Vehicle control method, vehicle control system, vehicle control device, passenger watching-over method, passenger watching-over system, and passenger watching-over device

1. A vehicle control method executed by a computer to control a travelling operation of a vehicle,

the method causing at least one processor to:

acquire attribute information for each passenger boarding the vehicle;

determine a falling-down risk of each passenger individually based on the attribute information;

track a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;

grasp a condition of the high-risk person individually in the passenger compartment; and

restrict the travelling operation of the vehicle based on a dynamic falling-down risk which is determined according to a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person individually, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.

2. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the restricting of the traveling operation of the vehicle is continued until the high-risk person is seated in a passenger seat.

3. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , the method further causing the at least one processor to:

detect a vacant seat among a plurality of passenger seats arranged in the vehicle where a passenger is not seated when the high-risk person is disposed in the vehicle; and

guide the high-risk person to the vacant seat.

4. The vehicle control method according to claim 3 , the method further causing the at least one processor to:

promote a passenger, who is seated in a predetermined priority seat, to give up the priority seat when no vacant seat is disposed in the vehicle; and

guide the high-risk person to a given up priority seat when the priority seat is given up.

5. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , the method further causing the at least one processor to:

detect the high-risk person who stands up from a passenger seat in a period before the vehicle decelerates to stop at a certain stop place; and

prompt the high-risk person, who stands up, to sit down.

6. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , the method further causing the at least one processor to:

determine whether the high-risk person is in a standing state before starting the vehicle; and

set an acceleration of the vehicle to be lower after starting the vehicle when the high-risk person is in the standing state than when no high-risk person is in the standing state.

7. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , the method further causing the at least one processor to:

determine whether the high-risk person is in a standing state before stopping the vehicle; and

advance a start timing of a brake for stopping the vehicle when the high-risk person is in the standing state earlier than when no high-risk person is in the standing state.

8. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle control method is used in the vehicle that travels autonomously, the method further causing the at least one processor to:

detect a passenger who falls down at least while the vehicle is running; and

notify a situation in a passenger compartment of the vehicle to an external device of the vehicle when detecting the passenger who falls down.

9. The vehicle control method according to claim 1 , wherein:

for a state in which the projected position is out of the space between both feet, the high-risk person is determined to have a high-risk posture with a high dynamic fall risk.

10. A vehicle control system that controls a travelling operation of a vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:

an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information for each passenger boarding the vehicle;

a risk determination unit that individually determines a falling-down risk of each passenger based on the attribute information;

a condition grasping unit that tracks a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and individually grasps a condition of the high-risk person in the passenger compartment; and

a travel restriction unit that restricts the traveling operation of the vehicle based on a dynamic falling-down risk which is determined according to a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person individually, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.

11. A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle that controls a travelling operation of the vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising:

a risk information acquisition unit that acquires a determination result of individually determining a falling-down risk for each passenger boarding the vehicle;

a condition grasping unit that tracks a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and individually grasps a condition of the high-risk person in the passenger compartment; and

a travel restriction unit that restricts the traveling operation of the vehicle based on a dynamic falling-down risk which is determined according to a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person individually, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.

12. A passenger watching-over method executed by a computer to watch over passengers boarding a vehicle,

the method causing at least one processor to:

acquire attribute information for each passenger;

determine a falling-down risk of each passenger individually based on the attribute information;

track a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;

grasp a condition of the high-risk person individually in the passenger compartment; and

determine a dynamic falling-down risk of the high-risk person based on a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.

13. A passenger watching-over system that watches over passengers boarding a vehicle, the system comprising:

an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information for each passenger;

a risk determination unit that individually determines a falling-down risk of each passenger based on the attribute information;

a condition grasping unit that tracks a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and individually grasps a condition of the high-risk person in the passenger compartment; and

a functional unit that determines a dynamic falling-down risk of the high-risk person based on a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.

14. A passenger watching-over device mounted on a vehicle that watches over passengers boarding a vehicle, the device comprising:

a risk information acquisition unit that acquires a determination result of individually determining a falling-down risk for each passenger boarding the vehicle;

a condition grasping unit that tracks a high-risk person determined to have a high falling-down risk in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and individually grasps a condition of the high-risk person in the passenger compartment; and

a functional unit that determines a dynamic falling-down risk of the high-risk person based on a posture of the high-risk person in the condition of the high-risk person, wherein

the dynamic falling-down risk is determined based on whether a projected position at which a weight center of a body of the high-risk person is projected perpendicularly to a floor surface of the vehicle is disposed within space between both feet of the high-risk person.