Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to construct a production line of products using pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and mobile second equipment. An information processing method tries to assign pieces of first equipment to a series of work processes to produce products based on the pieces of first equipment located in the geographical area and positions thereof, decides installation of pieces of second equipment to be assigned to a part of the series of work processes to which a part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment when there is the part of the series of work processes to which the part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment, outputs a request to transport the pieces of second equipment to an installation position in the geographical area.

Abstract: A driving operation handover system includes a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a first characteristic value of preset setting characteristics during travel of a vehicle equipped with a manual operation unit that an occupant operates; acquire a second characteristic value of the preset setting characteristics during travel of a virtual vehicle that simulates the vehicle, which a remote operator operates using a remote operation unit; calculate a difference value between the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value; in a case in which the difference value is lower than a setting threshold value, notify the occupant and the remote operator that operation of the vehicle can be handed over; and after notification, switch operation of the vehicle from one of the remote operator or the occupant to another of the remote operator or the occupant.

Abstract: A remote operation system includes a processor that is configured to acquire position information and communication quality information from each of plural vehicles on a regular basis, create position-specific communication quality information in which the position information and the communication quality information are associated with each other, supply the position-specific communication quality information to an operator of a remote operation target vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure efficiently performs delivery of delivery articles, collection of collection articles, and transportation of collection articles. The present disclosure is an information processing method including an information processing apparatus performing the following: setting a travel route of a vehicle that goes through both of a delivery position and a collection position based on information indicating the delivery position of a delivery article and information indicating the collection position of a collection article; and retrieving at least one recipient corresponding to an attribute of the collection article, and outputting information indicating the retrieved recipient.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to construct a production line of products using pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and mobile second equipment. An information processing method tries to assign pieces of first equipment to a series of work processes to produce products based on the pieces of first equipment located in the geographical area and positions thereof, decides installation of pieces of second equipment to be assigned to a part of the series of work processes to which a part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment when there is the part of the series of work processes to which the part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment, outputs a request to transport the pieces of second equipment to an installation position in the geographical area.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to ship a shipping object at a right time in response to a demand. An information processing apparatus transmits demand information including a quantity demanded and a shipping deadline for an agricultural and marine product as a shipping object and shipping support information including information indicating shipping equipment that is capable of being provided in regard to shipping of the shipping object to a supplier, acquires information indicating shipping equipment that is desired to be provided and information indicating a carry-in place and a carry-in time for the shipping equipment desired to be provided from a supplier that performs shipping object supply appropriate to the demand information, and transmits an instruction to transport, by a vehicle, the shipping equipment desired to be provided in accordance with the information indicating the carry-in place and the carry-in time to a manager of the vehicle.

Abstract: A management system according to the present disclosure is a management system that manages a travel plan of a vehicle that is capable of traveling on a road and a railway track, and includes controller that creates the travel plan of the vehicle. In a case where there is a route candidate track that is a railway track that is possibly used as a travel route of the vehicle, the controller acquires a railway operation schedule for the route candidate track, and determines whether the route candidate track can be used as the travel route of the vehicle, based on the operation schedule. In the case where the route candidate track can be used as the travel route of the vehicle, the controller creates a travel plan according to which the vehicle travels along the travel route including the route candidate track.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to deliver a construction machine through a preferred route. An information processing apparatus identifies, for a construction machine separable into an upper unit and an under unit including a self-propelled mechanism, an upper unit and an under unit to be delivered, based on positions of one or more upper units, positions of one or more under units, a position of a delivery place of the construction machine and a delivery deadline. The information processing apparatus identifies conveying vehicles to be used to convey the upper unit and under unit based on positions of the upper and under units and each position of conveying vehicles. The information processing apparatus calculates movement routes of the conveying vehicles. The information processing apparatus supplies information about the movement routes to terminals placed on the conveying vehicles.

Abstract: A server apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles each of which carries a vibration control apparatus for attenuating vibration by adjusting a parameter that affects a predetermined acceleration so that the predetermined acceleration approaches a target acceleration is disclosed. The server apparatus acquires traveling data including a magnitude of the predetermined acceleration generated in each of the vehicles and the target acceleration set for the vehicle every time when each of the vehicles travels on each of sections of a previously divided road, and accumulates the acquired traveling data while being correlated with section identification information. Then, the server apparatus sets the target acceleration which is adequate for each of the vehicles to travel on a scheduled traveling section on the basis of the accumulated traveling data, and transmits the set target acceleration to the vehicle scheduled to travel on the scheduled traveling section.

