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PACE

Care recipients feel a great burden when they go out. According to a survey, the majority of those who never go out, and more than 40% of those who go out less than twice a week, would like to go out more often than they do. There is a gap between their reality and ideal, with many care recipients wanting to go out more freely. In addition, it is expected that by 2025 there will be a shortage of 380,000 caregivers to help care recipients go out. To address these issues, we are proposing a new care service called "ALL CARE Business" that utilizes automated driving technology. This service enables care recipients to move freely "anytime, anywhere" while maintaining their private space by using the automated driving vehicle as their living space. The service allows them to be transported between care facilities and their homes, for everyday trips such as walking and shopping, and for quick emergency transportation. Although this is an expensive service aimed at the upper middle class and above, it provides an irreplaceable value of freedom of movement.

TRASH CAN GO !!!!

We will provide automated-driving trash cans called "TRACA" for visitors. A fixed trash can installed by one store in a shopping mall is often used by customers of other stores, which ends up being lost. According to interviews, about 80% of the garbage thrown into the trash cans of convenience stores in the OSU shopping mall area comes from other stores. The problem causes some stores to remove the trash cans in front of their stores. On the other hand, when trash cans are installed in public places using the budget of shopping arcade promotion associations, etc., there is a problem of people bringing in household trash. In the case of the Osu Shopping District Manshoji-dori Promotion Association, the trash cans were overflowing with household garbage and were not working. However, our TRACA moves independently, and it will be possible to provide access to trash cans throughout the shopping district at all times without having to install fixed trash cans, and there will be no need to make specific stores responsible for trash disposal.

Carnation
― Mobility for Expectant Mothers

We propose a service that will reduce the inconvenience and anxiety of pregnant women and parents, and realize an "active and enriched child-rearing society" by using automated driving technology. Pregnant women and parents are always worried about changes in their physical condition and difficulties in using public transportation, which makes them reluctant to go out. To solve this problem, they need a means of transportation that allows them to spend their private time in a comfortable environment. Therefore, we propose an unmanned ride-sharing service that uses automated driving to help them use their travel time as a time to relax. Since the service does not require a driver, it is possible to significantly reduce costs compared to traditional taxi services, and it enables passengers to reduce interpersonal stress and enjoy a completely private space while traveling. This will help reduce anxiety during pregnancy and child-rearing. We will first test this service in Fukui Prefecture, which has the highest number of women who want to work while raising children, and then expand it nationwide.

LifoC:
Automated shared senior car

Although senior cars are useful and can be driven without a driver's license, they are more dangerous than expected, with 60% of all senior car accidents resulting in fatalities. Therefore, we propose an automated shared car service for the elderly. The potential users of this service are elderly people with limited public transportation and without a driver's license. Since they are no longer able to go out freely and casually, they tend to become withdrawn and disconnected from their surroundings and lack fulfillment. This service will not only provide them with a means of transportation, but also an opportunity to expand various connections in their lives, leading to fulfillment. In the first year, 50 senior cars with automated driving functions will be introduced, gradually increasing to 125 cars within three years. The company expects to be profitable by the fifth year of operation. The service requires users to pay a subscription fee of 5,000 yen per month, eliminating the inconvenience of paying for each ride and allowing them to take rides as often as they wish.

Nighttime automated vehicles with restrooms for drunkard

Because heavily intoxicated people can be refused a ride in a taxi according to the rules of passenger car transportation, they have difficulty getting home or to their accommodation late at night after the last train or bus. Therefore, we will create a new transportation by operating self-driving cars equipped with toilets in urban areas at night that can help heavily intoxicated people. In addition, by taking advantage of the absence of a driver, we will also provide a service that allows those who feel unwell to stay and sleep in the car for several hours after arriving at their destination. Because this service will be provided late at night when there is little human activity, even if it travels at low speeds or stops repeatedly for safety reasons, there will be little impact on service levels or surrounding traffic. This will make it possible to develop the service using relatively primitive automated driving technology.

