Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a retroreflective material that exhibits high reflective luminance for incident light with a large incident angle, and has excellent retroreflective performance for incident light with a wide incident angle. A retroreflective material includes a support, a fixing resin layer held on the support, transparent microspheres embedded in the fixing resin layer, and a reflective layer provided between the transparent microspheres and the fixing resin layer. In the retroreflective material, the transparent microspheres used have a refractive index of 1.6 to 2.5, and are exposed in air with an exposure ratio of 53 to 70%. The retroreflective material can thus have excellent retroreflective performance for incident light with a wide incident angle.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for detecting anomalous vehicle behavior. It is determined whether a plurality of received car probes include one or more indicators of unusual behavior. An object agent corresponding to a vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior is selected. A search is performed to select one or more vehicles surrounding the vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior. An information entropy is determined from received car probes, for the vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior and for each of the selected surrounding vehicles. An anomalous point value is calculated for each vehicle, based on the determined information entropies. In response to determining that the anomalous point value for a car exceeds a pre-determined threshold, the vehicle is flagged as a vehicle exhibiting anomalous behavior.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to locating a moving vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes determining driving information associated with a vehicle that is moving, where the driving information includes pattern information associated with past movement of the vehicle. The method further includes periodically receiving reported vehicle probe information from the vehicle, where the reported vehicle probe information includes a current location of the vehicle. The method further includes acquiring context information on surroundings of the vehicle if no reported vehicle probe information is received from the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time. The method further includes generating estimation vehicle probe information associated with the vehicle based on the context information, where the estimation vehicle probe information includes one or more candidate locations of the vehicle.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective tape having superior flexibility, retroreflective properties, and cleaning durability, as well as making possible clear formation of a boundary between a retroreflective region and a non-retroreflective region. Provided is a retroreflective tape in which a retroreflective region is provided on part of a base material layer, wherein: the retroreflective region is a region having a fixing resin layer, transparent microspheres embedded in the fixing resin layer, and a reflective layer provided between the transparent microspheres and the fixing resin layer and formed from a metal film; the index of refraction of the transparent microspheres is 1.6-2.5; and the transparent microspheres are embedded in the fixing resin layer such that the exposure ratio is 53-70%.

Abstract: A request for a route guide to a destination in a building is received from a user terminal device. BIM data for the building is received, including material properties of the building elements, the material properties consisting of ease of slipping when wet, earthquake resistance, and flame retardancy base values. Security information for a route, real-time information for building status, and a user profile are received. A route guide to the destination in the building is created, based the BIM data, security information, real-time building status, and the user profile. Information from one or more environmental sensors is received indicating that an environmental event has been detected. Its current position is received from the user terminal device. The route guide from the user terminal device's current position is updated based on the environmental event, and the material properties of the building elements that are related to the environmental event.

Abstract: There is provided a system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each of which includes a storage device where at least one piece of pattern data indicating an occurrence pattern of events to be detected in the information processing apparatus is stored, a generation section that specifies a collection of events to be detected in the occurrence pattern based on the pattern data read from the storage device and generates necessary event data indicating the specified collection of events, a selection section that selects an event included in the necessary event data from events which have occurred in the information processing apparatus and events transferred from another information processing apparatus, and a detection section that detects if the selected event matches with the occurrence pattern indicated by the pattern data, and outputs a detection result.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for managing mobile objects. The embodiment may receive an event detected in a geographic space by a mobile object of a plurality of mobile objects. The embodiment may determine a reliability of the event based on a reliability associated with the mobile object. The embodiment may store the event in a mobile object database based on the reliability of the even being above a reference reliability.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for managing mobile objects. The embodiment may determine, by a mobile object server, a position of a mobile object in a geographic space managed by the mobile object server. The embodiment may determine a plurality of routes based on the position of the mobile object in the geographic space. The embodiment may calculate, by the mobile object server, a plurality of route parameters for the plurality of routes, wherein the plurality of route parameters includes a passage possibility of the mobile object over each route. The embodiment may calculate a plurality of edge parameters for a plurality of edges, wherein each edge is a segment of a route, and wherein the edge parameter includes the passage possibility of the mobile object over each edge.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for managing mobile objects. The embodiment may receive an event detected in a geographic space by a mobile object of a plurality of mobile objects. The embodiment may determine a reliability of the event based on a reliability associated with the mobile object. The embodiment may store the event in a mobile object database based on the reliability of the even being above a reference reliability.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that has excellent wash resistance, and stably maintains, even after it is repeatedly washed, a daytime color visible by ink-jet printing and a nighttime color visible by retroreflected light. A retroreflective material comprising a fixing resin layer, a transparent microsphere embedded in the fixing resin layer, a reflective layer provided on a surface of the transparent microsphere opposite to incident light, and an ink-jet receptive layer provided on an outermost surface near the incident light, wherein the refractive index of the transparent microsphere is set to 1.6 to 2.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that shows high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and also has reduced unevenness in the color of the reflected light. An open-type retroreflective material in which a transparent resin layer and a reflective layer formed of a transparent metal compound thin film are laminated between a transparent microsphere and a fixing resin layer, and the layer thickness of the transparent resin layer is set to satisfy predetermined conditions, can show high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and can also have reduced color unevenness.

