Abstract: A display control device for controlling a display device displaying a driver support image to have an overlap with a view from a driver seat in a vehicle or a live-action video in front of the vehicle, the display control device includes: a video signal generation unit generating a video signal for displaying a driver support image to have an overlap with the travelable traffic lane, and a video signal output unit. The driver support image having the overlap with the travelable traffic lane has a width in a width direction of the traffic lane and extends in a direction in which the traffic lane extends. The driver support image having the overlap with the region other than the travelable traffic lane is an image in which the travelable traffic lane can be distinguished according to a width and a length.

Abstract: A plurality of sections in a planned travel route include a first basic section for a first automatic driving level, a second basic section for a second automatic driving level lower than the first automatic driving level, and a change preparation section and a main section in the first basic section. An information output control device controls an information output system so as to perform information output in accordance with an output structure allowed in a current section, among a plurality of types of output structures each determined by a combination of output information, an output format, and an output destination device. Allowed output structures for the change preparation section include part of not-allowed output structures for the main section and also include at least part of allowed output structures for the second basic section.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a technique capable of optimizing a caution degree which is a degree of caution to be exerted in a vehicle. A controller determines whether a mutual dangerous driving has been performed based on travel information of a plurality of vehicles acquired in an acquisition part, and obtaining a caution degree which is a degree of caution to be exerted in each of the plurality of vehicles based on a determination result. The controller performs control of correcting a caution degree of a first vehicle in the plurality of vehicles based on a caution degree of a second vehicle in the plurality of vehicles which has performed the mutual dangerous driving with the first vehicle.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a driving assistance apparatus. The driving assistance apparatus according to the present invention includes: a subject vehicle information acquisition unit to acquire subject vehicle information; a non-subject vehicle information acquisition unit to acquire non-subject vehicle information; an object generation unit to generate, based on the subject vehicle information and the non-subject vehicle information, a travel location object indicating at least one of a location where the subject vehicle is currently to travel and a location where the subject vehicle is currently not to travel when the subject vehicle merges or changes lanes from a lane in which the subject vehicle travels to a lane in which the non-subject vehicle travels; and a display controller to perform control to display, in accordance with travel of the subject vehicle, the travel location object superimposed on scenery around the subject vehicle.

Abstract: An operation authority management apparatus manages switching between automatic operation and manual operation of a plurality of actuators (a steering actuator, an accelerator actuator, and a brake actuator) of a subject vehicle. In the operation authority management apparatus, a subject vehicle behavior prediction unit predicts a behavior of the subject vehicle. A determination unit determines, for each individual actuator, whether or not to permit switching of the actuator during the automatic operation to the manual operation on the basis of the behavior of the subject vehicle predicted by the subject vehicle behavior prediction unit. A notification unit notifies a driver of the subject vehicle of a determination result made by the determination unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to allow a driver to appropriately view a travel lane and an adjacent lane behind a vehicle regardless of the shape of the travel lane. A lateral rear image control apparatus controls a lateral rear image display apparatus, and includes: a lane shape acquisition unit to acquire information on the shape of the travel lane of the subject vehicle; a viewing range setting unit to set, based on the information on the shape of the travel lane behind the subject vehicle, a region located in a particular direction relative to the subject vehicle at the lateral rear of the subject vehicle to a recommended viewing range; and a controller to control the lateral rear image display apparatus so that an image in the recommended viewing range is displayed to the driver.

Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a user interface execution apparatus and a user interface designing apparatus which can estimate the maximum size of a storage area for storing data to be prefetched when a user interface is designed and can present updated data to the user even when the prefetched data is updated after the prefetch. A user interface execution apparatus in the present invention includes a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of: transitioning a state of the user interface execution apparatus; issuing a prefetch request for data; storing the data; generating the code from an interface definition and a state transition definition; and selecting, before transitioning the state, data to be prefetched based on a difference between a data obtaining interface to be used in a state before the transitioning and a data obtaining interface to be used in a state after the transitioning.

Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit obtaining automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller causing a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller causes the display to display: an image of a manual driving device corresponding to the actuator; a manual-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a person; and an automatic-operation recalling image that is superimposed on the image of the manual driving device corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode and that recalls an operation performed by a machine.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a technology of accurately identifying a device that a driver desires to operate out of on-board devices, and supporting operation of the device. An operation support device of the present invention includes a line of sight direction acquisition unit, a characteristic behavior acquisition unit, a device identification unit, and a display controller. The device identification unit is configured to identify at least one on-board device out of a plurality of on-board devices mounted in the vehicle as an operation target device that the driver desires to operate, based on a line of sight direction and a characteristic behavior. The display controller is configured to cause a display device mounted in the vehicle to display an operation screen of the operation target device.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that prevents excessive determination that control in a display control apparatus is abnormal. The display control apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, an image transmitter, and a controller. The controller determines, whenever necessary, on the basis of a second image that is output from the image transmitter and check data that is acquired in the image acquisition unit, whether the control in the display control apparatus is abnormal. The controller stops the determination until a predetermined time elapses from a first time point, the predetermined time being equal to or greater than a time from the first time point at which the check data is input to the controller to a second time point at which the second image is input to the controller.

