To notify facility information according to occupant scale information. An information providing apparatus is connected to an in-vehicle apparatus, a user mobile terminal, and a facility information database, and includes an information acquiring unit that acquires the current location and destination of a user and vehicle occupant information including occupant scale information from the in-vehicle apparatus or the user mobile terminal, a facility notification information selection unit that selects facility notification information to be notified to the user from the facility notification information based on at least one of current location information on the user or destination information on the user and preference information regarding the destination of the user, and a facility information notification unit that notifies the user terminal of the selected facility notification information. The facility notification information selection unit selects the facility notification information by means of the acquired vehicle occupant information.

A system and method for autonomous vehicle driving behavior modification include: receiving passenger driving behavior preferences for setting a driving behavior of an autonomous vehicle; generating driving behaviors controls based on the passenger driving behavior preferences; setting an initial driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle using the driving behavior controls, wherein setting the initial driving behavior comprises providing the driving behavior controls to be implemented by the autonomous vehicle during one or more routes involving the passenger; aggregating vehicle behavior feedback relating to a driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle during the one or more routes; and modifying the driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on the vehicle behavior feedback.

An information providing system for a vehicle includes: first and second mobile terminals worn by a driver and fellow passenger, respectively of the vehicle, and an information providing device, which are communicated with each other. Further, the information providing device includes a control unit that executes information provision control for generating information indicating that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state and transmitting the generated information to the first mobile terminal, in a case where it is determined that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state.

A system and method for identifying a type of vehicle occupant based on locations of a portable device that include receiving a plurality of communication signals from the portable device and evaluating received signal strength measurements of the plurality of communication signals to determine a tracking pattern that includes a tracked path of the portable device as a user approaches a vehicle, enters the vehicle, and is seated within a particular seat of the vehicle. The system and method also include identifying the user as a driver of the vehicle or a non-driving occupant of the vehicle based on the tracking pattern and controlling at least one vehicle system by executing vehicle settings associated with the driver of the vehicle and the non-driving occupant of the vehicle based on identifying the user as the driver of the vehicle or the non-driving occupant of the vehicle.

A terminal device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication device used in a vehicle and a control unit configured to determine whether a user is in the vehicle when a signal sent from the communication device is received via the communication unit, according to at least one of whether a destination has been set by the user and whether a vehicle dispatch application is activated. The vehicle dispatch application is a program for receiving a vehicle dispatch service.

A leaning-against-vehicle door detection system includes an imager and a determination device. The imager has an image pickup range including a door of a vehicle and the vicinity of the door inside a vehicle cabin. The determination device determines whether or not there is a passenger or luggage leaning against the door, from an image picked up by the imager.

An approach is provided for minimizing potential vehicle accident impacts based on accident/road link correlation and/or contextual data. The approach, for example, involves processing accident data, topology data, or a combination thereof associated with a road link to determine a potential negative impact on a passenger of a vehicle, the vehicle, or a combination thereof resulting from a potential accident on the road link. The approach also involves determining a seating position within the vehicle for the passenger, a navigation route for the vehicle, an activity for the passenger to perform or avoid while in the vehicle, a dynamic seat repositioning, or a combination thereof based on the potential negative impact. The approach further involves providing the seating position, the navigation route, the activity for the passenger, a dynamic seat repositioning, or a combination thereof as an output.

An imaging section 20 images a passenger in a moving body. A boarding state detection section 30 detects a boarding state of the passenger on the basis of a captured image acquired by the imaging section 20. An allowable acceleration setting section 40 sets, for each passenger, individual allowable acceleration on the basis of the boarding state of the passenger detected by the boarding state detection section 30, for example, the lateral spacing between the feet of the passenger, the arrangement angle of the feet with respect to the moving direction of the moving body, and the like. Further, integration is performed on the individual allowable acceleration determined for the respective passengers in the moving body, and the acceleration that is allowable for the moving body is set. The allowable acceleration for the moving body is set according to the boarding state of each passenger, thus preventing the moving body from moving at acceleration at which the passengers may be endangered. This allows the safety of the passengers to be improved.

Systems and methods for mix mode automated driving including accessing a profile associated with an automated driving trip, determining a list of driving operations for the automated driving trip, and determining at least one recommended driving operation included in the list of operations based on the profile, such that the at least one recommended driving operation includes a first driving operation designated to autonomous control and a second driving operation designated to manual control.

An approach is provided for generating a passenger-based driving profile. The approach involves collecting vehicle sensor data of a vehicle carrying a user as a passenger. The vehicle sensor data indicates at least one driving behavior of the vehicle. The approach also involves collecting user sensor data, user input data, or a combination thereof indicating a reaction of the user to the at least one driving behavior. The approach further involves including or excluding the at least one driving behavior in a passenger profile for the user based on the reaction of the user.