Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of weather information and time information of a predetermined area as an environmental parameter, a use history unit configured to acquire a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle previously used by a user, a prediction unit configured to perform a demand prediction of a vehicle to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the environmental parameter and the use history stored in association with each other, and a vehicle arrangement plan output unit configured to output a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle performed by the demand prediction unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a reception unit configured to receive a use reservation of car sharing including designation of any one of round-trip car sharing and one-way car sharing, designation of a pickup location, and designation of a drop-off location from a user and store the use reservation in a use reservation database, and a selection unit configured to select, as users who share a ride in a vehicle, both of a first user who has made a use reservation for designating round-trip car sharing and a second user who has made a use reservation for designating one-way car sharing among a plurality of users who have made a use reservation with a pickup location and a drop-off location satisfying a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An information retrieval server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device communicates with servers of a plurality of business operators and a communication terminal of a user through a communication network, each of the plurality of business operators performing a car sharing service. The processing device presents information relevant to vehicles held by the plurality of business operators, to the user, acquires information input from the communication terminal, the information being information about a predetermined item included in a use condition for the car sharing service, causes the servers of the plurality of business operators to retrieve a vehicle satisfying a use condition determined by the acquired information, from the held vehicles, and sends information relevant to the retrieved vehicle, to the communication terminal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of weather information and time information of a predetermined area as an environmental parameter, a use history unit configured to acquire a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle previously used by a user, a prediction unit configured to perform a demand prediction of a vehicle to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the environmental parameter and the use history stored in association with each other, and a vehicle arrangement plan output unit configured to output a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle performed by the demand prediction unit.

Abstract: An output terminal of a contact type charger connected to an AC power supply 1 and being for boosting or stepping down an input voltage, and an output terminal of a non-contact type charger for receiving power in a non-contact manner are connected to an input terminal of a DC/DC converter via an integrated bus, a DC link capacitor is connected between an AC/DC converter and an isolated DC/DC converter included in the contact type charger, an integrated capacitor is connected to the integrated bus, and a control circuit adjusts a DC voltage of the DC link capacitor or the integrated capacitor such that at least one of power losses or a total power loss of the contact type charger, the non-contact type charger, and the DC/DC converter is reduced.

Abstract: A power conversion device including: a reactor formed such that a DC winding and a plurality of coupled windings are wound around one magnetic body, one end of the DC winding is connected to a voltage source, one end of each of the plurality of coupled windings is connected to another end of the DC winding, another end of each of the plurality of coupled windings is connected to each intermediate connection point between a plurality of upper and lower arms composed of switching elements, and magnetic fluxes generated by currents flowing through the DC winding and the coupled windings merge with each other in the same direction; and a control device for controlling the switching elements, wherein the upper arms or the lower arms are controlled by in-phase driving or interleave driving on the basis of the duty of switching operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program which improve usability of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. The information processing apparatus such as a server includes a controller. In a case in which information on a departure place is accepted, the controller selects at least one destination from one or more destination candidates and generates a travel plan for a vehicle from the departure place to the at least one destination.

Abstract: A control apparatus, a vehicle, and a control method which improve usability of a technique of determining a dirt level of a vehicle are provided. The control apparatus of the vehicle includes a controller. The controller determines whether it is necessary to clean the vehicle, based on at least one of first information indicating a dirt level of the vehicle detected by the vehicle, and second information indicating a dirt level of the vehicle input by a user of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a memory and a controller. The memory has a first storage area, which is a write restricted area storing one or more first control patterns out of a plurality of control patterns for the vehicle, and a second storage area, which is a write enabled area storing one or more second control patterns out of the plurality of control patterns for the vehicle. The controller determines whether a control condition for each of the plurality of control patterns is satisfied based on a state of the vehicle, to select one or more control patterns for each of which the control condition is satisfied, and to control the vehicle according to the selected one or more control patterns.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a vehicle, an information processing method and an information processing program which improve the utility of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires first storage information indicating a stored amount of a first storage apparatus of a first vehicle provided with the first storage apparatus for storing drainage water. The controller generates a travel plan for a second vehicle provided with a second storage apparatus for storing the drainage water collected from the first vehicle, based on predetermined information which includes the first storage information.

