Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renault S.a.s.

Yutaka Mikuriya

Masahide Nakamura

Yoshitaka Takagi

Yusuke Kageyama

Tadashi Tamasho

Eijo Iwasaki

Narihiro Akari

Satoshi Tange

Takuma Suzuki

Takashi Hashimoto

Masaki Watanabe

Akinobu Goto

Masahiro Miura

Kotaro Chiba

Xiaoxiao Fei

Tetsurou Kamada

Toru Okubo

The present invention provides a travel assistance device () for a vehicle, a travel assistance system (S) for a vehicle, and a travel assistance method for a vehicle with which the waste of energy of a vehicle (V) can be suppressed. In the present invention, when an unexpected user (UI) who has alighted at a stop location other than his/her alighting location included in reservation information is identified, a confirmation notification is output to the unexpected user (UI) as to whether or not to board the vehicle (V) again. When a determination is made, based on an input from the unexpected user (UI) in response to the output confirmation notification, that the unexpected user will not board the vehicle (V) again, the vehicle (V) is started from the stop location.

Vehicle travel assistance device, vehicle travel assistance system, and vehicle travel assistance method

A stop position control system of the present invention includes a controller configured to control the stop position of a stop vehicle that is to stop in a stop area. In the stop position control system, vehicle information on the stop vehicle and luggage information on luggage possessed by a user who is using the stop vehicle are acquired, a necessary stop interval required for loading/unloading the user's luggage from the stop vehicle in the stop area is set based on the vehicle information and the luggage information, and the necessary stop interval is transmitted to an adjacent vehicle that is to stop adjacent to the stop vehicle.

Stop position control system, stop position control method, and stop position control device

A controller includes an extraction unit, an arrival time calculation unit, a departure time calculation unit, a stop location calculation unit and a transmission unit. The extraction unit extracts stop-scheduled vehicles, which are scheduled to stop in a stopping area. The arrival time calculation unit calculates arrival times when the stop-scheduled vehicles will arrive at the stopping area based at least on user-side information of users who use the stop-scheduled vehicles, or on position information of the stop-scheduled vehicles. The departure time calculation unit calculates a scheduled departure order indicating an order in which the stop-scheduled vehicles will depart the stopping area. The stop location calculation unit calculates stop locations of the stop-scheduled vehicles based on the scheduled departure order. The transmission unit transmits information indicating the stop locations to the stop-scheduled vehicles.

Stop location control method, stop location control device, and stop location control system

A controller is configured to set a stopping order of a plurality of vehicles, which indicates the vehicle order at a stop location in a stopping area. The controller is further configured to estimate an arrival order, which indicates the order in which the plurality of vehicles arrive at a prescribed location, based on position information of the plurality of vehicles. The controller is further configured to determine whether the arrival order differs from the stopping order The controller is further configured to control the travel of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles upon determining that the arrival order differs from the stopping order, such that the arrival order is the same as the stopping order by a time the plurality of vehicles arrive at the prescribed location.

Vehicle control method, vehicle control device, and vehicle control system

A vehicle dispatching method is provided for managing a dispatch to a user of a first vehicle reserved by a user as a dispatch vehicle or a second vehicle that can be dispatched to a scheduled boarding point in which the user boards the dispatch vehicle, using a controller for communicating with communication devices in the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The method includes: acquiring, before the user arrives at the plan boarding point, position information of the first vehicle and position information of the second vehicle; calculating a first scheduled arrival period until the first vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point based on the acquired position information of the first vehicle; calculating a first waiting period difference between a user scheduled arrival period until the user arrives at the scheduled boarding point and the first scheduled arrival period; calculating a second scheduled arrival period until the second vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point for the user based on the acquired position information of the second vehicle; calculating a second waiting period difference between the user scheduled arrival period and the second scheduled arrival period; determining whether or not the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period; and when determining that the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period, designating the second vehicle as the dispatch vehicle.

