An evacuation running assistance system includes a peripheral environment recognizer to recognize at least a space of a road shoulder and a free space as a non-traffic portion, a time limit setter to set a time limit on the own vehicle for continuing evacuation running, and an evacuation place setter to determine at least one of the road shoulder space and the free space recognized by the peripheral environment recognizer as an evacuation place where the own vehicle is evacuated. A situation determiner determines a situation of an own vehicle as being in one of situations in which evacuation running is to be continued, running of an own vehicle is to be stopped on a lane, and road shoulder evacuation is to be performed based on the time limit. A controller controls the own vehicle based on the situation of the own vehicle determined by the situation determiner.

A method of processing the psychophysical state of a driver to improve the driving experience of road vehicle driven by a driver and comprising the steps of: cyclically detecting one or more objective vital parameters of the driver by means of one or more first sensors installed within a vehicular system; processing the value of a vital state index according to said one or more objective vital parameters detected; cyclically detecting one or more subjective parameters of the driver by means of one or more second sensors installed within the vehicular system; processing, starting from the objective vital parameters and according to the subjective parameters, the psychophysical state of the driver.

Devices, methods and systems related to wearable patch having blood alcohol content detector. In some embodiments, a wearable patch can include a patch structure having one or more layers and configured to allow the patch to be worn by a user, and an analyzer component implemented on or at least partially within the patch structure and configured to measure alcohol content level in the user. The wearable patch can further include an interface component implemented on or at least partially within the patch structure and in communication with the analyzer component, with the interface component being configured to provide a notification based on the measured alcohol content. In some embodiments, such a wearable patch can be a part of a system such as a monitoring system or a compliance system.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a driveline coupled to the chassis, and a control system. The control system is configured to monitor a condition of at least one of the vehicle, an area around the vehicle, or an operator of the vehicle; and control operation of the driveline based on the condition. Controlling the operation of the driveline includes at least one of limiting a speed at which the driveline drives the vehicle or shutting down the driveline and isolating a component of the driveline.

An arousal support device including a processor programmed to output a dialogue speech in a form of a question, and obtain response speech which is a response of a driver to the dialogue speech; measure a response time from when the dialogue speech is output till the response speech is obtained; store the measured response time in a database; derive an estimated value of wakefulness of the driver based on the measured response time and a plurality of response times previously stored in the database; and output a signal corresponding to the estimated value to provide arousal support.

In a method and apparatus for measuring an alcohol concentration, a blood alcohol concentration of a driver is rapidly and precisely measured by selecting a plurality of wavelengths based on the absorbance for blood components exerting an influence on the measurement result of the blood alcohol concentration and by measuring the blood alcohol concentration of the driver based on the absorbance detected with respect to a physical body of a user by using the plurality of selected wavelengths. Starting of the vehicle is controlled based on the blood alcohol concentration of the driver, which is measured by measuring the alcohol concentration.

A vehicle control apparatus including circuitry configured to set a driving performance request in the given environments; determine whether driving performance of each of plural driving functions of a driver satisfies the driving performance request; and identify the driver's driving function that does not satisfy the driving performance request. On condition that an insufficient function is identified or the driving performance request is not satisfied, to realize the driving performance request, the circuitry is configured to perform at least one of controlling the vehicle such that the vehicle performs the identified insufficient function instead and providing the driver with an appropriate information so that the identified insufficient function close to a level of the driving performance request.

A vehicle control apparatus operates in various modes, e.g., a normal mode in which plural travel functions of a vehicle are controlled by plural driving functions of a driver; an automatic mode in which all driving functions are performed by the vehicle; an optimization mode in which, when a temporary reduction of driving performance of any of the plural driving functions of the driver is detected, physical stimulation and/or information that makes the driver recognize the temporary reduction of the driving performance is provided to the driver; and an assistance mode in which, when a chronic reduction of the driving performance of any of the plural driving functions of the driver is detected, information on assistance with execution of the driving performance is provided to the driver.

A driving assistance device, including an automated driving switch; an emergency button; and a controller configured to provide either automated driving in which travel is performed along a current travel path of a host vehicle or automated stopping in response to manipulation by a driver of the automated driving switch or of the emergency button.

An information processing device includes: a posture detection unit that detects a posture unconsciously taken by a passenger in a mobile body; and a service execution unit that and executes a service for accepting the order of the food or drinks for the passenger on the basis of the posture of the passenger.