AutoPilot AI

Although travel for special occasions such as honeymoons is typically very expensive, there are many uncertainties such as weather and traffic congestion. Our service addresses these uncertainties by providing a comprehensive package of travel services, including AI-based planning and automated driving. The AI makes some plans based on the user's requests and completes the reservation. On the day of the trip, the self-driving vehicle provides a private and luxurious space that takes advantage of the freedom inside the car while avoiding the congestion and stress of driving. This is the equivalent of getting the benefits of both travel agency arrangements and taxi travel at the same time. The service will be expanded in four stages as the level of automated driving improves. Despite the extremely high initial investment required for this service, it is estimated that the business will become profitable within three years of implementing Level 5.

Proposal of “WACO”
― Automated mobility system that provides new enjoyment for commuting to work and school

More than half of Japanese university students spend more than an hour commuting to and from university. The Waco service aims to turn this commuting time into time for the future by providing a service that connects students, who are the future leaders, with companies. Waco is a shuttle bus that connects universities to train stations, and space on the bus is made available to a variety of companies that pay a usage fee. Students who use Waco can choose from a variety of services provided by the companies and make the most of their commuting time. Waco's main sources of revenue are the student commuter pass and the fee paid by the companies, and it is expected to be profitable after four years of service and to recoup any losses after ten years.

Wanpo
― Dog walker robot service

At present, the problems associated with elderly care are becoming more serious as a result of the aging of society. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, dementia is the most common cause of the need for elderly care. On the other hand, research by the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology has shown that owning a dog can reduce the risk of developing dementia by about 40%. We are proposing a service that uses automated driving technology to provide a robot that can safely walk dogs, making it easier for the elderly to own dogs without difficulty. The service can prevent dementia in the elderly and also help alleviate the problem of caregiving.

stan

The activity of supporting one's favorite artists and characters is known as "oshi-katsu". The love for one's "oshi (supported one)" is currently having a significant economic effect in all kinds of industries. We propose "Stan" as a service to rent self-driving vehicles to live music venues and event companies that will help make "oshi-katsu" even better. The vehicles are used not only for pre- and post-show transportation, but also to provide a special space for a limited number of people who ride the vehicle. They can enjoy a VIP experience that is different from their usual oshi-katsu. In the future, we will make it possible to use Stan as a space where you can enjoy a special experience not only at live music events, but also at festivals and other events.

Frail Prevention
Exciting Bus Service

We propose a business that creates opportunities for health, exercise, and community activities to prevent frailty and also provides a bus service to transport users to key locations to encourage them to get out and improve their health. This service will use automated vehicles to service locations such as parks where users can enjoy (1) exercise services, (2) community activities, (3) the sale of nutritionally balanced boxed lunches, (4) the provision of free samples of health supplements and health equipment, (5) blood pressure monitoring, and (6) the recording of health and exercise data. Another bus then transports users to other service locations. Trainers, who are also support drivers and office staff, promote exercise, health management and community activities. Users can go shopping or visit the hospital before or after exercising. This allows users to engage in community activities and travel while exercising and managing their health, and also helps prevent frailty and create opportunities for travel.

Truck Logistics 2.0
― Automated and manual driving run together

The road transportation industry is undergoing a period of significant change. It is said that the active use of automated driving is an effective way to address labor shortages and working environment issues in logistics trucks and long-distance buses. However, while legislation is being developed, the hardware for automated driving is still lacking. To address these issues, we will develop a new service area along highways called "Highway Truck Station (HTS)" to meet the demand of the 2030s and beyond, when both manual and automated driving will be in use. In this mixed situation, it is assumed that while unmanned driving will be possible on the main road, human drivers will still be needed in urban areas. Therefore, HTS will be a switching point between manual driving and unmanned automated driving on the highway. In addition to the usual service area operations, HTS will also provide services unique to automated driving, such as temporary responses to problems that arise with automated driving.

Renew Local Car
― Excess electricity sales & bus business using automated vehicles

Currently, rural areas are facing severe labor shortages and declining local economies due to migration to urban areas and an aging population. On the other hand, these areas are also places where renewable energy such as solar power is produced. We propose a business model that uses self-driving buses to sell surplus electricity and solve the problems of depopulated areas by making the most of the area's potential. The business model focuses on the surplus electricity that results from the weakness of intermittent renewable energy generation. The surplus electricity is used to charge the batteries of the automated buses at low cost. The electricity in the batteries is not only used to operate the automated buses, which solve the problem of declining public transportation in the areas, but also to provide electricity sales services. This will enable the construction of a new energy network, energy management for the entire region, revitalization of the local economy, and enhancement of the city's attractiveness as a carbon-neutral model area.