Abstract: A control apparatus, a vehicle and a control method which improve user-friendliness of a technique for providing information to an interior or an exterior of a vehicle are provided. The control apparatus of the vehicle includes a controller which changes the degree of visibility between the exterior and the interior of the vehicle based on at least one of first information indicating a state of the exterior of the vehicle and second information indicating a state of the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and an information processing system which encourage a user to use a mobile object are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface receives actual usage for a plurality of mobile objects which are affiliated with one of a plurality of mobile object groups. The controller ranks the plurality of mobile object groups based on the actual usage.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a main body including a substrate to which a power conversion unit and a coil are provided; and a first heat dissipation portion which holds the substrate and dissipates heat of the substrate, wherein the substrate is formed by one sheet, the coil is formed integrally with the substrate, the first heat dissipation portion is fixed to a substrate first surface of the substrate, a heat dissipation second surface of the first heat dissipation portion has a coil cooling portion opposed to and abutting on a part where the coil is formed, of the substrate.

Abstract: A period from when switching elements S1, S4 at first diagonal positions in a full-bridge inverter are turned off at the same time to when switching elements S2, S3 at second diagonal positions are turned on at the same time, is defined as T1, and a period from when the switching elements S2, S3 at the second diagonal positions are turned off at the same time to when the switching elements S1, S4 at the first diagonal positions are turned on at the same time, is defined as T2. With a total length of T1 and T2 set to be constant, the lengths of T1 and T2 are controlled to be changed every switching cycle.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes an input detector for detecting input parameters of the DC input to the inverter; an output detector for detecting output parameters of the DC output from the power converter device; a duty calculator for calculating a duty for the switching elements of the inverter; a frequency search range calculator for determining an upper limit and a lower limit of a frequency search range for determining the drive frequency after the operating condition is changed, using at least one parameter of the input parameters, the output parameters, and a duty parameter; and a frequency search processor for determining the drive frequency by searching the frequency search range.

Abstract: A parallel power supply device includes a plurality of DC/DC converters connected in parallel, and each DC/DC converter includes: first and second switching circuits with a transformer therebetween; first and second reactors; and a control circuit. The control circuit generates a duty cycle so that a deviation between voltage of a load and target voltage becomes 0. Correction is performed such that, when the magnitude of the duty cycle is smaller than a set value Vth, the magnitude is fixed at 0, and otherwise, the magnitude is decreased by the set value Vth. Then, the phase shift amounts for drive signals for the first and second switching circuits are determined, and the first and second switching circuits are subjected to phase shift control.

Abstract: A power conversion device including: a reactor formed such that a DC winding and a plurality of coupled windings are wound around one magnetic body, one end of the DC winding is connected to a voltage source, one end of each of the plurality of coupled windings is connected to another end of the DC winding, another end of each of the plurality of coupled windings is connected to each intermediate connection point between a plurality of upper and lower arms composed of switching elements, and magnetic fluxes generated by currents flowing through the DC winding and the coupled windings merge with each other in the same direction; and a control device for controlling the switching elements, wherein the upper arms or the lower arms are controlled by in-phase driving or interleave driving on the basis of the duty of switching operation.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter enabling a step-up operation and a step-down operation in a bidirectional power transmission, and capable of adjusting transmission power amount with a good response. A DC/DC converter decreases a first phase shift amount and increases a second phase shift amount, as a first transmission power amount increases, when a first transmission power amount is larger than a first reference point.

Abstract: A temperature estimation device calculates a first estimation temperature of a reactor on the basis of a reference estimation temperature to which a first lag period is provided and outputs from a temperature change amount calculation unit to which a second lag period is provided, predicts a second temperature change amount of the reactor over a predetermined period on the basis of the first estimation temperature, and then predicts a second estimation temperature of the reactor.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes an input detector for detecting input parameters of the DC input to the inverter; an output detector for detecting output parameters of the DC output from the power converter device; a duty calculator for calculating a duty for the switching elements of the inverter; a frequency search range calculator for determining an upper limit and a lower limit of a frequency search range for determining the drive frequency after the operating condition is changed, using at least one parameter of the input parameters, the output parameters, and a duty parameter; and a frequency search processor for determining the drive frequency by searching the frequency search range.