Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renault S.a.s.

Nissan North America, Inc.

Masahide Nakamura

Shinji Matsumoto

Daisuke Saito

Tatsuya Suzuki

Masaki Watanabe

Yutaka Mikuriya

Yoshinori Yamamura

Yoji Seto

Yoshitaka Takagi

Masayasu Suzuki

Minoru Tamura

Siddharth Thakur

Tsuneyuki Watanabe

Gregory D Dibb

GianLuca Storti

Narihiro Akari

Koki Minegishi

Seiki Takahashi

Takuya Inoue

Takuya Higuchi

Hiroshi Tsuda

Takeshi Ishimoto

Yukinori Nishida

Teruhisa Takano

Hiroshi Kawazoe

Yoshitaka Uemura

Takahiro Yano

Ron Heft

Hidekazu Nakajima

Kotaro Chiba

Eijo Iwasaki

Xiaoxiao Fei

Tomohiro Jimbo

Kouki Minegishi

The present invention provides a travel assistance device () for a vehicle, a travel assistance system (S) for a vehicle, and a travel assistance method for a vehicle with which the waste of energy of a vehicle (V) can be suppressed. In the present invention, when an unexpected user (UI) who has alighted at a stop location other than his/her alighting location included in reservation information is identified, a confirmation notification is output to the unexpected user (UI) as to whether or not to board the vehicle (V) again. When a determination is made, based on an input from the unexpected user (UI) in response to the output confirmation notification, that the unexpected user will not board the vehicle (V) again, the vehicle (V) is started from the stop location.

Vehicle travel assistance device, vehicle travel assistance system, and vehicle travel assistance method

A vehicle travel route control system controls a plurality of vehicles having an autonomous driving function or a driving assist function, wherein a vehicle dispatch information data server creates a travel route map, in which driving mode switching position at which vehicles have switched over during travel to the manual driving mode from the autonomous driving mode, have been added to a road map. Based on the travel route map, a travel route that avoids the driving mode switching position is calculated from among a plurality of routes on which a dispatch vehicle candidate travels to a destination via user position. When a travel route that avoids the driving mode switching position is calculated, a dispatch vehicle candidate is set as a dispatch vehicle, and the calculated travel route information is transmitted to an on-board unit mounted in the dispatch vehicle.

Vehicle travel route control system, vehicle travel route control device, and vehicle travel route control method

A stop position control system of the present invention includes a controller configured to control the stop position of a stop vehicle that is to stop in a stop area. In the stop position control system, vehicle information on the stop vehicle and luggage information on luggage possessed by a user who is using the stop vehicle are acquired, a necessary stop interval required for loading/unloading the user's luggage from the stop vehicle in the stop area is set based on the vehicle information and the luggage information, and the necessary stop interval is transmitted to an adjacent vehicle that is to stop adjacent to the stop vehicle.

Stop position control system, stop position control method, and stop position control device

A controller includes an extraction unit, an arrival time calculation unit, a departure time calculation unit, a stop location calculation unit and a transmission unit. The extraction unit extracts stop-scheduled vehicles, which are scheduled to stop in a stopping area. The arrival time calculation unit calculates arrival times when the stop-scheduled vehicles will arrive at the stopping area based at least on user-side information of users who use the stop-scheduled vehicles, or on position information of the stop-scheduled vehicles. The departure time calculation unit calculates a scheduled departure order indicating an order in which the stop-scheduled vehicles will depart the stopping area. The stop location calculation unit calculates stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles based on the scheduled departure order. The transmission unit transmits information indicating the stop locations to the stop-scheduled vehicles.

Stop location control method, stop location control device, and stop location control system

A communication method for a vehicle dispatch system includes a communication apparatus configured to control communication between a first apparatus and a second apparatus. The first apparatus and the second apparatus are capable of information exchange with each other. The communication apparatus includes a processor. The processor operates to: acquire a position of a boarding point for a user and a current position of a target vehicle to be dispatched to the user; at identification timing at which a determination is made that the current position of the target vehicle belongs to a predetermined area defined with reference to the position of the boarding point, generate target vehicle information using a captured image captured by one or more cameras of the target vehicle; and transmit the target vehicle information to the second apparatus. The second apparatus operates to display the received target vehicle information on a display.

Communication method for vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch system, and communication device

Vehicle allocation system includes an information provision apparatus, a first apparatus: control apparatus, and a user's second apparatus: user terminal apparatus. Processor of the information provision apparatus calculates a first driving plan for a vehicle in response to request information. When a second driving plan different from the first driving plan is calculated based on detection information acquired from the vehicle, the processor determines the cause of a change in the driving plan on the basis of the detection information. The processor transmits cause information including the cause to the user terminal apparatus. The user terminal apparatus presents the cause information on a display.

