SIP 2nd Phase : Automated Driving for Universal Service

SIP 2nd Phase :Automated Driving for Universal Services
Final Results Report (2018–2022)

Final Results Report (2018–2022)

Nine Years of Building Up Various Cooperations
As I finish my major role as program director (PD) for the first and second phases of the SIP-adus(Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program; Automated Driving for UniversalServices), I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the support and cooperation of everyone
involved over the past nine years.
When I started working on this project nine years ago, I had no experience in automated driving
development. I had heard rumors that a project would be launched within the new framework of theSIP, but I thought it was something that I had nothing to do with. It was then that I was assigned to it
by the previous Program Director Watanabe, who told me that automated driving is being developedfor safety. It was the first time for me to participate in a national project, and I had no idea of which
way was up, so I repeated a process of trial and error while asking for everyone's guidance. The SIP is
an industry-academia-government collaboration project, and I was able to work with a wide range ofpeople, including experts in academia, government ministries and agencies, and people fromindustries with which I had no previous relationship. Every day was stimulating and presented aninvaluable opportunity to learn much.
Based on the belief that both competition and cooperation are indispensable for the realization ofautomated driving, I have been planning in the FOTs (Field Operational Tests) in the Tokyo waterfront
area and other R&D projects with the participation of a wide range of organizations, including theJapan Automobile Manufacturers Association, universities, venture companies, overseas OEMs, andsuppliers, under the concept of "competition and cooperation." It was a great pleasure for me to beable to be a part of the process of industry-academia-government collaboration, inter-industrycollaboration, inter-academia collaboration, and international cooperation, where the number of mycolleagues increased day by day and I interacted with them in various settings.
We have compiled the results and experiences of the SIP-adus over the past nine years in the "FinalResults Report" with the hope that the collaboration will continue to reach new heights even after thecompletion of the SIP-adus program. We hope that this report will be helpful for your future researchand development projects.
SIP-adus Program Director

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Seigo Kuzumaki

Preface

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Toward Solving Social Issues Through Automated Driving,and Achieving a Mobility Society for the Future
The Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) aims to create new value, spur
economic growth, and solve social issues by realizing Society 5.0, which is, achieving a high-level fusionof cyberspace and physical space. Led by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, it focuseson promoting research and development technologies at a basic research level as well as practical use
and commercialization based on the technologies, by involving multiple government agencies and field.
The automated driving involves recognizing in cyberspace, massive and diverse data sets (big data)collected from roadside infrastructures and vehicle-mounted sensors, as well as processing the data andmaking decisions using AI. This data is then used to control and operate vehicles in the real world.
Through this process, the program has helped pave the way for Society 5.0. As one of 12 SIP topics, SIP
Automated Driving for Universal Services (SIP-adus) has contributed to research and development oncommon issues (in cooperative areas) concerning automated driving that require collaboration oforganizations across government, industry, and academia.
As part of these efforts, the leadership of PD (Program Director) and SPD (Sub Program Director)
have spearheaded cooperation among relevant ministries and agencies, industry organizations, andacademic institutions, among others, making steady achievements in cooperative areas in whichstakeholders across industries and disciplines should engage. These include the distribution of roadtraffic environment data necessary for automated driving, as well as data usage, safety assurance, andcybersecurity.
In addition, as part of a research and development program aimed at developing practicalapplications for and commercializing automated driving technologies, I am very pleased with theachievements that the SIP-adus has led to the social implementation of technologies, two major
examples being the commercialization of technologies related to the Dynamic Map in the first phaseof SIP-adus, and the commercialization of technologies related to a safety assurance platform in
virtual environments in the second phase of SIP-adus.
The Sixth Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Plan (March 2021) articulates the country's
intention to solve social problems by effectively utilizing a "convergence of knowledge," which includes
both knowledge from the humanities and social sciences. From an early stage, the SIP-adus has seen
research done through an approach based on a convergence of knowledge that makes use of knowledge
from even the social sciences, which includes analyzing the effectiveness of technologies in reducing
traffic fatalities.
Automated driving initiatives that have been ongoing since the first phase of SIP-adus have led to
the formulation of a framework for Level 3 automated driving and will conclude in the second phaseof SIP-adus after having contributed in many ways to getting this technology onto the international
stage, which includes paving the way to the sale of vehicles equipped with Level 3 technology. It is myhope that the achievements of the SIP-adus will be broadly used and help to usher in, as soon as
possible, driving support and automated driving technologies that use the road traffic environment
data, which has been a central focus of the program.
The Construction of Smart mobility Platform is currently being considered as a topic for the next
phase of the SIP. In this context, I hope that the Cabinet Office will work with all stakeholders todevelop new approaches to promoting initiatives such as MaaS that will provide people with an
integrated combination of different transportation modes, with a view to utilize the achievements ofSIP-adus program.
Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet OfficeTakafumi Kakudo

