Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Fujitsu Ten Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Denso Corporation

Sumitomo Wiring Systensm Ltd.

Ryuichi Kamaga

Nobuyuki Nakagawa

Takeshi Hagihara

Yukihiro Miyashita

Yuta Ochiai

Yutaka Komatsu

Yousuke Takata

Atsushi Iwai

Hiroya Andoh

Tatsuya Izumi

Toyokazu Nakashima

Tomokazu Maya

Ryosuke Kobayashi

Shintaro Matsutani

Mitsuhiro Miura

Genshi Kuno

Yasuhiro Baba

Ryou Okada

Kenichi Ishii

Kazuhiko Nii

Satoshi Fukui

Masahiro Karami

Kouki Moriya

Yui Ogura

Yu Nagata

Yasuhiro Yabuuchi

Takahiro Ito

Kenichi Yamada

Yurika Tanaka

Satoshi Komamine

Tomokazu Masuda

Hiroya Ando

Yoshikazu Isoyama

Masayuki Suzuki

Ai Miyata

Takehito Iwanaga

Shinji Takemoto

Daisuke Okajima

Jyunya Tokinaga

Yoshiaki Nakaso

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

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

A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about a condition for an image that is provided to a user, and that corresponds to a preference of the user; specifying at least one predetermined position at which an image satisfying the condition can be taken; and generating a command for a moving object to move to the predetermined position and to take an image, and transmitting the command to the moving object.

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

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.

Image projection device, medium, and image projection method

An information processing apparatus for guarding at least one vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire vehicle information including class information for a class to be held in the at least one vehicle and travel information for the at least one vehicle, determine hazard information attributable to holding of the class based on the acquired vehicle information, and determine security information for guarding the at least one vehicle based on the determined hazard information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and security vehicle

An information processing apparatus for supporting provision of a gaming environment in the cabin of a vehicle includes a controller. The controller acquires, for each of one or more users, gaming environment information and play information associated with the gaming environment information, when the one or more users play a game using the gaming environment and optimizes the gaming environment provided to one user based on the acquired gaming environment information and the acquired play information.

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

A relay device provided in vehicle having a battery, converting control signal formats, and relaying same between: a first communications unit that sends and receives control signals in a first format relating to charging; and second communications unit that supplies DC voltage, is provided in a charging station that charges battery, and sends and receives control signals in a second format relating to charging. The relay device includes: a limiting unit that limits power supplied between charging station and battery, regardless of vehicle side control performed on control signals' basis; an acquisition unit that obtains DC voltage supplied by charging station and obtains the battery's voltage; a determination unit that determines whether the voltage difference between each obtained voltage is less than threshold value; and a release unit that releases the limits by limiting unit if a determination has been made that the voltage difference is less than threshold value.

Relay device including a restriction unit

A vehicle-mounted charging device () includes a vehicle-mounted battery (), a vehicle-mounted electronic control unit () and a modem startup control unit. The vehicle-mounted battery is charged with power supplied from external charging equipment via a charging cable (). The vehicle-mounted electronic control unit is configured to perform charging communication, relating to charging of the vehicle-mounted battery, with the external charging equipment using an in-band modem (). The modem startup control unit starts up the in-band modem when the vehicle-mounted electronic control unit performs the charging communication, and that stops a startup of the in-band modem when the vehicle-mounted electronic control unit does not perform the charging communication.

Vehicle-mounted charging device and vehicle charging system

An object is to avoid the situation in which the power cannot be turned off. A control system is provided in which the first and second control units are connected. At least one of the first and second control units include: a stop control section for, if a condition for ending a predetermined operation mode is satisfied in that operation mode, performing stop control for having the control system in a low-power-consumption state while communicating with the other control unit; and a mode control section for having a mode undefined state in which the operation mode is instable at restoration from a reset state and for allowing, if a predetermined transition condition for allowing transition into the operation mode is satisfied in the mode undefined state, transition into the operation mode whose transition condition has been satisfied.

Control system for charging vehicle battery in response to an unstable state

An output circuit sends a control pilot signal generated in a voltage generator to an input circuit. A communication unit is connected between an earthed wire and a control pilot wire on the output side of the output circuit via a bandpass filter. A communication unit is connected between the earthed wire and the control pilot wire on the input side of the input circuit via a bandpass filter. A low-pass filter is interposed between the output circuit and the communication unit. A low-pass filter is interposed between the input circuit and the communication unit.

Communication system and communication device

An output circuit sends out, to an input circuit, a control pilot signal generated by a voltage source. A voltage transformer is provided to a control pilot line on the output side of the output circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives communication signals via the voltage transformer. A voltage transformer is provided to the control pilot line on the input side of the input circuit, and a communication unit transmits and receives the communication signals via the voltage transformer. A low-pass filter is provided to the control pilot line between the input circuit and the voltage transformer.

A charging station performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by connecting a capacitor, a coupling transformer and a capacitor to branch lines branching out respectively from a control cable and a grounded cable. An electric vehicle performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by providing a coupling transformer to the control cable. A capacitor is also connected between the control cable and the grounded cable. Communications are allowed by the configuration of a closed loop circuit comprising the control cable, the branch line, the capacitor, a primary coil of the coupling transformer, the capacitor, the branch line, the grounded cable, the capacitor, and a primary coil of the coupling transformer.

Communication system

Provided are a communication system and a communication device capable of suppressing attenuation of a communication signal superimposed upon a control pilot line. This output circuit () sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source () to an input circuit (). Between the control pilot line () and the ground line () of the output side of the output circuit (), a communication unit () is connected via a transformer (). Between the control pilot line () and the ground line () of the input side of the input circuit (), a communication unit () is connected via a transformer (). Between the output circuit () and the transformer (), a lowpass filter () is interposed. Between the input circuit () and the transformer (), a lowpass filter () is interposed.

In a vehicle (), a power storage device () mounted thereon can be charged with electric power transmitted from an external power supply device (A) via a power cable (A). The vehicle () includes a PLC communication unit () for establishing PLC communication with the external power supply device (A) via the power cable (). An ECU () starts transmission of a signal from the PLC communication unit () to the external power supply device (A) in response to connection of the power cable () to an inlet (). When a response from the external power supply device (A) to the signal is not received, the ECU () switches a CCID () provided in the power cable () or the external power supply device (A) to a state in which supply of the electric power is possible, and thereafter, retransmits the signal from the PLC communication unit () to the external power supply device (A).

Vehicle, charging system and control method for vehicle

A charging device for a vehicle includes a connector configured such that a coupler for transmitting electric power from an external power supply to the vehicle is connectable to the connector, a charging circuit for transmitting electric power from the connector to a power storage device, a charging control unit for charging the power storage device by controlling the charging circuit while in an operating state, and for halting control of the charging circuit while in a halting state, and an activation control unit for keeping the charging control unit in the halting state until detecting that the connector receives electric power, in a case where connection of the coupler and the connector is detected, and for switching the charging control unit from the halting state to the operating state when it is detected that the connector receives electric power.

Charging device for vehicle

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Ryuichi Kamaga