Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Leland Stanford Junior University

Toshiya Arai

Takahiro Yoneda

Yuta Shimotsuma

Shinji Uchida

Masako Ikeda

Yasunori Ishii

Yasushi Yagi

Motoshi Anabuki

Tomohide Ishigami

Yasuhiro Mukaigawa

Yuki Matsumura

An information generation method is an information output method executed by a mobile retail vehicle control device (information output device) and includes obtaining first information about a first time at which a first mobile object arrives at a first arrival point (first point); determining, based on the first information, a second point from which a second mobile object can arrive at the first arrival point at a second time within a predetermined period from the first time; and outputting instruction information for moving the second mobile object to the second point.

Information output method, mobile object control system, and recording medium

An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: obtaining second situational information related to a situation of at least one of a vehicle or surroundings of the vehicle at a second time point subsequent to a first time point; determining recommended content related to vehicle monitoring recommended to a second monitoring agent by inputting the second situational information to a trained model obtained by machine learning in which first situational information and a first monitoring result which is a result of monitoring by a first monitoring agent based on the first situational information are used, the first situational information being related to a situation of at least one of the vehicle or the surroundings of the vehicle at the first time point; generating presentation information for vehicle monitoring based on the recommended content determined; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.

Information processing method and information processing system

An information processing method to be executed by a computer, the information processing method including: obtaining a self-driving vehicle list and a rider list; obtaining a driving skill of each of a plurality of riders included in the rider list, the driving skill indicating whether the rider is capable of driving; allocating a plurality of self-driving vehicles included in the self-driving vehicle list to the plurality of riders in accordance with the driving skill of each of the plurality of riders to distribute riders capable of driving, among the plurality of riders, across the plurality of self-driving vehicle; and outputting a result of the allocating.

An information processing method uses a computer and includes: obtaining a first information item regarding first monitoring performed by a first monitor on a first vehicle, the first monitoring being allocated to the first monitor; obtaining a second information item regarding second monitoring on a second vehicle, the second monitoring being not allocated to any monitor; comparing the first information item with the second information item; generating presentation information indicating the second monitoring on the second vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparing; and presenting the generated presentation information via a presentation device.

An information processing method executed by a computer includes: obtaining (i) activity data of a user at a predetermined time point, (ii) profile data of one of the user and a different user who has an attribute that is identical to or similar to an attribute of the user, the profile data indicating one of an activity and a characteristic, and (iii) mobile object data; generating activity demand data of the user after the predetermined time point, in accordance with the profile data and the activity data of the user at the predetermined time point; determining a mobile object candidate that is to be recommended to the user, in accordance with the activity demand data of the user and the mobile object data; and controlling notification about the mobile object candidate.

An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first vehicle information from a vehicle that is a monitoring target of a monitor, the first vehicle information indicating at least one of a running state and an external state of the vehicle; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to a degree of request for monitoring the vehicle by the monitor, the degree being based on the first vehicle information; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.

An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first position information indicating a first position, the first position being a position of a vehicle that is a monitoring target; obtaining second position information indicating a second position, the second position being a position in which the vehicle is requested to be monitored; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to movement information relating to movement of the vehicle from the first position to the second position; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.

An evaluation method for determining a skin sensory evaluation value from an image, including: acquiring an image of an area including skin of a subject; extracting a skin region from the image; calculating at least two characteristic indices representing characteristics of the image of the skin region; and determining a skin sensory evaluation value based on the calculated at least two characteristic indices.

Skin function evaluation device and skin evaluation method

Provided is an information presentation method capable of, when a vehicle tries to enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, effectively presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver. The information presentation method for presenting information for assisting situation determination by a driver of a vehicle includes: acquiring information about an object located in a periphery of the vehicle; determining whether or not the vehicle can enter a second lane different from a first lane on which the vehicle is traveling, based on the information about the object; and presenting a result of the determination to the driver.

Information presentation method and information presentation device

A control method for controlling an information processing deviceincluding a camerafor receiving an image and a displayhaving a display surface on the same side as an image-receiving side of the cameraaccording to an embodiment causes a computerA of the information processing devicefor receiving an image of a faceof a subject from the camera, horizontally inverting the received image, and displaying the horizontally-inverted image on the display, to execute: detecting a distance between the information processing deviceand a reference portion included in the faceof the subject; determining a scaling factor based on a ratio between a reference distance used for evaluating the image of the faceof the subject and the detected distance; and displaying, on the display, as a guide imagefor guiding the subject in such a direction as to change a distance between the information processing device and the subject, an image corresponding to at least one part included in an image obtained by enlarging or shrinking the horizontally-inverted image of the face based on the determined scaling factor.

Information processing device and method for controlling information processing device

A control method for controlling a skin analysis device is a control method for controlling a skin analysis device including a camera for obtaining a face image of a subject, a display for displaying the face image of the subject, and a computer, wherein the control method causes the computer of the skin analysis device to execute: obtaining the face image of the subject; determining a target extraction criterion for each of a plurality of skin areas of the face image based on a position on the face image; and extracting a target that satisfies the determined extraction criterion from the face image; and displaying the extracted target on the display of the skin analysis device.

Skin analysis method, skin analysis device, and method for controlling skin analysis device

An information presentation device includes: an obtainment unit which obtains position information indicating a position of a nearby object with respect to a user; a stimulation presentation unit which contacts the user through a contact surface and provides stimulation in a stimulation region within the contact surface; and a stimulation control unit which (i) determines a reference position, which is a position within the contact surface, corresponding to the position information and (ii) performs control for causing the stimulation presentation unit to provide the user with stimulation while changing the stimulation region with reference to the reference position.

Information presentation device, and method for controlling information presentation device

An apparatus which estimates an inside of an object, includes: a first obtaining unit which obtains light path models and a first light intensity distribution, based on an assumption that a first object includes no second object, distribution; a second obtaining unit which obtains a second light intensity distribution which is an intensity distribution of observed light; a voting value calculating unit which calculates a voting value for each of positions on a predetermined plane, based on a result of comparison in light intensity between the first and second light intensity distributions; a voting unit which votes the voting value to voting regions on a light path model along which light reaches each position; and an estimating unit which estimates whether the second object exists in each voting region, based on a result of the voting.

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Toshiya Arai