Fujitsu Ten Limited

Denso Ten Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Masashi Tsuyunashi

Toshitaka Yamato

Takashi Ohta

Shogo Tanaka

Noriaki Inoue

Satoru Ikeda

Yasuyuki Kusumoto

Chiharu Yamamoto

Akihide Fujio

Toshio Kitahara

Yoshitaka Hirashima

Takako Fukuda

Yoshikazu Hashimoto

Wataru Hasegawa

Kentaro Koga

Yuki Izumi

Yukisuke Ozaki

A data collection device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire the location of a vehicle from a vehicle device mounted on the vehicle; an extractor configured to extract, based on the location of the vehicle, at least one identifier out of identifiers each assigned to a region on a map that is divided into a plurality of regions; a distributor configured to distribute to the vehicle device at least one information pair that is formed by pairing the extracted identifier with a data collection condition; and a collector configured to collect, from the vehicle device, data gathered by the vehicle device based on the collection condition.

Data collection device, data collection system, vehicle device, and data collection method

A parking controller according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a specific-parking-frame acquiring unit, a target-parking-frame setting unit, and a vacant-parking-frame detecting unit. The specific-parking-frame acquiring unit acquires information indicating a specific parking frame. The specific parking frame is a parking frame that is specified by an external device among from a plurality of parking frames in a parking lot. The target-parking-frame setting unit sets the specific parking frame as a target parking frame. The target parking frame is a parking frame to be a target. The vacant-parking-frame detecting unit detects a vacant parking frame while an own vehicle is travelling to the target parking frame. The vacant parking frame is a parking frame in a vacant state. The target-parking-frame setting unit changes, when the vacant-parking-frame detecting unit detects the vacant parking frame, the set target parking frame into the vacant parking frame.

Parking controller, parking control system, and parking control method

An in-vehicle device that is mounted on a host vehicle, the in-vehicle device includes a receiver, and an electronic control unit. The receiver receives an exit instruction. The electronic control unit (a) determines whether or not other vehicles exist on an exit travel route from a current parking position of the host vehicle to a getting-on area when the exit instruction has been received by the receiver, and (b) requests the other vehicles existing on the exit travel route to move out of the exit travel route using vehicle-to-vehicle communication in a case where the electronic control unit determines that the other vehicles exist on the exit travel route.

In-vehicle device

In a case where an actual parking technique of a driver in a parking condition is different from a parking technique shown by a parking technique model generated in a same parking condition, a parking assist apparatus outputs a question to the user about whether or not assistance for the parking operation is desired to park the vehicle. In a case where the driver accepts the assistance for the parking operation, the parking assist apparatus provide the assistance for the parking operation to park the vehicle. Thus, useless parking assistance that the driver does not desire can be prevented, and parking assistance that is truly desired by the driver can be executed.

Parking assist apparatus

A driving assistance system includes a history storage unit, a behavior detecting unit, a state determining unit, and a notifying unit. The history storage unit stores a behavior history which is a past behavior history of a driver. The behavior detecting unit detects a current behavior of the driver. The state determining unit determines an unsafe state by comparing the transition of the behavior detected by the behavior detecting unit with the behavior history of the driver corresponding to a current driving path. If the state determining unit determines the unsafe state, the notifying unit gives notification to the driver.

Driving assistance system and driving assistance method

A vehicle device includes a controller configured to: receive a signal indicative of a travelling environment of the vehicle; and output a display signal to a display device to instruct the display device to display a mark at a position in the vehicle where safety should be confirmed by a driver of the vehicle, the display signal being output in accordance with the travelling environment. Accordingly, it is possible to prompt a user to confirm the safety at suitable positions and at proper timing.

Vehicle device

A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle.

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Kobe, Japan

Masashi Tsuyunashi