Smart Guiding Dog

Currently, the number of guide dogs is overwhelmingly small compared to the number of people who need them. In addition, the cost of raising one guide dog is high, at nearly 7.5 million yen.
In this proposal, a guide dog robot will be used in place of a guide dog. This will reduce costs and increase the number of guide dogs (including robots). The market size is expected to be 30-310,000 people in Japan. The existing guide dog business model can be utilized without modification to ensure profit generation. By referring to the actual development and operating costs incurred by WHILL, a company that sells high-function electric wheelchairs, we have estimated that our business can turn profitable in three years.

Highway bus business utilizing automated and platooning driving

Express bus services in Japan are characterized by fierce competition among various operators offering inexpensive and meticulous service. However, the working environment is extremely harsh, as bus drivers are forced to ensure on-time operation in accordance with road conditions and to drive long distances under strain, resulting in a constant shortage of personnel.
Therefore, we propose a service in which buses are operated as conventional buses near boarding and disembarking points, but under the expressway, the lead vehicle is operated by a manned driver and the following vehicle is operated automatically, and buses with different destinations run in platooning driving. This service is expected to have social benefits such as reducing driver shortages, improving the working environment, and increasing convenience by giving express bus users more choices of destinations. The service differs from existing services in that express buses with multiple destinations are operated in automated and platooning driving under the expressway. The strength of this service is that even if it is limited to under expressways, if it is possible to shift from manned to automated operation, the burden of driving duties will be reduced. Also, the convenience of express bus users will be improved by increasing their destination options. Weaknesses include the possibility that traffic comfort may be compromised when changing lanes or merging onto the expressway due to the long queues of vehicles.

SSTS: Smart Spot Taxi Service

This service is a self-driving cab that travels between spots such as convenience stores, etc. This service is to be introduced in rural cities where public transportation is not available. Users can make reservations for taxi dispatch via a smartphone application. Fares are higher than public transportation but lower than existing cabs, and the time required is longer than that of cabs but shorter than that of public transportation. The use of automated driving technology eliminates the need for a driver, eliminates driver restraints due to waiting time, and ensures privacy inside the vehicle. The area of service provision can be easily expanded in line with the expansion of road data being promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The initial investment is expected to be recovered after seven years of service.

Kodomobi

Kodomobi, a mobility management service for elementary school students, was born out of the question, "Isn't it a burden for parents to pick up and drop off their children?"
Kodomobi operates Kodomon, a safety-first mobility vehicle that runs slowly on sidewalks, converted from a roofed senior car that is already on the market overseas. The company has clearly identified its target users as wealthy but time-poor working families, and anticipates solid demand. Kodomon is also equipped with learning content and other features to make travel time more fulfilling. The service will be open not only to children, but also to the general public during certain times of the day to generate solid profits. This plan is highly feasible and has great social significance.

DRIVE THROUGH NOW

A platform service for ordering takeout in the era of automated vehicles. Order via app to receive hot food without waiting time after arriving at a restaurant, enabling customers to eat a proper meal in a relaxed manner during the travel time. It also eliminates the need to set aside time just for the meal, as has been the case in the past. The main revenues will come from posting fees from restaurants and advertising on the app. The main target is people in the suburbs who need to drive, and the app is expected to be used while commuting to work or driving long distances. The app will offer a new way of eating in the car as a way to spend time while traveling in an era when driving is no longer necessary.

Automated Vehicle Child Care Assistance: Smove Helper

Traveling with a baby stroller is a tremendous burden for the user in terms of effort, time, and mental energy. The proposal to solve this problem is a shared car equipped with automated mobility.
By focusing on the child-rearing generation as the target user group, we envision a community of users in the same environment and an anonymous bulletin board. A monthly fee will be set to prevent reckless registration and mischief, and a small fee will reduce the burden on the user. The development costs of the car and system will be subsidized to provide indirect social support for child-rearing generation. Reduce the hurdles to car use by making cars available on a rental basis. By using the system on a district basis, the system can be linked to local consignment centers and emergency services. This service aims to make traveling with infants and toddlers as easy as possible and to create a society that is more positive toward child rearing.

