Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryosuke Kobayashi

Tomokazu Maya

Yurika Tanaka

Hiromitsu Fujii

Tsuyoshi Okada

Satoshi Komamine

Genshi Kuno

Yasuhiro Baba

Yohei Nakanishi

Kazuyuki Inoue

Masaki Makihara

Takayuki Oidemizu

Masaki Nishino

Motofumi Kamiya

Jean-Sebastien Boire

Takuya Nishioka

Toyokazu Nakashima

Ryuichi Kamaga

Mitsuhiro Miura

Koichi Watanabe

Naoki Yamamuro

Shintaro Matsutani

Takuya Maekawa

Ayana Takeshita

Yugo Sakurai

Shin Sakurada

Yu Nagata

Masatoshi Hayashi

Akitoshi Jikumaru

Shuichi Sawada

Tomoya Makino

Takaharu Ueno

Syouta Komatsu

Tsuyoshi Andou

A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate using the communication interface and transmit, to a vehicle to be charged, information on a travel route according to a position of the vehicle to be charged such that the vehicle to be charged, which travels using power of a battery, arrives at a power supply point to receive power supply a predetermined time period before a scheduled time for the power supply and temperature of the battery on arrival is a predetermined temperature.

Server apparatus and system

An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes receiving a request for charging that includes information indicating a destination from a user terminal, determining an operation plan of a power supply vehicle that includes transporting a user and a user vehicle toward the destination with supplying power to the user vehicle in response to the request for charging, and transmitting the operation plan to an operator terminal.

Information processing method

An information processing apparatus displays a screen for selecting a purpose of use and a starting point of use of a power supply vehicle on a terminal apparatus used by a user, acquires a purpose of use and a starting point of use selected by the user, determines the operation plan of the power supply vehicle so as to move the power supply vehicle to the acquired starting point of use and perform a power supply operation to supply power to a vehicle of the user in a case in which the acquired purpose of use is 'power supply', determines the operation plan of the power supply vehicle so as to move the power supply vehicle to the acquired starting point of use and transport the user in a case in which the acquired purpose of use is “taxi”, and transmits the determined operation plan to the terminal apparatus.

Method performed by information processing apparatus

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 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 includes a controller configured to accept a reservation for use of a vehicle charging service from a user of a vehicle, notify the user of a first joining point and a first joining time as a target joining point and a target joining time at which the vehicle joins a power supply vehicle, determine whether the vehicle can arrive at the first joining point by the first joining time based on positional information and traffic congestion information for the vehicle, determine a second joining point closer to the vehicle than the first joining point upon determining that the vehicle cannot arrive, and notify the user of a proposal to change the target joining point to the second joining point.

Information processing apparatus and 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

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle includes a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit is configured to acquire, from the vehicle via the communication unit, vehicle information including at least one of open-close information of a door of the vehicle and location information of the vehicle, and determine a personality of a driver of the vehicle based on the vehicle information.

Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing method

A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route information indicating a route on which a user is to travel, and travel information indicating a travel status of the user, detect, based on the acquired route information and the acquired travel information, a waiting point on the route, at which a waiting time period for the user is to occur, and output deceleration information for prompting the user to decelerate to delay, within a range of the waiting time period, arrival of the user at the detected waiting point.

Control apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and control method

A server device includes a communication unit and a control unit that sends and receives information to and from another device via the communication unit. The control unit sends, to a terminal device, information on a comfort level in a vehicle cabin of a shared vehicle that is determined based on a detection result of detecting an effect of a passenger on a vehicle body or equipment of the shared vehicle to present the information to another passenger before boarding the shared vehicle.

Server device, information processing system, control device, shared vehicle, and operation method for information processing system

An information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to store behavior information of a user in the vehicle in association with a date and time, acquire an image via an imaging unit of the vehicle when a difference between behavior information at a specific time and behavior information at a time later than the specific time is detected, an store the image in association with the date and time and the behavior information.

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

An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine, upon detection of an impact applied to an object, whether the impact has caused damage to the object, and when it is determined that damage has been caused, identify a cause of the damage, based on a result of observation of a surrounding environment of the object at a time that the impact was applied.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

An image projection device which is mounted on a vehicle or worn by a driver of the vehicle includes a control unit and a projection unit. The control unit accepts a selection for specifying a particular user, detects a current location, acquires an image showing at least a part of an appearance of the particular user, which is captured when the particular user has previously driven a particular user's vehicle at a location which is the same as or near to the current location, and projects the image onto a driver's seat of the vehicle by the projection unit.

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Nagakute, Japan

Ryosuke Kobayashi