An information processing device that includes a control unit that acquires an output of a sensor that detects a body of matter on each seat of a vehicle, and that transmits information on a permitted seat arrangement to a user terminal based on the output of the sensor.

In a vehicle control device for an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels based on an operation command, a gesture image of a person around the autonomous driving vehicle is acquired, and a stored reference gesture image is collated with the acquired gesture image. At this time, when it is discriminated that the gesture of the person around the autonomous driving vehicle is a gesture requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop, it is determined whether a disaster has occurred. When it is determined that the disaster has occurred, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to stop around the person requesting the autonomous driving vehicle to stop.

A control apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive motion data indicating motion of at least one user outside a vehicle that moves along a route including at least one road, and a controller configured to make a boarding determination of determining whether the at least one user will board the vehicle based on the motion data received by the communication unit and execute, upon determining in the boarding determination that the at least one user will board the vehicle, control for opening a door of the vehicle.

Disclosed herein a vehicle includes a display; a sound device; a vibrator; an occupant detector configured to detect an occupant to output occupant information; an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle to output obstacle information; a braking system that generates a braking force; and a controller configured to set braking distance information based on the occupant information, control operation of at least one of the display, the sound device, and the vibrator based on the set braking distance information and the obstacle information, and control the braking system in response to operation control information of the at least one of the display, the sound device and the vibrator.

A vehicle control device that is provided in a vehicle that runs autonomously includes a detection unit for detecting a rescue target person requiring rescue based on surrounding information of the vehicle acquired by the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit for controlling the vehicle. When the rescue target person is detected by the detection unit, the vehicle control unit performs evacuation control to stop the vehicle such that the rescue target person is able to evacuate from an outside of the vehicle into the vehicle.

An information processing apparatus that estimates an instruction position for a moving body used by a user acquires utterance information regarding the instruction position including a visual mark from a communication device used by the user. The information processing apparatus acquires a captured image captured by the moving body and determines an object region in the captured image corresponding to the visual mark included in the utterance information. The information apparatus estimates the instruction position based on the object region.

An embodiment acceleration limit control method includes determining an acceleration limit based on information on a passenger, determining a disturbance torque due to a disturbance, other than a drive source of a vehicle, based on at least a slope, determining a torque limit satisfying the acceleration limit based on the disturbance torque, and determining an output torque to be generated by the drive source based on the torque limit and a driver's requested torque.

A method and an apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure. The method includes: sending, in response to determining that a pedestrian is in a first target area, behavior prompt information representing prompting the pedestrian to make a corresponding behavior; determining whether a deceleration condition matching the behavior prompt information is satisfied based on acquired behavior information of the pedestrian; and sending control information for reducing a moving speed of the autonomous vehicle, in response to determining that the deceleration condition is satisfied and determining that a speed of the autonomous vehicle is greater than a preset deceleration threshold. According to the embodiments, deceleration control of the autonomous vehicle is achieved based on the response of the pedestrian to the behavior prompt information.

Systems and methods for identifying a precise stopping location using vehicle sensors and mechanical simulation. In particular, systems and methods are provided for using vehicle sensor information to understand vehicle surroundings, identifying an appropriate stopping position that either does not disrupt traffic (or minimally disrupts traffic), and identifying a path to the stopping position. Additionally, the suitability of the stopping position is determined by performing a simulation of the vehicle movement to the stopping position as well as a simulation of passenger behavior during vehicle exit. In some examples, the simulation is performed using a short-range relative map of the vehicle surroundings rather than using the driving map. Additionally, the simulation can be performed using heuristic or data-driven models

A method for route planning for an autonomous vehicle includes receiving a request to autonomously navigate to a destination. The method also includes identifying a stall factor on a route to the destination prior to departing to the destination, the stall factor delaying a time for arriving at the destination. The method further includes determining whether an occupant of the autonomous vehicle is capable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle in a manual operating mode or a semi-manual operating mode. The method still further includes identifying an alternate route to the destination based on identifying the stall factor and the occupant being incapable of manually operating the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes controlling the autonomous vehicle to drive on the alternate route instead of the route.