Abstract: An information output method includes: obtaining travel information relating to travel of a mobile object capable of autonomously traveling and being subjected to at least one of remote operation or remote monitoring; obtaining location information relating to a remoting-required location where at least one of remote operation or remote monitoring is required; determining whether mobile objects will be located in one or more remoting-required locations at the same timing, based on the travel information and the location information; generating control information for controlling at least one mobile object, among the mobile objects, to prevent the mobile objects from being located in the one or more remoting-required locations at the same timing, when the mobile objects are determined to be located in the one or more remoting-required locations at the same timing; and outputting the control information.

Abstract: A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet 103. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.

Abstract: An information output method includes: obtaining delivery destination information concerning a delivery destination to which an article is delivered by a moving body; obtaining merchandise history information concerning a sales history of items sold to a user; calculating, based on the merchandise history information, purchase probability information indicating purchase probability that the user will purchase a merchandise item; selecting one or more candidate articles based on the purchase probability information; obtaining supplier information concerning suppliers of the one or more candidate articles; generating, based on the delivery destination information and the supplier information, and evaluating delivery route candidates which are routes along which the article is delivered by the moving body and along which the one or more candidate articles are loaded onto the moving body; and determining one or more of the delivery route candidates having a result of evaluation satisfying a predetermined conditio

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: a sensor that includes at least a microphone that generates sound data; and a processor. The processor determines quality of a target sound using the sound data generated by the microphone, obtains a positional relationship between the unmanned aircraft and a sound source of the target sound using data generated by the sensor, and controls movement of the unmanned aircraft to control a distance between the unmanned aircraft and the sound source of the target sound, in accordance with the quality of the target sound and the positional relationship.

Abstract: An insurance-premium calculation method includes processing that includes acquiring first information about a configuration included in an autonomous mobile unit, calculating, in accordance with the first information, a first insurance premium on losses that may be incurred when the autonomous mobile unit is moving, acquiring second information about a condition of the autonomous mobile unit in motion during a first period, calculating a second insurance premium by correcting the first insurance premium in accordance with the second information, and outputting the second insurance premium as an insurance premium for a second period later than the first period.

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: a microphone including a plurality of elements; and a processor that processes signals output from target elements included in the plurality of elements. In the unmanned aircraft, the processor performs a detection process of detecting a target sound signal of a target sound from the signals output from the target elements included in the plurality of elements, and changes the target elements that output the signals to be processed by the processor to select at least one target element that outputs a signal to be processed by the processor from among the plurality of elements, in accordance with a result of the detection process.

Abstract: An information output method of an information output device includes: obtaining, from each of at least two autonomous mobile robots each providing at least one service, first information including information about a location of the robot and information about a service provided by the robot; presenting, based on the first information, information about at least two services provided by the at least two robots to a terminal device used by a user receiving the service; obtaining, from the terminal device, second information including: a service providing location designated by the user; and information about the service selected by the user; determining, based on the second information, one robot providing the service selected by the user among the at least two robots; and outputting, to the one robot determined, first control information used for moving the one robot to the providing location.

Abstract: A flight route control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: accepting, by a touch panel, an input of a departure point and a waypoint that the unmanned aerial vehicle will pass; receiving a predetermined time, indicating an end of a time period in which the unmanned aerial vehicle is permitted to fly; generating a flight route passing through the departure point and the waypoint; determining whether or not an arrival time to the waypoint is later than the predetermined time; not accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is later than the predetermined time; accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is not later than the predetermined time; and transmitting a control command to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the control command controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the generated flight route.

Abstract: A method for controlling rights of an autonomous vehicle includes acquiring, via a network, identification information for identifying a user or a terminal of the user, and dispatching request information that indicates a dispatch request for the autonomous vehicle issued by the user. The method further includes selecting the autonomous vehicle to be dispatched to the user from among multiple autonomous vehicles based on the dispatch request information, and assigning a control right for the selected autonomous vehicle, to the user or the terminal, based on the identification information.