SKYBANNER

Currently, a large number of advertisements are placed in various locations in urban areas, and especially in populated areas, existing advertisements compete with each other, making it difficult to create new advertising space, which requires much cost and effort.
SKYBANNER, therefore, creates new advertising space in limited urban areas by attaching advertising displays to autonomous drones and conducting advertising activities in urban areas, providing value that has never existed before. We also believe that drones with flying advertisements will attract the attention of a great number of people and become a groundbreaking medium that will generate more buzz than existing advertising media.

WEB-B: Proposal for use as a sensor platform for delivery drones

Data is collected from drones already in the air and used to provide a variety of services. The company only needs to pay for the server and system, and since there is no need to provide a drone, initial costs can be kept down. Therefore, it is relatively easy to start up a drone service on any scale, from a student venture to a division of a large corporation. Since analog monitoring is performed using cameras and LiDAR, which will be standard equipment on drones, the system can contribute to digitization in areas that are difficult to digitize. Because it synthesizes data from many drones, it has relatively high immediacy and extensive surveillance capabilities. On the other hand, the challenge is how to deal with the lack of data in the early days of business when the number of drones is small.

Distributed ownership robot cabs RoboCa

RoboCa will provide a distributed ownership robot cab service that will allow privately owned fully automated vehicles to be used as robot cabs. In response to the policy of deploying Level 4 self-driving cars from depopulated areas and regional cities, the service will be deployed from tourist destinations in rural areas where it is difficult for robot cab operators to make a profit. By utilizing cars as robot cabs in the owner's spare time when they are not in use, the program will help offset the cost of purchasing and maintaining automated vehicles, and will also collaborate with dealers to promote sales of automated vehicles.

Movest

Movest rents out mobility for those who are particular about eating fresh and delicious vegetables and want to experience the harvest. It is envisioned to rent the vehicles to event companies and seed and food companies. The vegetables just before harvest from cooperating farmers will be loaded onto the Movest Mobility and harvested by consumers and restaurant staff. Specialty products from each region can be tasted fresher than at direct sales outlets. The target customers are expected to be children and their parents who like vegetables and are interested in plants, gourmets who want to eat really delicious vegetables, and wealthy people who are particular about their food. In the future, although the market is small, we would like to increase the value of the vegetables by having people purchase them at a higher price, and focus on the needs of those who are particular about their produce to further deepen the idea.

acleisure

This car sharing service eliminates driving anxiety caused by fatigue before and after activities and provides a comfortable space for carrying bicycles and other large luggage for outdoor enthusiasts who do triathlons, cycling, camping, and other activities. The service is named "Acleisure" in the hope that it will encourage people to enjoy active leisure activities. Demand is also expected to grow as the outdoor boom caused by the Corona disaster has created a variety of styles and ways to enjoy the outdoors, and the number of customers is increasing. The company aims to attract customers by collaborating with sports organizations such as triathlons and tourist municipalities such as Okinawa, which is a great place for cycling.

NO GIVING UP MOBILITY Automated universal design mobility that can also carry mixed freight and passengers

Despite the current progress in barrier-free transportation, people with mobility impairments, especially wheelchair users, face great difficulties in going out alone. In the case of universal design (UD) cabs, passengers who need physical assistance are an overburden to the crew members who are not qualified to care for them, and they may have no choice but to refuse to take them. On the other hand, in the case of care cabs, in addition to being welfare vehicles, they have a second-class driver's license and drivers who are qualified to provide care, such as helpers, so users are relieved, but the financial burden of fares and care fees is high.
We propose the development of a UD vehicle that is easy to get on and easy to accept by the general public, the development of a mobility system that allows electric wheelchairs to get on and go to their destinations, and multi-UD + automated mobility that functions as a mixed freight/passenger vehicle when wheelchair users are not using the vehicle. By generalization, this vehicle can be expanded to the last mile business, universal tourism business, nursing care and welfare business, agricultural workers, and delivery stores.

Automated Driving x Educational History Tour

Introduce shuttle-type automated buses on school excursions, social studies tours, sightseeing trips, etc. Inside the bus, students will be able to see the castle of those days recreated on the former site of the castle through the all-around AR window, and will be able to actively learn by repeatedly taking in-train quizzes through the historical education voice played over the in-train broadcast and linked with the application. The AR images played in the car can be different for each season, period, and school, so customers can choose the time period and events they wish to see. It is possible to deepen knowledge of history and geography at a higher level than previously possible, while compensating for the loss of quality of the experience due to weather, restoration of cultural assets, etc. Educational content can be recruited from educational institutions and preparatory schools, creating a market there as well and lowering the cost of content creation. One disadvantage is the decrease in academic trips due to the declining birth rate, but the plan is to compensate for this by accepting study tours from abroad, in addition to the school trips themselves, which will always take place.

