Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device; and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.

Abstract: An area including an object is detected from an input image with high accuracy. An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a first detection unit that performs detection processing of detecting an area including an object with respect to an input image; an identification unit that calculates a feature vector on the basis of an image of an area detected in the detection processing, identifies the object on the basis of the feature vector, and acquires identification reliability that is reliability of an identification result of the object; and a learning unit that selects a detection area for learning from a plurality of detection areas corresponding to a plurality of the feature vector on the basis of a plurality of the identification reliability, and learns a model that detects an area including the object on the basis of an image of the detection area selected.

Abstract: A charging system includes a power transfer device and a rapid charging battery. The power transfer device includes a first power transfer unit being compatible with a first charging standard specifying that the rapid charging battery is to be charged at a predetermined current value. The rapid charging battery includes a first charging unit being compatible with the first charging standard, and a second power transfer unit being compatible with a second charging standard specifying that power is to be transferred at a predetermined current value that is lower than the predetermined current value specified by the first charging standard.

Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more processors configured to: set, as a travel destination of a vehicle, a point where an occupant of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle to transfer from the vehicle to a regularly operated transportation facility; acquire delay information indicating occurrence of a delay of the regularly operated transportation facility or occurrence of an event that causes a delay in travel of the vehicle to the travel destination; and change the travel destination of the vehicle based on the delay information.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes one or more processors configured to: on a travel route of an autonomous driving taxi configured to travel toward a desired drop-off position of a user of the autonomous driving taxi, set a predetermined travel route range from a point behind the desired drop-off position to the desired drop-off position, as a permissible midway drop-off range in which midway drop-off from the autonomous driving taxi is permitted; receive a setting about a midway drop-off position in the permissible midway drop-off range, the setting being made by the user in the autonomous driving taxi configured to travel toward the desired drop-off position; and stop the autonomous driving taxi at the midway drop-off position set by the user such that the user drops off the autonomous driving taxi midway.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor that calculates a total charge demand based on SOC information and a charge request signal of each of a plurality of electrified vehicles and performs an operation for creating, based on the calculated total charge demand, an electric power supply and demand operation plan that manages electric power for charging the electrified vehicles by a charging facility.

Abstract: A surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc is provided. The surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc., comprises a surface layer, a resin substrate layer and a PSA layer, and has a multilayer structure with the resin substrate layer placed between the surface layer and the PSA layer, wherein the surface layer is a layer obtainable by curing a heat-curable composition comprising the following components: (a) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of ?40° C. to 30° C.; (b) an allophanate polyisocyanate and/or a biuret polyisocyanate; and (c) a polysiloxane comprising a hydroxyl group-containing hydrocarbon group and/or polymer.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an interface unit and a preventive safety device. The preventive safety device includes a performance evaluation unit that performs evaluation of driving performance of the autonomous driving kit, and a suppression unit that suppresses a cancel signal output from the autonomous driving kit to cancel the preventive safety function based on the evaluation of the driving performance.

Abstract: The vehicle is configured to be able to communicate with an Autonomous Driving Kit configured to be detachable from the vehicle, and includes an interface unit that gives a control instruction related to autonomous driving control to each unit of the vehicle based on an instruction from Autonomous Driving Kit, and an active safety device that realizes a preventive safety function of the vehicle. The active safety device includes a performance evaluation unit that evaluates the driving performance of Autonomous Driving Kit on the basis of the property of the area in which the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: The vehicle includes an interface unit and an active safety device. The active safety device includes an acquisition unit that acquires at least one of surrounding environment information related to the surrounding environment of the vehicle and in-vehicle environment information related to the environment inside the vehicle. The active safety device includes a performance evaluation unit that evaluates the driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on at least one of surrounding environment information and in-vehicle environment information.

