Abstract: In order to achieve the above objects, according to the present invention, an information processing system includes a wind-condition estimation unit that estimates wind-condition information in a predetermined space region, and an evaluation unit that evaluates flight difficulty or economic efficiency of an aircraft based on the estimated wind-condition information. According to the present invention, an information processing method includes estimating wind-condition information in a predetermined space region, and evaluating flight difficulty or economic efficiency of an aircraft based on the estimated wind-condition information.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying vehicle that ensures efficiently travelling while suppressing vehicle slip. A dump truck 100 includes a vehicle body 101 provided with wheels 103 and a vehicle control device 300 and travels on a travel route. The vehicle control device 300 calculates and stores slip limit values at a plurality of positions on the travel route, reads out the slip limit values to calculate at least one of a maximum acceleration and a maximum deceleration of the dump truck 100 at which the wheels 103 is capable of maintaining a grip state against a road surface, and sets a target travel speed at a travel position between the dump truck 100 and a target position according to a target speed at the target position and at least one of the maximum acceleration and the maximum deceleration.

Abstract: Provided is a control system for hauling vehicle capable of suppressing slippage of a hauling vehicle while suppressing a decrease in travel speed of the hauling vehicle. A control system for hauling vehicle causes a hauling vehicle 100 to travel based on a control target including a target route. The control system generates a control target based on the map information, which includes information on the travel path WP along which the hauling vehicle 100 travels and information on a plurality of travel sections TS obtained by dividing the travel path WP; the loading quantity on the hauling vehicle 100 in each travel section TS; and a slippage index indicating the slipperiness of the travel path WP in each travel section TS.

Abstract: The purpose is to provide a mobile body control system that can more appropriately perform control of a mobile body capable of vertical takeoff and landing. Comprised are a ground monitoring device (10), and a mobile body control device (20) that can communicate with the ground monitoring device (10). The mobile body control device (20) controls the flight of mobile bodies (51, 61, 71) that are capable of vertical takeoff and landing. The ground monitoring device (10) allocates flight routes (52, 62, 72) when the mobile bodies (51, 61, 71) do takeoff and landing, and is also characterized in that when there is an interference space (80) between one flight route (62) and another flight route (72), unless the one fight route (62) is reserved, flight is not permitted on that flight route.

Abstract: A measurement sensor that measures, as three-dimensional point cloud information having a plurality of vertically-adjacent layers, a surface position of an object around the work machine; and an object sensor that senses an object around the work machine on a basis of information from the measurement sensor are included, and the object sensor acquires three-dimensional point cloud information by measurement by the measurement sensor; senses, as point data, a point where microparticles are measured, based on a relation between distances, from the measurement sensor, of point data of vertically-adjacent layers and variations of distance differences, regarding a plurality of pieces of point data included in the three-dimensional point cloud information; deletes the point data of the point sensed as the point where the microparticles are measured, from the three-dimensional point cloud information; and senses an object around the work machine on a basis of the three-dimensional point cloud information.

Abstract: A mining machine includes: a road gradient calculator that calculates a road gradient of a travel route based on a position and a speed measured by a GNSS receiver, a vehicle body posture measured by a vehicle body posture sensor, and an acceleration measured by an acceleration sensor; a traction coefficient calculator that calculates a traction coefficient based on the speed measured by the GNSS receiver, the acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor, a wheel speed measured by a wheel speed sensor, a steering direction measured by a steering angle sensor, a vehicle weight measured by a load sensor, and a driving torque measured by a driving torque sensor; and a target torque calculator that calculates a target torque based on the road gradient calculated by the road gradient calculator and the traction coefficient calculated by the traction coefficient calculator.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle 20 is a vehicle that drives an electric motor by electric power generated in a power generator to travel by driving of the electric motor and includes a position sensor 240 that detects a position of the unmanned vehicle 20, a speed sensor 250 that detects a speed of the unmanned vehicle 20, and a vehicle control device 220 that controls the unmanned vehicle 20.