Vehicle dispatching system, vehicle dispatching method, and vehicle dispatching device

A reserved vehicle control method includes a step of acquiring positional information of a terminal device, a step of acquiring positional information of a reserved vehicle, a step of determining whether a distance between the terminal device and the reserved vehicle is a predetermined value or less, in accordance with the positional information of the terminal device and the positional information of the reserved vehicle, and a step of outputting, to the terminal device, allowing information indicating that an operation on a light-emitting device mounted on the reserved vehicle is allowed, when determining that the distance between the terminal device and the reserved vehicle is the predetermined value or less.

Reserved vehicle control method, reserved vehicle control device, and reserved vehicle control system

A parking assistance device generates a route along which a vehicle is to travel to a parking spot via a reversing position. The parking assistance device looks up attitude angles of the vehicle at the reversing position based on the width of the vehicle passage to enable generation of the route in which a front portion of the vehicle will not interfere at the reversing position with an obstacle adjacent to the vehicle passage in a width direction thereof.

Parking assistance device and parking assistance method

Maneuverability and stability of a suspension unit for a vehicle are improved. A vehicle includes: a steer-by-wire system detecting a displacement of a steering wheel and displacing a steering rack steering steerable wheels on a basis of a detection result of the displacement and a suspension unit suspending the steerable wheels, the suspension unit including: wheel hub mechanisms, each wheel hub mechanism supporting a tire wheel on which a tire is attached, and a plurality of link members supporting the wheel hub mechanisms on the vehicle body; and a kingpin axis passing through an upper pivot point of the link members and lower pivot point of the link members being set to pass through a road surface contact area of the tire at a neutral position of the steering wheel.

Vehicle, and method for steering control of same

A vehicle suspension apparatus is constructed to improve stability and controllability. Suspension apparatus includes; a tire wheel to be equipped with a tire; a wheel hub mechanism to support the tire wheel; a first link member connecting the wheel hub mechanism and a vehicle body on a lower side of an axle in an vehicle up and down direction; a second link member connecting the wheel hub mechanism and the vehicle body on the lower side of the axle in the vehicle up and down direction and intersecting the first link member in a vehicle top view; and a steering rack moving in a vehicle widthwise direction and steering the wheel hub mechanism.

Motor vehicle and steer control method for steerable wheel

An automotive vehicle with a steering apparatus includes a steering wheel, front and rear steerable road wheels, and a steering mechanism for steering the front and rear steerable road wheels. The steering apparatus measures a steering wheel angle of the steering wheel; sets a desired position of a center of rotation about which the vehicle is to rotate for changing a heading angle of the vehicle with respect to a path of the vehicle; sets a desired turning behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the measured steering wheel angle and the desired position of the center of rotation; sets the desired front and rear road wheel steer angles in accordance with the desired turning behavior; and controls the steering mechanism in accordance with the desired front and rear road wheel steer angles.

Steering apparatus, automotive vehicle with the same, and steering control method

To control a camber angle to an adequate value by the use of a lateral force acting on a wheel, without causing a displacement of a tire ground contact point. A suspension device includes a link mechanism replaceable by a first virtual linkwhich, when a lateral force acts at a tire ground contact point, inclines a wheel in a camber angle direction with respect to a vehicle body so as to increase the lateral force, and a second virtual linkwhich is connected virtually and rotatably between the first virtual linkand the vehicle bodyand which is arranged to allow the wheelto move in the up-and-down direction with respect to the vehicle bodyin accordance with a load variation of the wheel in the up-and-down direction. A rotation center A in the camber angle direction and a rotation center B in the up-and-down direction, of the wheel with respect to the vehicle body are arranged so that a lateral movement amount of the tire ground contact point due to a change in the position of the first virtual linkis canceled by a lateral movement amount of the tire ground contact point due to a change in the position of the second virtual link

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Atsugi, Japan

Yutaka Mikuriya