Abstract: A driving operation handover system includes a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a first characteristic value of preset setting characteristics during travel of a vehicle equipped with a manual operation unit that an occupant operates; acquire a second characteristic value of the preset setting characteristics during travel of a virtual vehicle that simulates the vehicle, which a remote operator operates using a remote operation unit; calculate a difference value between the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value; in a case in which the difference value is lower than a setting threshold value, notify the occupant and the remote operator that operation of the vehicle can be handed over; and after notification, switch operation of the vehicle from one of the remote operator or the occupant to another of the remote operator or the occupant.

Abstract: A remote operation system includes a processor that is configured to acquire position information and communication quality information from each of plural vehicles on a regular basis, create position-specific communication quality information in which the position information and the communication quality information are associated with each other, supply the position-specific communication quality information to an operator of a remote operation target vehicle.

Abstract: A remote operation system including a processor that is configured to acquire position information and communication quality information from each of a plurality of vehicles, on a regular basis, create position-specific communication quality information in which the position information and the communication quality information are associated with each other, create communication-prioritized route information representing a route linking together positions where communication quality is a predetermined value or greater, and also to create time-prioritized route information representing a route with a shorter journey time to a destination than the communication-prioritized route, supply the communication-prioritized route information and the time-prioritized route information to an occupant of a remote operation target vehicle, instruct a remote operation station of a selected route selected, and execute a countermeasure enabling travel stability to be maintained at a position where communication quality is be

Abstract: A first processor provided in a manual operation device of a vehicle, a second processor provided in a remote operation device transmits operator information to the manual operation device and receives occupant information. The first processor notifies an occupant of the received operator information, and determines whether an operator can be authenticated by the occupant. The second processor notifies the operator of the received occupant information, and determines whether or not the occupant can be authenticated by the operator. The third processor permits switching of driving operation from one to another of the manual operation device and the remote operation device only in a case in which the operator has been determined authenticable by the first processor and the occupant has been determined authenticable by the second processor.

Abstract: A remote driving system has a manual operation section, an automatic operation section, an input section, and a remote driving terminal control section. The manual operation section is provided at a remote operation section that remotely drives a vehicle, and manual operation of the vehicle by a remote driver is carried out. The automatic operation section is provided at the remote operation section, and carries out automatic driving of the vehicle on the basis of information of a traveling state that is sensed by a vehicle sensing section. In a case in which the operator information is inputted to the input section, the remote driving terminal control section carries out control that switches driving operation of the vehicle from the manual operation section to the automatic operation section.

Abstract: The present disclosure allows vehicle software to be updated in accordance with legal regulations. According to the present disclosure, when predetermined software which is vehicle software installed in a vehicle and which is a target of legal regulations is requested to be updated, update unit updates the predetermined software by using updating software for the predetermined software only in a case where predetermined certificate information in accordance with legal regulations is determined by determination unit to be attached to the updating software.

Abstract: The present disclosure resides in a traveling control system for autonomous traveling vehicles for controlling the plurality of autonomous traveling vehicles which perform autonomous traveling in accordance with predetermined operation commands, the traveling control system comprising a controller which is configured to set priorities among the plurality of autonomous traveling vehicles, and to control traveling of the plurality of autonomous traveling vehicles so that the autonomous traveling vehicle having the priority set to be high travels preferentially as compared with the autonomous traveling vehicle having the priority set to be low, if the plurality of autonomous traveling vehicles travel on an identical lane in a mixed manner.

Abstract: A server apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of vehicles each of which carries a vibration control apparatus for attenuating vibration by adjusting a parameter that affects a predetermined acceleration so that the predetermined acceleration approaches a target acceleration is disclosed. The server apparatus acquires traveling data including a magnitude of the predetermined acceleration generated in each of the vehicles and the target acceleration set for the vehicle every time when each of the vehicles travels on each of sections of a previously divided road, and accumulates the acquired traveling data while being correlated with section identification information. Then, the server apparatus sets the target acceleration which is adequate for each of the vehicles to travel on a scheduled traveling section on the basis of the accumulated traveling data, and transmits the set target acceleration to the vehicle scheduled to travel on the scheduled traveling section.

Abstract: A management system according to the present disclosure is a management system that manages a travel plan of a vehicle that is capable of traveling on a road and a railway track, and includes controller that creates the travel plan of the vehicle. In a case where there is a route candidate track that is a railway track that is possibly used as a travel route of the vehicle, the controller acquires a railway operation schedule for the route candidate track, and determines whether the route candidate track can be used as the travel route of the vehicle, based on the operation schedule. In the case where the route candidate track can be used as the travel route of the vehicle, the controller creates a travel plan according to which the vehicle travels along the travel route including the route candidate track.