Abstract: A vehicle information processing device includes an arrival determination unit that determines, based on positional information of a vehicle under autonomous driving control, whether or not the vehicle arrives at a destination, an approval determination unit that determines, based on approval notification, whether or not a user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, a safety determination unit that determines whether or not surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle based on vehicle environment information surrounding the vehicle, and a door controller that requests a door control device to open a door in a case where determination is made that the vehicle arrives at the destination, determination is made that the user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, and determination is made that the surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle.

Abstract: A sensor abnormality estimation device determines whether or not a position and a speed of a sensor-mounted vehicle at an intersection fulfill a predetermined performance condition. When the position and the speed fulfill the performance condition, the sensor abnormality estimation device acquires recognition results obtained by two of a plurality of external sensors, for a target object at a designated position associated with the position of the sensor-mounted vehicle. The sensor abnormality estimation device then acquires a degree of coincidence between the recognition results, and determines that there is an abnormality in at least one of the two external sensors when the degree of coincidence is lower than a predetermined determination value.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a stop position determination portion configured to determine a stop position at which a vehicle is stopped for a user to get in the vehicle or get off the vehicle so that a space for the user to get in or get off the vehicle is secured around a door of the vehicle, the door being used by the user when the user gets in or gets off the vehicle; and a driving controlling portion configured to perform an automatic driving control on the vehicle so that the vehicle stops at the stop position.

Abstract: A vehicle information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal of a first user, a storage unit configured to store an end-of-use position and an expected end-of-use time at which a second user of a vehicle ends use of the vehicle for each of a plurality of vehicles subjected to autonomous driving control and occupied by the second user, and a vehicle selection unit configured to acquire a boarding position and a boarding time at which the first user wants to get on a vehicle from the terminal via the communication unit and select at least one vehicle, of which the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time are in a predetermined relationship with the boarding position and the boarding time, from among the plurality of vehicles while referring to the storage unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a stop position determination portion configured to determine a stop position at which a vehicle is stopped for a user to get in the vehicle or get off the vehicle so that a space for the user to get in or get off the vehicle is secured around a door of the vehicle, the door being used by (he user when the user gets in or gets off the vehicle; and a driving controlling portion configured to perform an automatic driving control on the vehicle so that the vehicle stops at the stop position.

Abstract: A vehicle information processing device includes an arrival determination unit that determines, based on positional information of a vehicle under autonomous driving control, whether or not the vehicle arrives at a destination, an approval determination unit that determines, based on approval notification, whether or not a user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, a safety determination unit that determines whether or not surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle based on vehicle environment information surrounding the vehicle, and a door controller that requests a door control device to open a door in a case where determination is made that the vehicle arrives at the destination, determination is made that the user approves the arrival of the vehicle at the destination, and determination is made that the surroundings of the vehicle are safe to the user who unboards the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communication unit configured to be communicable with an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels, a determination unit configured to determine whether there is a possibility that communication between the autonomous driving vehicle and the vehicle control device is disconnected, based on information indicating a communication status between the autonomous driving vehicle and the vehicle control device, and a travel instruction unit configured to transmit, when there is the possibility that the communication between the autonomous driving vehicle and the vehicle control device is disconnected, a travel instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle via the communication unit before the communication between the autonomous driving vehicle and the vehicle control device is disconnected. The travel instruction matches conditions associated with travel control of the autonomous driving vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles configured to perform autonomous traveling, and a processor. The processor is configured to, when an abnormality occurs in or around at least one first autonomous driving vehicle among the plurality of autonomous driving vehicles, determine a travel instruction for controlling traveling of the first autonomous driving vehicle, transmit the travel instruction to the first autonomous driving vehicle via the communication unit, set a priority representing the degree of the priority in which an instruction operator is notified of the travel instruction in the order determined according to the content of the abnormality, notify any one of at least one instruction terminal of the determined travel instruction in the order of highest priority, and receive a result of checking the determined travel instruction from the instruction terminal.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes an upper limit value setting unit configured to set an upper limit value of an acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle such that the acceleration or deceleration does not exceed the upper limit value. The upper limit value setting unit is configured to change the upper limit value according w at least one predetermined condition.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle includes: a signal information acquisition unit that acquires signal information about at least one traffic light, from a server having signal information about a plurality of traffic lights provided at a plurality of intersections; and a vehicle control unit that controls the vehicle, based on the signal information acquired by the signal information acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a storage portion in which map information is stored, the map information showing a position where a roadside machine configured to transmit a radio signal including predetermined information is provided; a route setting portion configured to set a route where an autonomous driving vehicle is to travel when a current position, of the autonomous driving vehicle, that is measured by a positioning portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle is included within a predetermined distance from the position of the roadside machine on the map information and the autonomous driving vehicle approaches the position where the roadside machine is provided, the route being set so that a communication portion provided in the autonomous driving vehicle can receive the radio signal; and a vehicle controlling portion configured to control the autonomous driving vehicle so that the autonomous driving vehicle travels along the route.