Information service method for vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch system, and information service device

A controller is configured to set a stopping order of a plurality of vehicles, which indicates the vehicle order at a stop location in a stopping area. The controller is further configured to estimate an arrival order, which indicates the order in which the plurality of vehicles arrive at a prescribed location, based on position information of the plurality of vehicles. The controller is further configured to determine whether the arrival order differs from the stopping order The controller is further configured to control the travel of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles upon determining that the arrival order differs from the stopping order, such that the arrival order is the same as the stopping order by a time the plurality of vehicles arrive at the prescribed location.

Vehicle control method, vehicle control device, and vehicle control system

A vehicle dispatching method is provided for managing a dispatch to a user of a first vehicle reserved by a user as a dispatch vehicle or a second vehicle that can be dispatched to a scheduled boarding point in which the user boards the dispatch vehicle, using a controller for communicating with communication devices in the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The method includes: acquiring, before the user arrives at the plan boarding point, position information of the first vehicle and position information of the second vehicle; calculating a first scheduled arrival period until the first vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point based on the acquired position information of the first vehicle; calculating a first waiting period difference between a user scheduled arrival period until the user arrives at the scheduled boarding point and the first scheduled arrival period; calculating a second scheduled arrival period until the second vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point for the user based on the acquired position information of the second vehicle; calculating a second waiting period difference between the user scheduled arrival period and the second scheduled arrival period; determining whether or not the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period; and when determining that the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period, designating the second vehicle as the dispatch vehicle.

Vehicle dispatching system, vehicle dispatching method, and vehicle dispatching device

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with a vehicle, generates a request for a fuel delivery on-demand service using the information, confirms identification of the vehicle using a wireless signal of the vehicle, provides access to the vehicle to enable performance of the fuel delivery on-demand service and secures the vehicle after completion of the fuel delivery on-demand service.

Vehicle sensing and access control for on-demand services

A travel control device executes a first information acquisition function to acquire subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, a second information acquisition function to acquire object information including the position of an avoidance object, a setting function to set a detection area for detecting the avoidance object, the detection area set in accordance with the position of the subject vehicle, and a control function for controlling travel of the subject vehicle when it is detected that the avoidance object exists within the detection area. The setting function is used to extend the detection area rearward from the subject vehicle when it is detected that the avoidance object located behind the subject vehicle exists within the detection area and extend the detection area frontward from the subject vehicle when it is detected that the avoidance object located ahead of the subject vehicle exists within the detection area.

Travel control device and travel control method

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing on-demand services to vehicles are described. The disclosed technology determines information associated with the vehicle. The information includes a location of the vehicle. A request is generated for the on-demand service using the information and identification of the vehicle is confirmed using a wireless signal of the vehicle. Access is provided to the vehicle to enable performance of the on-demand service and the vehicle is secured after completion of the on-demand service.

A probe data collection method is provided to ensure real-time nature of collected probe data and to reduce a communication load of the server. Based on received probe data, a total number of vehicles that have transmitted probe data and upload times of the probe data for each vehicle are detected. Based on the detected upload times, correction values of the upload times are calculated for each of the vehicle according to the total number of the vehicles. Then, the calculated correction values are transmitted to the vehicles.

Probe data collection method and probe data collection device

A travel control device executes an acquisition function to acquire object information including the position of an avoidance object which a subject vehicle should avoid, a planning function to plan a target route for the subject vehicle in accordance with the position of the avoidance object, and a control function to output command information for driving the subject vehicle on the target route. The planning function is used to specify a plurality of avoidance objects that are located within a predetermined distance from the subject vehicle and exist in the same lane adjacent to a lane in which the subject vehicle travels and to set a lateral position of the target route along the width direction of a road on which the subject vehicle is traveling. The lateral position of the target route is planned so as to avoid the avoidance objects.

A travel control device comprises: an object information acquisition unit that acquires object information including the position of an avoidance object around a subject vehicle; a planning unit that plans a target route passing the avoidance object on the basis of the position of the subject vehicle and the position of the avoidance object; a control unit that outputs command information, and a second setting unit that calculates a distance between the subject vehicle and the avoidance object along the vehicle width direction when driving the subject vehicle on the target route and uses the distance as the basis to set a tolerable vehicle width distance range. When an actual distance from the subject vehicle to the position of the avoidance object along the vehicle width direction is within the tolerable vehicle width distance range, the control unit drives the subject vehicle on the basis of the set target route.

A travel control device acquires subject vehicle information including the position of a subject vehicle, acquires lane marker information including positions of lane markers, sets control areas with reference to the lane markers, and controls a travel position of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels between a pair of control areas set at right and left of the subject vehicle. The lane markers include a change-point lane marker and includes a course change point. When the pair of control areas set with reference to the change-point lane marker comprises one of the pair at a course change side of the subject vehicle and the other of the pair, the ratio of a width of the other to a width of the one is set larger than the ratio of the widths of control areas set with reference to a lane marker other than the change-point lane marker.

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Masahide Nakamura