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Role as Management Agency and Results
Under the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, we at NEDO continuously performed
three activities as a management agency ((1) Operations management, (2) Creating places fordiscussions, (3) Information transmission support) from 2017 for the first phase of the SIP-adus(Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for UniversalServices) that began in 2014 and from the start of the second phase of the SIP-adus that began in 2018.
Under the instruction of PD Kuzumaki and along with affiliated government agencies, including
the Cabinet Secretariat, experts on various committees, companies, universities, and organizations,
we proceeded with 57 initiatives for the social implementation of automated driving, such as
international cooperation, shaping public opinion through PR activities, and FOTs (Field OperationalTests) for social implementation, in addition to basic technology development for practical applicationof automated driving. As we shifted activities to remote formats following the COVID-19 pandemic
and the declaration of national emergency, we continued to find a way forward through trial anderror. Despite this, we were able to complete the activities for the second phase thanks to the supportand passion of everyone related to this project. We would like to take this opportunity to express ourgratitude for these efforts.
We have taken efforts for technology development, testing, infrastructure building, andsystemization to improve convenience for the realization of automated driving in Japan. In phase twoof this project, we engaged in two activities to realize safe and secure automated driving services. One,on the development/testing side, we conducted cybersecurity technology development and built asafety assurance environment (DIVP®) for automated driving in a virtual environment and DynamicMap, as well as conducted FOTs. Two, in order to realize a rich society through linking surrounding
businesses and services centered on automated driving, we established the portal site MD communet®
to promote utilization and linkage of geographic data and standardization activities, implemented
services in regions, and executed PR and collaboration activities in and outside Japan. These activities
produced many results. We are happy to be able to publish these results in the form of the final report.
Aiming for the realization of automated driving technology in Society 5.0 and an automateddriving society shown in Public-Private ITS Initiative/Roadmaps, we hope that this final report andthe outcomes of the phase two will be fully utilized and lead to the next action for the realization andexpansion of safe and secure mobility-related services. We ask for the continued assistance of all
persons related to the SIP and those organizations that did not participate.
Executive Director, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Tomoyasu NishimuraPreface

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For Publication of Final Results Report
Last year, SIP 2nd Phase: Automated Driving for Universal Services—Mid-Term Results Report(2018–2020) summarizing all initiatives in the second phase of SIP-adus (Cross-ministerial Strategic
Innovation Promotion Program; Automated Driving for Universal Services) was issued. Thankfully,
many people responded to this report positively. We would like to thank the readers.
This final results report summarizes the overall activities of the second phase of SIP-adus, centeredon the activities after the publishing of the mid-term results report. While including the opinions ofthe readers of the mid-term results report as much as possible, we aimed for a report that would beeasy to understand and useful.
We hope that this report and the mid-term results report serve as an entrance for all readers,including automated driving researchers in and outside Japan, to deepen their knowledge of theinitiatives of the SIP-adus program. Contact information is also available for each article. Please feel
free to reach out regarding the use of the research results from the SIP-adus.
Through the support of many affiliated persons and groups, the SIP-adus produced many resultsin the nine-year period, including the first phase, of this project. We have published this report withthe hope that it will lead to research and development and infrastructure building related to automateddriving in the future.
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SIP-adus Final Results Report Editional Committee

Editorial Committee Members(Affiliation and title is as of October 1, 2022; honorifics omitted)[Program Director (PD)/Sub-PD]Fellow, Advanced R&D and Engineering Company, Toyota Motor Corporation
Visitng Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies /Principal Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy at the Japan Science andTechnology Agency
Executive Chief Engineer, Head of Computer Science Domain,
Innovative Research Excellence/Software Defined Mobility Development Supervisory Unit,
Business Development Operations, Honda R&D Co., Ltd./ Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
General Manager in Charge, Regulation and Homologation Department, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
[Experts, etc.]
President, ITS Japan
Prime Senior Researcher, Digital Architecture Research Center, National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology
Chair, Automated Driving Subcommittee, Safety Technology and Policy Committee,
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association /Executive Chief Engineer, Software Defined Mobility Development Supervisory Unit,
Business Development Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Director General, Institute for ACV standardization /Managing Director for Research Affairs on Automated Driving Technology Director,
Automotive Safety Research Department National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory,
National Agency for Automobile and Land Transport Technology
Researcher, Smart Region Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute
Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University[Secretariat]

Seigo Kuzumaki
Tateo Arimoto
Yoichi Sugimoto
Haruhiko KondoAkio Yamamoto
Shin Kato
Kunimichi
HatanoTerunao Kawai
Yurie Toyama
Manabu Omae

Hiroaki Kimura, Yuichi Araki, Kotaro Sugiyama (Cabinet Office), Takahiro Tanaka, Megumi Funahashi, Shuichi Ajiki,Michihiko Katsuragi (NEDO)

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