Abstract: A process monitoring device has a sending process to send communication data periodically and has a receiving process to receive the sent communication data. The receiving process includes a monitoring thread to write monitoring data in a memory at every reference interval. The sending process includes an acquiring thread to acquire the monitoring data from the memory and a sending thread to send the monitoring data to the receiving process as additional data together with the communication data. The monitoring thread judges a state of the sending process depending on how many times ago the monitoring data, which the additional data is, was generated.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique which enables a driver to intuitively select and determine a target object to which a vehicle is to travel. A driving assistance apparatus includes a candidate selection unit which selects a target object candidate when the candidate selection unit determines that a visual line position of a driver is included in any setting range of a plurality of target object candidates and a target object determination unit which determines the target object candidate selected by the candidate selection unit as a target object when a determination button which can be operated by the driver is operated after the candidate selection unit selects the target object candidate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide a notification control apparatus and a method for controlling notification that achieve display to a notification target with improved accuracy. A notification control apparatus in the present invention includes the following: a notification message acquiring unit that acquires a notification message for a notification target located around a subject vehicle; a gesture operation recognizing unit that recognizes a gesture of the driver of the subject vehicle; a road projection location determining unit that determines, on the basis of the gesture recognized by the gesture operation recognizing unit, a location for projecting the notification message acquired by the notification message acquiring unit onto a road; and a road projection controller that controls projection of the notification message onto the location determined by the road projection location determining unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide a notification control apparatus and a method for controlling notification that achieve display to a notification target with improved accuracy. A notification control apparatus in the present invention includes the following: an attribute detecting unit that detects an attribute of an object located around a subject vehicle; an input recognizing unit that recognizes an input message entered by the driver of the subject vehicle; a message converting unit that converts, in accordance with the attribute detected by the attribute detecting unit, the input message recognized by the input recognizing unit into a notification message indicating the same meaning as the input message; and a road projection controller that controls projection of the notification message converted by the message converting unit onto at least part of a road located around the object.

Abstract: A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating whether each of actuators of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that causes a display to display an image based on the automatic driving information. The display controller simultaneously displays a first image and a second image representing the manual control mode and the automatic control mode, respectively, of each of the actuators, and displays (i) the first image of an actuator in the manual control mode closer than the second image of the actuator in the manual control mode and (ii) the second image of an actuator in the automatic control mode closer than the first image of the actuator in the automatic control mode.

Abstract: A display control apparatus in the present invention includes the following: a positional-information acquiring unit that acquires positional information about the current position of a subject vehicle; a map-information acquiring unit that acquires, as information about an intersection, map information including information about lanes of all roads connected to the intersection; a lane-restriction determining unit that, based on the positional information and the map information, determines restrictions on the lanes of all the roads connected to the intersection into which the subject vehicle makes an entry; and a display controller that, based on the determination, controls the display of an object indicating whether the subject vehicle can travel after passing through the intersection, the object being displayed with respect to the lanes of all the roads connected to the intersection, except at least the road on which the subject vehicle is located.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a technology of determining whether a driver is prepared for transfer of driving authorization, and then determining whether transfer of driving authorization is acceptable or unacceptable. The present invention is intended for a driving authorization transfer determination device. The device includes a task request part that makes an output device inside the vehicle output a request for a task involving continuous speech or body movement for a predetermined period of time, a task acquisition part that acquires an accomplishment result of the task from an input device inside the vehicle, a transfer determination part that determines whether the transfer is acceptable or unacceptable based on the accomplishment result of the task, and a determination result output part that outputs a determination result of the transfer determination part to the automated driving controller.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve an efficient route search and a creation of detailed guidance information. A travel assistance device according to the present invention includes: an information acquisition unit acquiring road connection information which expresses a connection relationship of roads in units of roads and does not include shape information of roads, first traffic lane reference information which expresses a connection relationship of roads in units of traffic lanes and includes shape information of traffic lanes, and corresponding information which associates the road connection information with first traffic lane reference information; a route search unit searching a travel route of a vehicle using the road connection information; and a guidance information creation unit creating guidance information for guiding the vehicle using the first traffic lane reference information of the travel route.

Abstract: A map display device includes a position information acquiring unit for acquiring the present position of a vehicle; a map data storage unit for storing map data; a remaining energy acquiring unit for acquiring a residual quantity of energy for driving the vehicle and equipment mounted on the vehicle; a range calculating unit for computing a range the vehicle can travel with the remaining energy, using a moving energy consumption rate which is energy consumption per unit time required for moving the vehicle and a driving energy consumption rate Eci which is energy consumption per unit time required for driving the equipment mounted on the vehicle; and an output control unit for displaying the range on a map using the map data.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing a performance evaluation easily without using a specific communication protocol.