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: at least two generators generating forces to fly the unmanned aircraft, each including a rotor blade generating an airflow; a sensor detecting a tilt of the unmanned aircraft; and a processor controlling the generators to control flight of the unmanned aircraft. The processor: obtains an output force adjustment trigger for the generators; obtaining the trigger, causes each generator to individually operate at least until the tilt of the unmanned aircraft detected by the sensor satisfies a predetermined condition; determines a reference value related to an output force of each generator from a value related to the output force of each generator when the tilt of the unmanned aircraft satisfies the predetermined condition and a positional relationship between the generators; and controls the flight of the unmanned aircraft, using the reference values determined.

Abstract: A controller obtains a first horizontal distance and a first vertical distance which are respectively a component in a horizontal direction and a component in a vertical direction among distances from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a surface of a particular place where elevation gradually increases or decreases along the horizontal direction, decides, based on a ratio of the first horizontal distance to the first vertical distance, a movement amount by which the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be moved simultaneously in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and moves the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the movement amount.

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: rotor blades; a duct that shrouds the rotor blades and through which airflow generated by rotation of the rotor blades passes; and a processor that controls rotation of the rotor blades. The height to width ratio of an inner space of the duct in which the rotor blades are shrouded is at least 0.5.

Abstract: A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet 103. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.

Abstract: A method for controlling rights of an autonomous vehicle includes acquiring, via a network, identification information for identifying a user or a terminal of the user, and dispatching request information that indicates a dispatch request for the autonomous vehicle issued by the user. The method further includes selecting the autonomous vehicle to be dispatched to the user from among multiple autonomous vehicles based on the dispatch request information, and assigning a control right for the selected autonomous vehicle, to the user or the terminal, based on the identification information.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by a computer includes: determining whether a target sound has been recognized; when it is determined that the target sound has been recognized, acquiring positions and sound recording directions of unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring noise-related information regarding noise generated by at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring an estimated position of a sound recording target estimated from the target sound; determining at least one of target positions and target sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles based on the estimated position of the sound recording target, the positions and the sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the noise-related information; and outputting, to each of the unmanned aerial vehicles, at least one of a request for moving to the target position and a request for setting the sound recording direction to the target sound recording direction.

Abstract: A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet 103. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.

Abstract: A notification method includes determining, on the basis of positional information regarding a drone and positional information regarding a plurality of terminals carried by an operator who visually observes and operates the drone and one or more visual observers who visually observe the drone, at least either responsible observation areas, which are areas in which the operator and the one or more visual observers are to visually observe the drone, or responsible observation periods, which are periods for which the operator and the one or more visual observers are to visually observe the drone, and notifying the plurality of terminals of at least either the responsible observation areas or the responsible observation periods.

Abstract: A drone is provided that includes a controller, a time measurer that measures a present time, a position measurer that obtains a current position of the drone, and a storage that stores a time period for which the flight of the drone is permitted. The controller performs operations including determining a possible flight area of the drone in accordance with a difference between an end of the time period for which flight of the drone is permitted and the present time, and determining whether the drone is located within the possible flight area on the basis of the current position of the drone.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining a remote operation point at which remote operation of a mobile body capable of autonomous movement and remote operation for movement is performed; specifying a plurality of mobile bodies that pass the remote operation point in a same time period, based on a position of at least one mobile body; determining a first mobile body to be remotely operated and a second mobile body to follow the first mobile body, out of the plurality of mobile bodies specified; presenting remote operation of the first mobile body at the remote operation point to an operator, to cause the operator to perform the remote operation; and instructing the second mobile body to follow the first mobile body during the remote operation of the first mobile body.

Abstract: An information processing method to be executed by a computer includes: obtaining a departure place and a destination; obtaining driving information concerning driving of a moving body by a passenger or a remote worker, the moving body being switchable between autonomous driving and manual driving; calculating a travel route according to the departure place, the destination, and the driving information, the travel route being at least one of a first route including a manual zone where the passenger or the remote worker is requested to drive or a second route not including the manual zone; and outputting the travel route calculated.