Abstract: A recognition device that detects a boundary of a roadway by use of time-series images captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, the recognition device including: an acquisition unit that acquires the time-series images; and a detection unit that classifies areas in the acquired time-series images into a roadway, which is an area having a small change amount, and a portion other than the roadway, which is an area having a large change amount, according to magnitude of the change amounts, and detects a boundary between the area having the small change amount and the area having the large change amount as a boundary of the roadway.

Abstract: When first object information for displaying the first type of object is identifiable, a process is performed of displaying the predetermined space regardless of whether second object information for displaying the second type of object is identifiable, and displaying the predetermined space so that: when the second object information is identifiable, the second type of object is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the second object information; and when the second object information is not identifiable, an alternative object corresponding to the second type of object is displayed.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a system that are capable of increasing the interest in live event gradually. A computer is configured to provide a virtual space to a user. The computer causes to display an image in a generated virtual space, the image being in accordance with an operation by the user; and to generate an event in the virtual space, and to provide event content in a predetermined type of virtual space of the virtual space on a scheduled date. Also during a period before the scheduled date, an image in the predetermined type of virtual space may be displayed in response to an operation by the user, and an event may be generated in the predetermined type of virtual space, and a display mode in the predetermined type of virtual space may change in accordance with the event that occurs in the predetermined type of virtual space in the period before the scheduled date.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a travel request acquisition unit that acquires travel request information for requesting travel permission of a specific road by a first vehicle, a number-of-vehicles acquisition unit that acquires a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road, a determination unit that determines traveling availability on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a position estimation device that includes a weight determination unit to determine weights for first yaw information of a vehicle based on an angular velocity of the vehicle, for second yaw information of the vehicle based on movement distances of left and right wheels of the vehicle, and for third yaw information of the vehicle based on a steering angle and a vehicle speed of the vehicle. The position estimation unit further includes a yaw information acquiring unit, to acquire the first to third yaw information, a combining unit to generate combined yaw information, and a position estimation unit to estimate a position of the vehicle using positioning information of the vehicle, the vehicle speed of the vehicle, and the combined yaw information.

Abstract: When a user performs an operation on their user terminal to designate another user as a mute target, then the distribution server receives mute designation information transmitted from the user terminal. Then, the mute received history is updated for the designated other user. If a comment is posted from a user who is one of a plurality of users participating in the virtual space of the same content and who meets the restriction condition based on the mute received history, and for whom a full mute flag is are set to ON, the posting user is considered to be a user who tends to make nuisance comments, and the reflection of the comment from the posting user is restricted on the user terminals of a plurality of users participating in the virtual space, including a user who has not designated the user as a mute target.

Abstract: A parking region extraction apparatus is a parking region extraction apparatus for extracting a parking region which is a region for parking a vehicle in a site, and includes an acquisition unit that acquires map information including the site, an extraction unit that extracts candidates for the parking region by dividing the site using the map information, and an estimation unit that derives an accuracy of each of the candidates and estimate the parking region.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus classifies each congested section represented by training data including a start point position of congestion and an end point position of the congestion for each congestion direction, recursively repeats processing of connecting adjacent congested sections as a continuous integrated congested section for each congested section to determines which congested sections constitute the integrated congested section, classifies the integrated congested section according to determination divisions for each integrated congested section representing the same congestion, and sets an extension scale of the integrated congested section for each integrated congested section representing the same congestion and for each determination division.

Abstract: An estimation method includes acquiring sensor information acquired by a sensor mounted on a first vehicle belonging to a vehicle line, acquiring position information on a location of the first vehicle, and estimating a cause of the vehicle line by using the sensor information and the position information. The estimating of the cause includes estimating the cause by using information on a facility or a feature present near the first vehicle, information indicating a state of the first vehicle, information on an object present ahead of the first vehicle included in the sensor information, or information on a road that affects traveling. The information on the facility or the feature is searched based on the position information, the information on the object is estimated based on the sensor information, and the information on the road is searched based on the position information.

Abstract: A fiber structure includes multiple fiber layers and multiple interlayer binding yarns. The fiber layers include multiple first yarn layers and one or more second yarn layers. Each of the first yarn layers includes multiple first yarns each having a yarn main axis extending in a first direction. Each of the second yarn layers includes an end second yarn located at an end of the central region. The interlayer binding yarns located in an end region include two of the interlayer binding yarns that pass through mutually different paths in a cross section of the fiber structure orthogonal to the first direction, so as to interlace with the first yarns. A pitch in the first direction between the interlayer binding yarns in the end region is smaller than a pitch in the first direction between the interlayer binding yarns in the central region.