Abstract: Event data for at least one moving event is received. From the event data, moving event data indicating a trend of the moving event can be generated. For each of a plurality of vehicles, historical trip pattern data can be accessed and, based on the historical trip pattern data, a probability that the vehicle will be affected by the moving event can be determined. A moving event simulation can be generated based on, at least in part, the historical pattern data and the trend of the moving event. The moving event simulation can predict future locations of the vehicle and the moving event at each of a plurality of future time intervals. Based on the moving event simulation, a determination can be made as to when the vehicle will be affected by the moving event. A notification regarding the moving event can be communicated.

Abstract: Generating routes based on aggregated path data includes accumulating trajectory data from a plurality of users, wherein data entries in the trajectory data each include an origin and a destination. When a request for a route from a designated location to a particular destination is received from a particular user, one or more of the data entries are identified as relevant to the request for the route when the origin of a particular data entry is similar to the designated location and the destination of the particular data entry is similar to the particular destination. Route recommendations are generated for the particular user based on one or more data entries identified as relevant.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that has excellent wash resistance, and stably maintains, even after it is repeatedly washed, a daytime color visible by ink-jet printing and a nighttime color visible by retroreflected light. A retroreflective material comprising a fixing resin layer, a transparent microsphere embedded in the fixing resin layer, a reflective layer provided on a surface of the transparent microsphere opposite to incident light, and an ink-jet receptive layer provided on an outermost surface near the incident light, wherein the refractive index of the transparent microsphere is set to 1.6 to 2.

Abstract: A request for a route guide to a destination in a building is received from a user terminal device. BIM data for the building is received, including material properties of the building elements, the material properties consisting of ease of slipping when wet, earthquake resistance, and flame retardancy base values. Security information for a route, real-time information for building status, and a user profile are received. A route guide to the destination in the building is created, based the BIM data, security information, real-time building status, and the user profile. Information from one or more environmental sensors is received indicating that an environmental event has been detected. Its current position is received from the user terminal device. The route guide from the user terminal device's current position is updated based on the environmental event, and the material properties of the building elements that are related to the environmental event.

Abstract: Providing a route guide to a destination using building information modeling (BIM) data. A request from a user for a route guide to a destination in a building is received. BIM data for the building, security information for a route, and a user profile of the user that requested the route guide to the destination is received. A route guide to the destination in the building is created, based at least on the BIM data, security information, and the user profile. Creating the route guide may be further based on use restriction information, including time, weight, operation, impassable information, information related to the method of using the facility equipment, or precaution information when using the facility equipment. The route guide may include a method of using the facility equipment in the building, a method of operating, a direction of operation, a method of unlocking or locking, or precaution information.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a system, method and computer program product for managing dynamic events. The embodiment may include managing, by a first subsystem, an event in a first region of the plurality of geographic regions using a first event agent. The embodiment may include determining whether the event is predicted to spread from the first region to a second region. The embodiment may include generating a first dynamic event agent to monitor the event as a dynamic event based on predicting the event may spread from the first region to the second region. The first dynamic event agent may receive information relating to the dynamic event, update a status of the dynamic event based on the received information, and transmit the received information. The embodiment may include generating, by a second subsystem, a second dynamic event agent for handling the dynamic event in the second region.

Abstract: To use a high-quality driving support and automatic driving system that manages a plurality of mobile objects through communication with the mobile objects to manage mobile objects that do not communicate with this system, provided is a system including a mobile object server operable to assist with movement of a plurality of mobile objects within a geographic space, wherein the mobile object server having: a monitoring section operable to monitor movement of a first mobile object that does not receive at least a portion of movement assistance and an assisting section operable to assist with movement of a second mobile object that is an assistance target, using a result obtained by monitoring the first mobile object. Also provided is a method and program product.

Abstract: A method and system for displaying information relating to a designated marker is provided. An image including the designated marker is acquired. The designated marker is extracted from the acquired image. A type of the designated marker is identified from the extracted marker. The identified type of the designated marker is communicated to a server, and in response, marker information identified from the type of the designated marker is obtained from the server. The marker information relates to the designated marker and identifies at least two other markers. Relative positional information of the device in relation to the extracted marker is determined. A displayed informational image includes the designated marker and at least one other marker of the at least two other markers, which are displayed in accordance with a determined relative position between the designated marker and each marker of the at least one other marker.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective material that shows high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and also has reduced unevenness in the color of the reflected light. An open-type retroreflective material in which a transparent resin layer and a reflective layer formed of a transparent metal compound thin film are laminated between a transparent microsphere and a fixing resin layer, and the layer thickness of the transparent resin layer is set to satisfy predetermined conditions, can show high chroma for incident light with a wide angle, and can change the color tone of reflected light depending on the incident angle of the incident light, and can also have reduced color unevenness.