Mobile Flea Market

　At an on-site flea market, both sellers and buyers can see the actual items, but both have to be on site to do so. While flea market apps make it easy to buy items anywhere, they can also cause problems after the purchase, since the actual items cannot be seen with the user's own eyes.
This business model combines the advantages of both actual flea markets and flea market apps by using the app to sell and purchase items, and automated vehicles to deliver and check the condition of the items. By using self-driving cars for deliveries and parking lots of convenience stores as pick-up locations, early morning and late night deliveries can be made, improving convenience for users. This will also benefit the flea market companies by reducing problems among users and improving customer satisfaction.

V-park: Virtual Parking

V-park is a parking lot that can be used anytime, anywhere. Letting automated driving handle parking will realize "new freedom of movement," "revolution in land use," and "expansion of the sharing economy. A business proposal that will serve as the foundation for a sustainable society.

Mystery Tours by Automated Driving

We propose the business plan of a mystery tour utilizing self-driving cars. Targeting young people, mainly university students, we will create travel plans based on travelers' wishes to areas that are difficult to reach by public transportation, offering the best trip ever.

Furatto: enjoying the city's space

Automated driving creates change in real estate. Value is created by using low-speed automated vehicles in areas that are attractive but have low real estate value. Sometimes the vehicles are assembled to create a bustle, and sometimes they create a more exciting travel experience than usual.

Auto-Kensha: End-to-end and On-Demand Autonomous Emergency Vehicle Service for People in Need

Auto-Kensha will revolutionize ambulance services by leveraging self-driving technology. With our services, we intend to significantly decrease the time it takes to bring a patient to the proper hospital. Our business model utilizes business-to-government and business-to-business models for operations in Japan and foreign countries, respectively. Save more lives with us!

Business of automation and optimization of logistics systems using automated driving

We propose a business plan to change logistics in Japan by introducing an automated "mobile delivery box" to improve customer satisfaction and reduce the burden on carriers at the same time.

Traffic light control business with discriminative optimization for travel time reduction

We propose a business plan to change logistics in Japan by introducing an automated "mobile delivery box" to improve customer satisfaction and reduce the burden on carriers at the same time.

Machimichi: simple road occupation

In anticipation of a decrease in the number of lanes and an increase in the number of pedestrian roads due to the spread of automated vehicles, we will build an infrastructure related to road occupancy and use, promote road utilization by citizens, reduce the administrative burden, and use application data on a dynamic map to transform the city from its streets.

Lingering Concierge

We propose a service that allows passengers to enjoy the "afterglow" of an event in a private space without worrying about their surroundings, an advantage of automated driving, when traveling to restaurants or places to stay after the event, such as a live concert.

Otomobi: Mobile lockers for a comfortable trip

Otomobi will accompany customers as an automated vehicle to carry luggage out of the way in the city or within public transportation, and deliver the luggage to the desired location. Customers can enjoy hands-free travel and get their luggage when they need it.

Automated vehicle service for moving x staying space

Our business is a “Travel x Stay” service that fully utilizes Autonomous Vehicle even when it is charging. Our service primarily assists Muslims (people who belongs to Islam religion) by providing them with a space to pray while it charges known as “Stay” service, and it will function similarly to a taxi while traveling known as “Travel”.

Automated Mobility for Aging Suburbs

This proposal aims to improve convenience by using automated mobility as an alternative to buses that are in the red, while at the same time changing the nature of public transportation itself by operating public transportation as a business.

Self Esthetics Anytime, Anywhere

Taking advantage of the fully private space inside an automated vehicle, we will develop a self-esthetics service inside the vehicle. Why don't you turn your travel time into a VIP space for self-improvement?

Next-generation mobility for sightseeing and transportation using automated driving

We provide a service that uses automated driving to allow everyone the freedom to get where they want to go without having to worry about driving. We will provide a new experience where you can enjoy your trip to the fullest, without the worry of driving.