Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiromitsu Fujii

Tsuyoshi Okada

Tomokazu Maya

Shin Sakurada

Satoshi Komamine

Kazuyuki Inoue

Ryosuke Kobayashi

Shunsuke Tanimori

Yurika Tanaka

Yoshikazu Jikuhara

Hiroyuki Bandai

Go Tanaka

Kenichi Yamada

Yuko Mizuno

Kohei Miwa

Hirotaka Omisha

Shinsuke Ariga

Shigeki Kinomura

Koichi Suzuki

Chikage Kubo

Toyokazu Nakashima

Naoki Yamada

Zekai Qiu

Toshiki Kashiwakura

Jun Hioki

Takahiro Aoki

Yusuke Takeuchi

Ayana Takeshita

Shinji Sassa

Shota Minami

Takeshi Kanou

Osamu Izumida

Hisashi Fujisawa

Ryota Nakabayashi

Ryosuke Tanimura

Atsushi Oki

Yuhei Suzuki

Yoshihiro Ohe

Mitsuhiro Naito

Lei Wang

Akie Sakiyama

Jun Karashima

Keita Teruuchi

Hiroki Takabatake

Yusuke Sato

Yuki Tatsumoto

Yu Nagata

A control device includes a control unit configured to acquire target data indicating a production target in a factory and detect production progress in the factory, compare the production target indicated by the acquired target data with the detected production progress, and predict, based on an obtained comparison result, a finishing time period within which one or more users working in the factory are expected to finish work and adjust, based on the predicted finishing time period, a time period within which one or more vehicles for commuting are expected to transport the one or more users.

Control device, system, and adjustment method

A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate, using the communication interface, with a mobile object having a facility for executing one or more processes in a plurality of processes to be executed sequentially to manufacture a product. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to a first mobile object to travel to a meeting point with a second mobile object for executing a second process that follows a first process to be executed in the first mobile object, the instruction being for delivering the product being manufactured to the second mobile object at the meeting point.

Server apparatus, system, and operating method of system

A computer includes a search unit configured to search for a route from a first point to a second point, and an autonomous driving unit configured to execute autonomous driving of a vehicle along the route found by the search unit. The search unit is configured to execute a first route search for searching for a route that satisfies a first requirement in a case where a predetermined condition is not established. The search unit is configured to execute a second route search for searching for a route that satisfies a second requirement in a case where the predetermined condition is established. The first requirement does not include presence of an automatic car wash machine on the route. The second requirement includes the presence of the automatic car wash machine on the route.

Computer, vehicle, and server

A vehicle management system includes a signal transmission device and a management device configured to manage a vehicle. The signal transmission device is configured to transmit an abnormality signal for notifying of an abnormality of the vehicle to the management device in a case where a predetermined operation is executed for the signal transmission device in the vehicle during autonomous driving without presence of a manager. The signal transmission device may be mounted on a vehicle or a mobile terminal.

Vehicle management system and vehicle management method

A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire, as profile data, data read from a medium held by each of users when each of the users gets on a vehicle to be operated with the users on board to a destination having a plurality of facilities, identify, based on the acquired profile data, a facility from among the plurality of facilities at which each of the users is to get off the vehicle, and perform control of operating the vehicle along a route including the identified facility.

Control apparatus, vehicle, and control method

A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate via the communication interface with at least one mobile object that has a changing room. The controller is configured to transmit an instruction to the mobile object to move to a specified location by a specified time.

A parking lot management method for managing a parking lot includes determining whether a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient. Further, the parking lot management method further includes at least one of executing a process of prompting at least one vehicle parked in the parking lot to exit when it is determined that a parking space in the parking lot is insufficient, and requesting at least one vehicle electrically connected to a power supply facility to execute energy management when it is determined that the parking space in the parking lot is not insufficient and a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Parking lot management method, storage medium, and computer device

An information processing apparatus autonomously determines a pick-up location for an on-demand bus. The information processing apparatus has a controller configured to determine a first location that is not predicted to be crowded with people as the pick-up location based on a user's preferred pick-up location and first information related to locations within the operation area of the on-demand bus that are predicted to be crowded with people. The controller of the information processing apparatus selects the first location thus determined as the pick-up location for the on-demand bus.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a relaxation facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire stress information regarding a worker working at a workplace, and command the vehicle to move to the workplace based on the acquired stress information.

Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method

A vehicle inspection method includes first and second transmission steps, and first and second determination steps. In the first transmission step, a vehicle transmits a first state detected by a first sensor mounted on the vehicle to a server, during autonomous driving. In the first determination step, the server determines a pass or a fail of the vehicle for the first inspection item by using the first state received from the vehicle. In the second determination step, the vehicle determines a pass or a fail for the second inspection item by using a second state detected by a second sensor mounted on the vehicle, during autonomous driving. In the second transmission step, the vehicle transmits a determination result of the second inspection item to the server in a case where a fail is determined for the second inspection item.

Vehicle management system and vehicle inspection method

An information processing apparatus acquires position information of a user terminal, and causes the user terminal to issue a first notification by audio or vibration in a case where a distance between a first point where a user of the user terminal is to get on board a vehicle provided for a predetermined service and the user terminal falls to or below a first distance, the first notification indicating that the first point is getting closer. The information processing apparatus causes the user terminal to issue a second notification by audio or vibration in a case where the distance between the first point and the user terminal falls to or below a second distance that is smaller than the first distance, the second notification indicating that the first point is getting closer.

Information processing apparatus, and method

A controller is provided which controls a vehicle with a storage device mounted thereon in which a user is able to deposit baggage, the controller being configured to determine a deposit point of the baggage or a pick-up point of the baggage according to weather conditions.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium storing program for determining a pick-up or deposit point for baggage according to weather conditions

An information processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to control a vehicle including a storage apparatus including one or more compartments configured such that a user deposits baggage. The processor is configured to, when a predetermined event related to storage of the baggage has occurred in the storage apparatus, restrict deposit of the baggage into the storage apparatus by the user until the vehicle including the storage apparatus moves to a predetermined place where the predetermined event is resolvable.

Information processing device and information processing method

A vehicle includes a storage device configured to store an estimation algorithm configured to output a degree of deterioration of a component mounted on the vehicle in response to an input of a value of a parameter related to the component, a sensor configured to detect the value of the parameter, and a control device. The control device is configured to execute a performance test by autonomous driving of the vehicle, acquire data indicating performance of the component during the performance test, and update the estimation algorithm by using the data acquired during the performance test.

Vehicle and method for diagnosing deterioration of on-vehicle component

A computer includes a diagnosis unit configured to, for a vehicle in which an abnormality has occurred and continuing traveling by autonomous driving is impossible, determine whether or not the vehicle is able to be restored on a spot and whether or not the vehicle is able to travel by manual driving. Such a computer may be mounted on a vehicle, a server, and a mobile terminal.

Computer, vehicle, server, mobile terminal, and vehicle management method

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Hiromitsu Fujii