G16Y10/40

UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
20230012391 · 2023-01-12 · ·

An unmanned vehicle belongs to an unmanned vehicle group that includes a plurality of unmanned vehicles to control the unmanned vehicle in accordance with the condition of the entire unmanned vehicle group The unmanned device includes a reception means configured to receive a restriction condition pertaining to an amount of activity of the unmanned vehicle group; and a control means configured to control the unmanned vehicle on the basis of the restriction condition received by the reception means and the activity condition of the unmanned vehicle.

CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
20230226942 · 2023-07-20 ·

A charge control device includes: a first communication section configured to: receive first data from a plurality of mobile vehicles respectively and transmit second data to the mobile vehicles respectively via first connection parts; and receive a third datum from a charger and transmit a fourth datum to the charger via a second connection part; and a control part that generates the fourth datum from the first data, generates the second data for the mobile vehicles respectively from the third datum received from the charger in response to the fourth datum, and causes the first communication section to transmit the fourth datum and the second data, each of the first data, the second data, the third datum, and the fourth datum complying with a charging standard.

CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION SPOT

A control method according to the present disclosure is a method for controlling an information spot placed on at least one of a traffic light and roadside equipment and includes: obtaining, from a first mobile body via short-range wireless communication, first information obtained from a first path along which the first mobile body has traveled to reach the location of the information spot and indicating a situation on the first path; obtaining information related to the destination of a second mobile body, which is different from the first mobile body, from the second mobile body via the short-range wireless communication; and transmitting the first information to the second mobile body when it is determined that the second mobile body is to travel along at least a part of the first path to reach the destination.

AUGMENTED REALITY FOR GUIDING USERS TO ASSETS IN IOT APPLICATIONS
20230222892 · 2023-07-13 ·

A wireless sensing system includes a first tape node and a second tape node. The first tape node has a low-power wireless-communications interface and an environmental sensor operable to capture and transmit a first set of environmental data of at least one environmental characteristic to the second tape node. The second node includes an environmental sensor, a low-power wireless-communication interface, a first processor, and a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to: capture a second set of environmental data; compute an environmental differential between the first set of environmental data and the second set of environmental data; compare the environmental differential to a predetermined environmental threshold; and transmit a notification to a client application of the wireless sensing system running on a client device of the wireless sensing system when the environmental differential exceeds the predetermined environmental threshold.

Apparatus and method for secure transport using internet of things (IoT) devices
11694149 · 2023-07-04 · ·

A system and method are described for ensuring that a product has been transported in acceptable environmental conditions. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises: one or more sensors to measure environmental conditions during transport of the IoT device from an origin location to a destination location; a sensor interface coupled to the one or more sensors to communicate environmental values associated with the environmental conditions; a storage device to store monitor application program code; a processor coupled to the sensor interface and storage device, the processor to process the monitor application program code to perform operations based on the environmental values including storing the environmental values on the storage device; and a wireless communication interface to connect to an Internet of Things (IoT) service at one or more intermediate locations between the origin location and the destination location and/or at the destination location, the wireless communication interface to transmit the environmental values and/or event data associated with the environmental values to the IoT service; wherein the IoT service is to provide the environmental values and/or event data associated with the environmental values to one or more apps running on one or more client devices, the one or more apps associated with one or more accounts on the IoT service.

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

Provided is an information processing method executed by a computer, the information processing method including: acquiring a delivery destination of each of packages; acquiring candidates for a stop place for a mobile body that delivers the packages to stop; determining a group to which at least one delivery destination belongs based on a location of each of the delivery destinations; determining a stop place for the group based on a location of the at least one delivery destination belonging to the group and the candidates for the stop place; and outputting the stop place determined.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION METHOD
20220410940 · 2022-12-29 · ·

A first blind spot information acquisition unit inputs road geometry information and traveling environment information which are acquired by an information acquisition unit to a first blind spot inference model, and thereby acquires, using the first blind spot inference model, first blind spot information indicating a blind spot area of a road along which a vehicle is traveling, the first blind spot inference model being configured to output first blind spot information indicating a blind spot area of a road when receiving road geometry information about geometry of the road and traveling environment information about a traveling environment of the road. A parking position determination unit determines a parking position of the vehicle by using the first blind spot information acquired by the first blind spot information acquisition unit.

Augmented reality for guiding users to assets in IOT applications
11527148 · 2022-12-13 ·

A wireless sensing system includes a first tape node and a second tape node. The first tape node has a low-power wireless-communications interface and an environmental sensor operable to capture and transmit a first set of environmental data of at least one environmental characteristic to the second tape node. The second node includes an environmental sensor, a low-power wireless-communication interface, a first processor, and a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to: capture a second set of environmental data; compute an environmental differential between the first set of environmental data and the second set of environmental data; compare the environmental differential to a predetermined environmental threshold; and transmit a notification to a client application of the wireless sensing system running on a client device of the wireless sensing system when the environmental differential exceeds the predetermined environmental threshold.

AUTOMATIC DRIVING AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE, AUTOMATIC DRIVING AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AUTOMATIC DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AUTOMATIC DRIVING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AUTOMATIC DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AUTOMATIC DRIVING PROGRAM

To provide an automatic driving and driving support system, an automatic driving support apparatus, an automatic driving vehicle, and the like which can make the automatic driving vehicle generate the target traveling track suitable for the front road state which cannot be detected by the automatic driving vehicle, while suppressing the increase in the calculation processing load of the automatic vehicle. In an automatic driving and driving support system, when the target traveling track is acquired from the preceding vehicle which precedes and travels the same lane as a lane of the scheduled traveling route acquired from the support object vehicle, the automatic driving support apparatus transmits the target traveling track to the support object vehicle; and the automatic driving vehicle generates the target traveling track of the own vehicle based on the acquired target traveling track of the preceding vehicle.

Dynamic wireless access point configuration

Methods and systems for dynamic wireless network configuration are provided. Aspects include receiving, by an application on a user device, a token, deriving, by the application, a unique identifier and passcode based at least in part on the token, and controlling remote access to a first computer system based on the unique identifier and passcode.