Abstract: A voice processing system includes a voice acquisition unit that acquires an utterance of a user, a voice recognition unit that recognizes contents of the utterance acquired by the voice acquisition unit, an execution unit that executes processing based on a result of the voice recognition unit, and a determination unit that determines a candidate of a word to substitute a certain word. When the voice recognition unit recognizes a request including a first word, the execution unit executes the request including the first word and provides the user with a processing result. The determination unit determines a second word that is a substitute candidate of the first word. The execution unit also executes a request including the second word instead of the first word and stores a processing result in a storage unit.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device for transmitting uplink data as data generated in a vehicle includes a first wireless communication unit configured to establish an uplink connection to a second vehicle-mounted communication device, a second wireless communication unit configured to establish a downlink connection to a third vehicle-mounted communication device, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the third vehicle-mounted communication device, an address management unit configured to assign a network address to the third vehicle-mounted communication device, and an address translation unit configured to perform translation of the network address assigned from the second vehicle-mounted communication device and the network address used by the vehicle-mounted communication device.

Abstract: Provided is a voice processing system including: a voice acquisition unit that acquires an utterance of a user; a voice recognition unit that recognizes contents of the utterance acquired by the voice acquisition unit; a execution unit that executes processing based on a result of the voice recognition unit; and a determination unit that determines a candidate of a word to substitute a certain word, wherein when the voice recognition unit recognizes a request including a first word, the execution unit executes the request including the first word and provides the user with a processing result, the determination unit determines a second word that is a substitute candidate of the first word, and the execution unit also executes a request including the second word instead of the first word and stores a processing result in a storage unit.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a current location of a user at a current time. The method may include determining journey data associated with one or more of the user, the current location, and the current time, where journey data describes one or more historical journeys of the user. The method may include determining, based on the journey data, an estimated time of arrival (ETA) describing an arrival estimate of when the user and a vehicle will arrive at an endpoint of a journey; and transmitting the ETA to a network.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a current location of a user at a current time. The method may include determining journey data associated with one or more of the user, the current location, and the current time, where journey data describes one or more historical journeys of the user. The method may include determining, based on the journey data, an estimated time of arrival (ETA) describing an arrival estimate of when the user and a vehicle will arrive at an endpoint of a journey; and transmitting the ETA to a network.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device for transmitting uplink data as data generated in a vehicle includes a first wireless communication unit configured to establish an uplink connection to a second vehicle-mounted communication device, a second wireless communication unit configured to establish a downlink connection to a third vehicle-mounted communication device, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the third vehicle-mounted communication device, an address management unit configured to assign a network address to the third vehicle-mounted communication device, and an address translation unit configured to perform translation of the network address assigned from the second vehicle-mounted communication device and the network address used by the vehicle-mounted communication device.

Abstract: An operation determination processing section of a center extracts words included in the utterance of a driver and an operator, reads an attribute associated with each word from a synonym and related word in which an attribute is stored so as to be associated with each word, reads a domain of a candidate or the like for the task associated with the attribute from the synonym and related word in which domains of a candidate for a task associated with the read attribute or domains of a task to be actually performed are stored, totals the domains read for each word for words included in the utterance of the driver or the like, and estimates those related to a domain with a highest total score as the candidate for the task and the task to be actually performed. In this manner, it is possible to estimate the task with high accuracy.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile information terminal, an information management device, and an information management system for mobile information terminals comprising the mobile information terminal and the information management device, with which it is possible to flexibly display also information that is voluntarily provided, for example, by a user, on map information. A navigation system of a vehicle acquires, by wireless communication, location information and post information that has been posted together with the location information, from an information management device of a management center in a state where the location information and the post information are associated. The navigation system controls the display of the acquired post information by a display device to be displayed in superposition in a location that is displayed upon the map information by the acquired location information.

Abstract: An inattentive state determination device includes an observed amount acquiring means for acquiring information on the driver's line of sight and at least one of either information on driving operations or information on the traveling state as an observed amount; and an inattentive state determining means for determining the inattentive state of the driver based on the stochastic relationship between the inattentive state and the observed amount as well as the observed amount acquired by using the observed amount acquiring means. In addition, the inattentive state determining means calculates the probability that the driver is driving inattentively and determines that the driver is driving inattentively when the calculated probability exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile information terminal, an information management device, and an information management system for mobile information terminals comprising the mobile information terminal and the information management device, with which it is possible to flexibly display also information that is voluntarily provided, for example, by a user, on map information. A navigation system of a vehicle acquires, by wireless communication, location information and post information that has been posted together with the location information, from an information management device of a management center in a state where the location information and the post information are associated. The navigation system controls the display of the acquired post information by a display device to be displayed in superposition in a location that is displayed upon the map information by the acquired location information.