Abstract: A vehicle is configured to transport a passenger through autonomous travel. The vehicle includes an in-vehicle camera configured to image the passenger to generate an image, a camera controller configured to control the in-vehicle camera, and a passenger information detection unit configured to detect information about the passenger. The passenger information detection unit measures the number of passengers and the camera controller stops an operation of the in-vehicle camera in a case where the number of passengers is one.

Abstract: A vehicle identification device includes an external sensor configured to detect a situation around a host vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a speed of the host vehicle, a communication unit configured to perform vehicle-to-vehicle communication with non-host vehicles, and an electronic control device. The electronic control device is configured to: acquire non-host vehicle detection information, acquire non-host vehicle communication information, identify a preceding vehicle, determine whether or not the in-vehicle sensor has lost the preceding vehicle, recognize the vehicle speed of the host vehicle, calculate an estimated relative distance between the lost preceding vehicle and the host vehicle when the preceding vehicle has been lost, and re-identify a communication continuation vehicle that used to be the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle identification device includes an external sensor configured to detect a situation around a host vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a speed of the host vehicle, a communication unit configured to perform vehicle-to-vehicle communication with non-host vehicles, and an electronic control device. The electronic control device is configured to: acquire non-host vehicle detection information, acquire non-host vehicle communication information, identify a preceding vehicle, determine whether or not the in-vehicle sensor has lost the preceding vehicle, recognize the vehicle speed of the host vehicle, calculate an estimated relative distance between the lost preceding vehicle and the host vehicle when the preceding vehicle has been lost, and re-identify a communication continuation vehicle that used to be the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: To encode a moving picture in real time in as high quality as possible, no matter whether a target bit rate for encoding the moving picture is high or low. An encoder performs motion compensated inter-picture predictive coding on moving picture data in a selected one of prediction modes.

Abstract: A motion vector encoding apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting motion vectors of respective blocks of a predetermined size and a range of the motion vectors; a first storage unit for storing therein the detected motion vectors; and a generation unit for generating motion vector predictors from the motion vectors outputted from the first storage unit. The apparatus also includes a calculation unit for calculating an average value of differential vectors between the motion vectors outputted from the first storage unit and the motion vector predictors. Moreover, the apparatus includes a determination unit for determining a parameter representing a motion vector encodable range based on the average value of the differential vectors calculated by the calculation unit; and an encoding unit for encoding the motion vectors based on the differential vectors and a parameter representing an encodable range outputted from the determination unit.

Abstract: To encode a moving picture in real time in as high quality as possible, no matter whether a target bit rate for encoding the moving picture is high or low. An encoder performs motion compensated inter-picture predictive coding on moving picture data in a selected one of prediction modes.

Abstract: A motion vector encoding apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting motion vectors of respective blocks of a predetermined size and a range of the motion vectors; a first storage unit for storing therein the detected motion vectors; and a generation unit for generating motion vector predictors from the motion vectors outputted from the first storage unit. The apparatus also includes a calculation unit for calculating an average value of differential vectors between the motion vectors outputted from the first storage unit and the motion vector predictors. Moreover, the apparatus includes a determination unit for determining a parameter representing a motion vector encodable range based on the average value of the differential vectors calculated by the calculation unit; and an encoding unit for encoding the motion vectors based on the differential vectors and a parameter representing an encodable range outputted from the determination unit.

Abstract: In conventional moving image compression coding apparatuses, in the case of a largely moving image, it is impossible to detect an appropriate motion vector, and further, it is difficult to set an appropriate motion vector detection area.