Abstract: A program is provided for causing a computer providing a virtual space (VS) to function as: a category presenting unit (41) that presents, on a screen, one or more categories related to one or more items used by an object (O) in the virtual space (VS) in a manner whereby a category can be specified; a category specifying unit (42) that specifies a particular category from among the categories, based on a user input; an item presenting unit (43) that presents, on the screen, one or more items associated with the specified particular category in a manner whereby an item can be specified; an item specifying unit (44) that specifies a particular item from among the one or more items, based on a user input; and a variation presenting unit (45) that presents one or more variation items for the specified particular item on the screen in association with the particular item in a manner whereby a variation item can be specified.

Abstract: A position estimation unit 25 estimates, for each movement in a predetermined section, a plurality of position candidates of a position estimation target on the basis of position information and sensor information. A position determination unit 26 evaluates, for each movement in the predetermined section, on the basis of the plurality of position candidates of the position estimation target obtained by the movement in the predetermined section, whether the position information used to estimate the position candidates has an error caused by any of a position of a GPS satellite, a position of a mobile body in a real space, or the mobile body or does not have any error caused thereby.

Abstract: The method executes a process of changing setting of the virtual space provision unit to a continuous provision state so that the virtual space is continuously provided to users when it is a predetermined state that is established in response to multiple types of actions including entry into the virtual space by a user who does not satisfy a specific condition, the predetermined state being to change the setting of the virtual space provision unit; and in response to an entering of the virtual space among actions by a user who satisfies the specific condition, executes a process of changing the setting of the virtual space provision unit to the continuous provision state, also in a situation where the predetermined state would not be established when a user who does not satisfy the specific condition entered the virtual space.

Abstract: The mobile object control device includes: a prescribed path information acquisition unit which acquires prescribed path information; an obstacle information acquisition unit which acquires obstacle information; a position orientation information acquisition unit which acquires position orientation information; and a traveling path determination unit which judges whether or not a vehicle is traveling on a prescribed path, and judges whether or not there is a possibility that the vehicle collides with an obstacle, and then, if it is judged that there is the possibility of the collision, determines whether or not to cause the vehicle to travel on a prescribed-path-outside traveling path.

Abstract: This automated driving system includes a vehicle having a target traveling path for performing automated traveling, the automated driving system being configured to acquire a position and an azimuth of the vehicle and a measurement reliability therefor. The vehicle includes an automated traveling restart determination unit for switching from a stopped state to automated traveling. In a case where the measurement reliability is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold, restart of automated traveling of the vehicle is permitted when an absolute value of a first position deviation between the target traveling path and the position of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined second threshold and an absolute value of an angle deviation between an azimuth of the target traveling path and the azimuth of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a predetermined third threshold.

Abstract: When first object information for displaying the first type of object is identifiable, a process is performed of displaying the predetermined space regardless of whether second object information for displaying the second type of object is identifiable, and displaying the predetermined space so that: when the second object information is identifiable, the second type of object is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the second object information; and when the second object information is not identifiable, an alternative object corresponding to the second type of object is displayed.

Abstract: To provide a positioning apparatus which can reduce the error of the positioning information of the positioning satellite, by using either appropriate one of the positioning reinforcement information by the ground channel or the positioning reinforcement information by the satellite channel, according to execution state of the automatic driving. A positioning apparatus receives positioning information from positioning satellites; calculates a first own position based on the positioning information and the positioning reinforcement information of the ground base station; calculates a second own position based on the positioning information and the positioning reinforcement information of the satellite; determines either the first own position or the second own position to be used, based on whether or not the driving mode is the automatic driving mode; and outputs the first own position or the second own position determined to be used, as a final own position.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a system that are capable of increasing the interest in live event gradually. A computer is configured to provide a virtual space to a user. The computer causes to display an image in a generated virtual space, the image being in accordance with an operation by the user; and to generate an event in the virtual space, and to provide event content in a predetermined type of virtual space of the virtual space on a scheduled date. Also during a period before the scheduled date, an image in the predetermined type of virtual space may be displayed in response to an operation by the user, and an event may be generated in the predetermined type of virtual space, and a display mode in the predetermined type of virtual space may change in accordance with the event that occurs in the predetermined type of virtual space in the period before the scheduled date.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a travel request acquisition unit that acquires travel request information for requesting travel permission of a specific road by a first vehicle, a number-of-vehicles acquisition unit that acquires a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road, a determination unit that determines traveling availability on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

Abstract: Information about a present position and a posture of an own vehicle for performing desired vehicle operation control is estimated with high accuracy even if the vehicle is not mounted with any satellite positioning sensor. This position estimation device includes: an information reception unit which receives surrounding environment information including first mobile object information including at least a position, an angle, and a speed of a mobile object and road information about a surrounding of the mobile object; a recognition unit which unifies pieces of the surrounding environment information so as to create unification environment information; and an information transmission unit which transmits the unification environment information including positional information about the mobile object to the mobile object.