Abstract: A route searching apparatus includes a travel route accumulation unit, an algorithm selection unit to select route searching algorithms to meet the preference of a user based on the accumulated travel routes, and a route searching unit to perform a route search up to a destination by using the selected algorithms. Preferably, the algorithm searching unit searches for each of the travel routes accumulated in the accumulation unit by means of several algorithms, calculates, for each algorithm, a match rate between the searched route and the actual travel route, and selects an algorithm of the highest match rate. Also, it is preferable that a condition common to roads avoided by the user is extracted from the accumulated travel routes, and a route search is performed by adjusting search costs so as to make such roads less prone to be selected.

Abstract: An operation determination processing section of a center extracts words included in the utterance of a driver and an operator, reads an attribute associated with each word from a synonym and related word in which an attribute is stored so as to be associated with each word, reads a domain of a candidate or the like for the task associated with the attribute from the synonym and related word in which domains of a candidate for a task associated with the read attribute or domains of a task to be actually performed are stored, totals the domains read for each word for words included in the utterance of the driver or the like, and estimates those related to a domain with a highest total score as the candidate for the task and the task to be actually performed. In this manner, it is possible to estimate the task with high accuracy.

Abstract: An eco-driving probability density estimation unit and an eco-driving awareness pre-learning unit resets an evaluation standard of driving of a driver of a host vehicle for each condition in which the host vehicle is driven for each driving evaluation. Therefore, it becomes possible to set the evaluation standard of the driving in accordance with an actual condition during evaluation compared to a case where the standard for uniformly evaluating the driving is set. An eco-driving capability/proficiency estimation unit and an eco-driving awareness estimation unit evaluate the driving of the driver of the host vehicle by the evaluation standard reset by the eco-driving probability density estimation unit and the eco-driving awareness pre-learning unit. Therefore, it becomes possible to perform driving evaluation more suitable for the actual condition.

Abstract: A route searching apparatus includes a travel route accumulation unit, an algorithm selection unit to select route searching algorithms to meet the preference of a user based on the accumulated travel routes, and a route searching unit to perform a route search up to a destination by using the selected algorithms. Preferably, the algorithm searching unit searches for each of the travel routes accumulated in the accumulation unit by means of several algorithms, calculates, for each algorithm, a match rate between the searched route and the actual travel route, and selects an algorithm of the highest match rate. Also, it is preferable that a condition common to roads avoided by the user is extracted from the accumulated travel routes, and a route search is performed by adjusting search costs so as to make such roads less prone to be selected.

Abstract: A disclosed vehicle control system comprises a mobile terminal that transmits a current location of the mobile terminal; a receiving portion that is installed in a vehicle and receives the current location transmitted from the mobile terminal; a vehicle location detecting portion that detects a current location of the vehicle; a controlling portion that controls a vehicle apparatus installed in the vehicle in accordance with a positional relationship between the current position of the mobile terminal received by the receiving portion and the current location of the vehicle detected by the vehicle location detecting portion; and a memory portion that stores behavioral pattern information of a user of the vehicle. The controlling portion controls the vehicle apparatus in accordance with the behavioral pattern information stored in the memory portion and the positional relationship between the current location of the mobile terminal and the current location of the vehicle.

Abstract: An inattentive state determination device includes an observed amount acquiring means for acquiring information on the driver's line of sight and at least one of either information on driving operations or information on the traveling state as an observed amount; and an inattentive state determining means for determining the inattentive state of the driver based on the stochastic relationship between the inattentive state and the observed amount as well as the observed amount acquired by using the observed amount acquiring means. In addition, the inattentive state determining means calculates the probability that the driver is driving inattentively and determines that the driver is driving inattentively when the calculated probability exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: An onboard information retrieval apparatus 100 for retrieving information based on a word inputted via manual or voice input by an operator includes a travel environment condition detecting unit 4 for detecting a travel environment condition; an ambiguity tolerance determination unit 10 for determining a tolerance level for ambiguity in the inputted word based on the travel environment condition detected by the travel environment detecting unit 4; and an information retrieval unit 11 for retrieving the information in accordance with the tolerance level determined by the ambiguity tolerance determination unit 10.

Abstract: A disclosed vehicle control system comprises a mobile terminal that transmits a current location of the mobile terminal; a receiving portion that is installed in a vehicle and receives the current location transmitted from the mobile terminal; a vehicle location detecting portion that detects a current location of the vehicle; a controlling portion that controls a vehicle apparatus installed in the vehicle in accordance with a positional relationship between the current position of the mobile terminal received by the receiving portion and the current location of the vehicle detected by the vehicle location detecting portion; and a memory portion that stores behavioral pattern information of a user of the vehicle. The controlling portion controls the vehicle apparatus in accordance with the behavioral pattern information stored in the memory portion and the positional relationship between the current location of the mobile terminal and the current location of the vehicle.

Abstract: A heat-insulating food container includes an injection-molded container body having a bottom wall, a circumferential wall integrally connected to a periphery of the bottom wall and upwardly extending therefrom for defining an inner space and an upper open end, and vertical ribs vertically extending along the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall includes circumferential wall parts respectively having different diameters and arranged in such a manner as to form the circumferential wall with the diameter thereof decreasing in a stepwise manner as it advances downwardly, thereby forming corresponding stepped portions on an exterior surface and an interior surface thereof.