An information processing device for a vehicle includes an object detecting unit, an object information storage unit, and an object information management unit. The object detecting unit detects, based on an output of a sensor mounted on the vehicle, an object located around the vehicle. The object information storage unit stores, as object information, information about the object detected by the object detecting unit. The object information management unit is configured to: receive, from a travelling assistance unit that performs an assistance operation of assisting travelling of the vehicle based on the object information, related information, the related information being related to the assistance operation performed by the travelling assistance unit; determine storage priority of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the related information; and manage a storage state of the object information in the object information storage unit based on the storage priority.

Shockem rodent deterrent system is a device that delivers a non-lethal electrical shock to rodents or other animals that contact the system. Shockem rodent deterrent system includes polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, which is attached to the upper surface of a base mat, and which is connected to an electronic charge controller. Polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, is a woven polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride coated fiberglass product with continuous strands of electrical conducting wires woven into or attached to the matrix. Base mat is a flexible, shape conforming, durable, non-electrical conductive, portable or permanent mat constructed from synthetic materials, such as polyester, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or fiberglass. Alternating strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, every other one designated as a positively charged electrical strip or a negatively charged electrical strip, are attached to the upper surface of the base mat using non-electrical conductive methods. Strips of positively charged polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire are isolated from adjacent strips of negatively charged polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire by non-electrical conductive material. Positively charged strips and negatively charged strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire are attached, respectively, to the positive polarity and negative polarity of an electronic charge controller. Electronic charge controller delivers a pulsing, non-lethal electrical current. Rodents or other animals that come in contact with two or more strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire cause the electrical circuit to be completed and a pulsing electrical shock is delivered.

Shockem rodent deterrent system is a device that delivers a non-lethal electrical shock to rodents or other animals that contact the system. Shockem rodent deterrent system includes polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, which is attached to the upper surface of a base mat, and which is connected to an electronic charge controller. Polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, is a woven polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride coated fiberglass product with continuous strands of electrical conducting wires woven into or attached to the matrix. Base mat is a flexible, shape conforming, durable, non-electrical conductive, portable or permanent mat constructed from synthetic materials, such as polyester, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or fiberglass. Alternating strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire, every other one designated as a positively charged electrical strip or a negatively charged electrical strip, are attached to the upper surface of the base mat using non-electrical conductive methods. Strips of positively charged polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire are isolated from adjacent strips of negatively charged polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire by non-electrical conductive material. Positively charged strips and negatively charged strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire are attached, respectively, to the positive polarity and negative polarity of an electronic charge controller. Electronic charge controller delivers a pulsing, non-lethal electrical current. Rodents or other animals that come in contact with two or more strips of polyelectrical rope, polyelectrical tape or polyelectrical wire cause the electrical circuit to be completed and a pulsing electrical shock is delivered.

A parking assist apparatus according to an embodiment includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor: sets a first circumference being in contact with a first straight line extending in a traveling direction of a vehicle and passing through a position of the vehicle; sets a second circumference being in contact with a second straight line extending in an exit direction from a parking target area of the vehicle and passing through the parking target area; sets a third circumference obtained by shifting the second circumference along the second straight line until the second circumference comes in contact with the first circumference; acquires a guidance route including part of the first circumference as a route for moving the vehicle forward and part of the third circumference as a route for moving the vehicle backward; and guides the vehicle along the acquired guidance route.

A parking assist device includes: an exit guidance unit that guides, to a boarding area as a first target position in a parking lot, a self-driving vehicle; a boarding sensing unit that senses an intention of a user to board the self-driving vehicle; an entrance guidance unit that guides the self-driving vehicle to a parking positon as a second target position in the parking lot when a predetermined threshold time period has elapsed without sensing the intention of the user to board by the boarding sensing unit after the self-driving vehicle operated by the exit guidance unit arrived at the boarding area; and a time period determination unit that determines whether a current time is within a predetermined congestion time period that is set as a time period during which the boarding area tends to be congested.

A panel of a vehicle may be provided with or configured to provide interactive skin. The interactive skin may be configured for accepting touch input from a user. The interactive skin may include one or more flexible layers and may include or be mounted under a transparent display cover layer such as a layer of clear glass or plastic. Interactive skin may include a touch-sensitive layer that allows a user to provide touch input to the panel of the vehicle. Display pixels on interactive skin may be used to display visual information to the user. The interactive skin may be configured for detecting a condition of at least one panel and generating an output function in response to the detected condition.

A parking support apparatus includes a display control unit, a confirmation reception unit, and a parking control unit that performs a parking support control of a vehicle when a confirmation reception unit receives a parking region confirmation and a confirmation required region confirmation, and the confirmation reception unit simultaneously receives a single operation of the driver of the vehicle as the parking region confirmation and the confirmation required region confirmation.

A parking assist system includes an environment information obtainer and a parking assist controller. The parking assist controller includes an available parking space detector, a target guiding route setter, a target stop position setter, and a steering controller. The steering controller turns a steered wheel of a vehicle and fixes the steered wheel to a steering angle at which the vehicle starts to be reversed at a target stop position for turning the vehicle along a target guiding route. The steering controller also turns the steered wheel to a steering angle at which the vehicle starts to be reversed to an available parking space at a target stop position for parking the vehicle in a state in which the vehicle is in line with the available parking space.

This technology relates to an information processing apparatus for accurately notifying a mobile object of a position of a moving body nearby, and to an information processing method, a program, and a mobile object for use with the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a moving body detection section that detects the moving body near the mobile object on the basis of information input from sensors, and a sound output control section that shifts the position of a sound image of a notification sound giving notification of the position of the moving body in keeping with a detected position thereof in motion. This technology can be applied to apparatuses, systems, or vehicles that provide driver assistance for preventing collision or contact with the moving body, for example.

An autonomous drive instruction device shortens the time required for vehicles to arrive at a designated location from a parking location in a parking lot without a navigation map. The autonomous drive instruction device includes a travel-direction determiner and an autonomous drive instructor. The travel-direction determiner determines one path as the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the designated location and information on paths in a branch area. The one path corresponds to an extension direction that forms a smaller one of angles formed by extension directions of the paths from the branch area and a designated-location direction from the branch area to the designated location. The autonomous drive instructor outputs instruction information including information on the travel direction to the autonomous drive control device such that the autonomous dive control device controls the vehicle to move in the travel direction by autonomous driving.