Abstract: The vehicle is configured to be able to communicate with an autonomous driving kit configured to be detachable from the vehicle, and includes an interface unit that gives a control instruction related to automated driving control to each unit of the vehicle based on an instruction from the autonomous driving kit, and an active safety device that realizes a preventive safety function of the vehicle. The active safety device includes performance evaluation unit for evaluating the driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on the degree of deviation between the reference traveling data in the area in which the vehicle is traveling and the traveling data of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an interface unit that is configured to be able to communicate with an autonomous driving kit configured to be attachable to and detachable from the vehicle and that gives a control instruction related to autonomous driving control to each part of the vehicle based on an instruction from the autonomous driving kit, and an active safety device that implements an active safety function of the vehicle. The active safety device includes an acquisition unit that acquires at least one piece of participant information that is information related to a traffic participant present around the vehicle, and occupant information that is information related to an occupant riding in the vehicle; and a performance evaluation unit that evaluates driving performance of the autonomous driving kit based on at least one piece of the participant information and the occupant information.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a movement route receiving unit, an operation-related information acquiring unit, and a display control unit. The movement route receiving unit configured to receive, from an outside, a movement route of a passenger of a vehicle that includes transfer from the vehicle to a scheduled transportation system. The operation-related information acquiring unit configured to acquire operation-related information of the scheduled transportation system to which the passenger is expected to transfer. The display control unit configured to display the operation-related information on a display screen disposed in a cabin of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure comprises acquiring a plurality sets of traveling video recorded by a plurality of cameras capturing a plurality of directions equipped in a remote driving vehicle, acquiring information regarding at least one of driving operation by a remote driving operator, a traveling state of the remote driving vehicle, and motion of the remote driving operator, specifying an attention direction or an attention scope of the remote driving operator for a situation around the remote driving vehicle based on acquired information, displaying at least one of the plurality sets of traveling video reflecting the attention direction or the attention scope on a display device, and performing display based on the attention direction or the attention scope.

Abstract: An open vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a traveling device, an external sensor, and an ECU. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface that forms a bottom surface of the riding space and is configured for a plurality of users to ride on. The ECU is configured to control the traveling device to cause the open vehicle to automatically travel. The ECU is configured to execute: a specific person recognition process to use the external sensor to recognize a specific person existing in an outside space; and an automatic travel control process to control the traveling device such that, when the specific person exists within a predetermined distance range, the traveling device executes at least one of moving the open vehicle away from the specific person and increasing a vehicle speed as compared to when the specific person does not exist within the range.

Abstract: A stand-up vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a handrail, one or more biometric information sensors, and one or more processors. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface on which a user stands. The handrail is provided at an upper portion of the vehicle and is gripped by a user. The one or more biometric information sensors are at least one of a sensor provided on a handrail and a weight sensor provided below a riding surface and having the riding surface as a weight detection surface, and detect biometric information of the user. The one or more processors perform notification processing for notifying a user of biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors.

Abstract: In a stand-up vehicle having a vehicle upper part having a riding surface configured for a user to stand on, one or more electronic control units execute emergency situation detection processing for detecting an emergency of the user when receiving notification from the user or based on information from one or more sensors, safety posture determination processing for determining whether or not the user takes a safety posture based on information from one or more sensors after detecting the emergency, and upper limit speed management processing executed when detecting the emergency and determining that the user takes the safety posture. The upper limit speed management process increases the upper limit speed to be higher than the basic upper limit speed selected when the safety posture determination process determines that the user is not in the safety posture, or cancels the upper limit speed.

Abstract: In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.

Abstract: An automatic traveling vehicle includes a vehicle structure including a first top plate, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a storage mode when a storage execution condition is satisfied. The storage mode includes a storage posture formation process of causing the vehicle to automatically travel so as to take a predetermined storage posture together with a counterpart automatic traveling vehicle. In the storage posture, the vehicle is in a superposition state in which the vehicle overlaps with the counterpart vehicle in a plan view, or a parallel state in which the vehicle is lined up with the counterpart vehicle while the first top plate and a second top plate of the counterpart vehicle are standing and facing each other so as to be parallel to or substantially parallel to a vertical direction.

Abstract: The drive route generation device according to the present disclosure is configured to execute a process of acquiring a designated point, a process of acquiring a designation condition for a drive route to be generated, a process of selecting one or a plurality of specific spots from a plurality of spots based on the position information and the designation condition for the plurality of spots, and a process of generating, as a drive route, a circulation route that comes back to a designated point via one or a plurality of specific spots using the designated point as a departure point.