Abstract: Provided is a traffic control server, a traffic control system, and a display device capable of wirelessly communicating with the traffic control server that are capable of realizing both safety securement for a manned vehicle and an unmanned vehicle traveling in a mine and prevention of reduction in productivity by controlling interference between the manned vehicle and the unmanned vehicle. An interference control part of the traffic control server generates warning information for performing at least one of displaying a warning screen or making a warning sound to the manned vehicle in accordance with an overlap (interference) among a stop trigger region of the manned vehicle, a travel-permitted section set for the unmanned vehicle, a next travel-permitted section that is the travel-permitted section to be subsequently set for the unmanned vehicle, and a warning region set for the travel-permitted section, and a server-side communication control part transmits the warning information to the manned vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is an autonomous travel system capable of effectively suppressing generation of ruts. It is a further object to provide an autonomous travel system including unmanned vehicles that travel on a transportation path constituted of opposite lanes, which is capable of suppressing generation of ruts while preventing proximity to an on-corning vehicle. An in-vehicle control device 200 includes: an offset amount determination unit 202 adapted to, based on common offset information received via a wireless communication device 240, determine an offset amount of a travel path 60 based on map information 251 and generate a target track 62; and an autonomous travel control unit 201 adapted to output a travel instruction to control traveling of a body so as to track the target track 62 to which the offset amount has been added based on the target track 62 and an own-vehicle position.

Abstract: A kinematic positioning system configured to determine position coordinates of moving bodies by receiving positioning signals from positioning satellites, comprises an on-vehicle device configured to calculate the position coordinates of one of the moving bodies based on carrier wave phases of the positioning signals received from the positioning satellites, and a ground management device configured to transmit correction data used to calculate the position coordinates to the on-vehicle device in response to a request from the on-vehicle device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a work vehicle that allows detecting an error in an installation position of an antenna more flexibly than a conventional device. The work vehicle includes a control device 150. The control device 150 has a detection function F106, a calculation function F104, a calculation function F105, a calculation function F107, and an estimation function F110. The detection function F106 detects steady traveling based on a velocity, an acceleration, and an angular velocity of a vehicle. The calculation function F104 calculates a first vehicle direction based on installation information of a first antenna and a second antenna with respect to the vehicle. The calculation function F105 calculates a second vehicle direction based on a time change of position information of the first antenna when the steady traveling is detected. The calculation function F107 calculates a direction correction parameter for correcting the first vehicle direction based on the second vehicle direction.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying vehicle that ensures efficiently travelling while suppressing vehicle slip. A dump truck 100 includes a vehicle body 101 provided with wheels 103 and a vehicle control device 300 and travels on a travel route. The vehicle control device 300 calculates and stores slip limit values at a plurality of positions on the travel route, reads out the slip limit values to calculate at least one of a maximum acceleration and a maximum deceleration of the dump truck 100 at which the wheels 103 is capable of maintaining a grip state against a road surface, and sets a target travel speed at a travel position between the dump truck 100 and a target position according to a target speed at the target position and at least one of the maximum acceleration and the maximum deceleration.

Abstract: A kinematic positioning system configured to determine position coordinates of moving bodies by receiving positioning signals from positioning satellites, comprises an on-vehicle device configured to calculate the position coordinates of one of the moving bodies based on carrier wave phases of the positioning signals received from the positioning satellites, and a ground management device configured to transmit correction data used to calculate the position coordinates to the on-vehicle device in response to a request from the on-vehicle device.

Abstract: A device of estimating a slip angle of vehicle wheel has an attitude-toward-road surface estimation section that uses a series of distances to measurement points on a road surface to estimate vehicle-body-road-surface coordinate conversion information (VCCI) for conversion from a vehicle-body coordinate system to a road-surface coordinate system, an on-road-surface inertia quantity calculation section that removes a gravity acceleration component from the vehicle-body inertia quantity to obtain inertia quantity caused by motion of a vehicle body and uses the VCCI to convert from the inertia quantity caused by the motion of the vehicle body to the road-surface coordinate system, and a wheel slip angle estimation section that estimates a sideslip angle of the vehicle wheel on the basis of a difference between a wheel acceleration vector and the acceleration vector converted to the road-surface coordinate system.

