Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Rie Murai

Tsuyoshi Okada

Takeshi Fujiki

Kohei Miwa

Yuki Kuwayama

Yu Ito

Keiko Suzuki

Akira Miyamoto

A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to control a vehicle to drive automatically by communicating with the vehicle via a communication interface, the vehicle being capable of towing a work vehicle and of driving automatically on public roads.

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

A processor included in an information processing apparatus is configured to generate a follow-up command to perform follow-up travel to follow an autonomous vehicle with an autonomous driving function or an unmanned aircraft. The processor is configured to send the follow-up command to a work vehicle with a follow-up travel function.

Information processing apparatus information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

A running route determination device includes a processing unit configured to acquire first running route data for a first vehicle and second running route data for a second vehicle, search for a transfer place such that an efficiency condition is satisfied, while comparing the first running route data and the second running route data, and search for and output first modified running route data and second modified running route data. The transfer place is a place where a transport object transported by one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle transfers to the other. The first modified running route data results from modifying the first running route data such that the first vehicle goes through the transfer place, and the second modified running route data results from modifying the second running route data such that the second vehicle goes through the transfer place.

Running route determination device, running route determination method, and non-transitory storage medium in which program is stored

A display control device configured to control a projection device that projects an image on a windshield of a vehicle includes a circuitry. The circuitry is configured to determine a target ground object that is a ground object other than an object which a driver of the vehicle is to be warned of, the target ground object being used to provide the driver with a sense of distance to the object, and project, using the projection device, an image for indicating a presence of the object in a manner that allows the driver to perceive a sense of distance to the object on a windshield of the vehicle, such that a first part of the image and the target ground object overlap each other and a second part of the image and the target ground object do not overlap each other when viewed from the driver.

Display control device configured to control projection device, display control method for controlling projection device, and vehicle

A display control device configured to control a head-up display that projects an image onto an area ahead of a driver to display the image such that the image that is a virtual image is superimposed on an actual view. The display control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to execute control such that a highlighting image that highlights a specific object present ahead of a vehicle is displayed when a warning against the specific object is given to the driver. The specific object is detected based on traveling situation information regarding a traveling situation of the vehicle. The traveling situation information based on an output from a vehicular sensor including an on-board camera.

Display control device and display control method

A navigation system which performs route guidance from a vehicle departure location to a target location. After a vehicle has arrived at the target location and completed the route guidance, if the vehicle has moved away from the target location and thereafter has approached the target location again, the navigation system: determines that the vehicle is disorientated and unable to arrive at the target location; and resumes the route guidance.

Navigation system

For each of the traveling directions (traveling directionto traveling direction) at an intersection, a traffic-light cycle length estimation device acquires a time at which a vehicle in the stopped state starts moving, calculates the time difference between neighboring start times, which have been acquired, as a start interval, and generates a histogram based on the number of samplings of start intervals. The device combines the generated histograms into a histogram for all direction to generate one histogram that represents the relation between the start intervals and the number of samplings and, based on this histogram, estimates the cycle length of the traffic light. If a particular value, one of the start intervals, corresponds to the maximum number of samplings, that particular value is estimated as the cycle length.

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Chiba, Japan

Rie Murai