includes active drive source information indicating a drive source that is currently active in the second vehicle, such that the air conditioner is controlled in accordance with the active drive source.