Abstract: A haulage vehicle comprises: a position calculating system (220) calculating an estimated position of its own vehicle; a position range calculating unit (201b) calculating a position range which is centered around the estimated position and in which the haulage vehicle is present with a predetermined expected probability; a maximum deviation amount calculating unit (602) calculating a maximum deviation amount indicating a highest value among the amounts of deviations between a target route of the haulage vehicle and each of points included in the position range; a target vehicle-speed decision unit (603) setting a target vehicle speed of the haulage vehicle to be relatively low when the maximum deviation amount is relatively large; and a target route-tracing unit (201g) performing control for the haulage vehicle to travel along the target route in compliance with the target vehicle speed.

Abstract: A device of estimating a slip angle of vehicle wheel has an attitude-toward-road surface estimation section that uses a series of distances to measurement points on a road surface to estimate vehicle-body-road-surface coordinate conversion information (VCCI) for conversion from a vehicle-body coordinate system to a road-surface coordinate system, an on-road-surface inertia quantity calculation section that removes a gravity acceleration component from the vehicle-body inertia quantity to obtain inertia quantity caused by motion of a vehicle body and uses the VCCI to convert from the inertia quantity caused by the motion of the vehicle body to the road-surface coordinate system, and a wheel slip angle estimation section that estimates a sideslip angle of the vehicle wheel on the basis of a difference between a wheel acceleration vector and the acceleration vector converted to the road-surface coordinate system.

Abstract: A relative position calculating system for work machines includes a first dump truck (101) which receives a navigation signal from at least one of a plurality of satellites (120), a second dump truck (111) which receives a navigation signal from at least one of the plurality of satellites (120), and a relative position calculating apparatus (102) which calculates a relative position between the first dump truck (101) and the second dump truck (111) based on the navigation signals which the first dump truck (101) and the second dump truck (111) receive, respectively, from a common satellite of the plurality of satellites (121). Thus, an influence of a positioning error due to a satellite positioning system is reduced, and accuracy of a calculation for the relative position between the two dump trucks (101, 111) can be enhanced.

Abstract: A position calculating system for a haulage vehicle including wheels and a body frame mounted on the wheels. The system includes an attitude detection sensor fixed on the body frame, a wheel rotational speed sensor, a loading status information acquiring unit, a correction amount setting unit, a velocity vector calculating unit, and a position calculating unit. The loading status information acquiring unit acquires loading status information indicating whether the body frame is in a loaded state or in an unloaded state. The correction amount setting unit calculates, based on the attitude information, a correction amount required for bringing detection axes in the loaded state into coincidence with corresponding detection axes in the unloaded state. The velocity vector calculating unit calculates the velocity vector of the haulage vehicle. The position calculating unit calculates a position of the haulage vehicle by using the velocity vector.

Abstract: A dump truck includes a plurality of rear wheels (15) rotatably attached to a frame (11) and two GPS receivers (101, 102) arranged to be dislocated from each other in an anteroposterior direction of a vehicle. Any point selected from an area C, in the vehicle coordinates system B set in the dump truck, where the rear wheels contact a ground is defined as a reference point D. The two GPS receivers are arranged so that a vertical line descends from a line segment PQ, connecting two points P, Q of which positions are calculated by the two GPS receivers, to the reference point D. This makes it possible to accurately estimate an attitude of mining machinery by two position estimation means without stopping operation of the machinery.

Abstract: A haulage vehicle comprises: a position calculating system (220) calculating an estimated position of its own vehicle; a position range calculating unit (201b) calculating a position range which is centered around the estimated position and in which the haulage vehicle is present with a predetermined expected probability; a maximum deviation amount calculating unit (602) calculating a maximum deviation amount indicating a highest value among the amounts of deviations between a target route of the haulage vehicle and each of points included in the position range; a target vehicle-speed decision unit (603) setting a target vehicle speed of the haulage vehicle to be relatively low when the maximum deviation amount is relatively large; and a target route-tracing unit (201g) performing control for the haulage vehicle to travel along the target route in compliance with the target vehicle speed.