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Other Achievements and Activities

Other Achievements andActivities
Takahiro Tanaka (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO))

1Other Implemented Projects

This section introduces the projects implemented in thesecond phase of SIP-adus (Cross-ministerial Strategic
Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for
Universal Services) which are not introduced in the Mid-Term
Results Report or in Section 7: "Other Achievements andActivities," nor in Sections 2 to 6 of this report but conductedduring the second phase of SIP-adus, for reference in future
research and development of automated driving.

1.1. C ommissioned Project on Survey on Environmental Improvement for Practical Use of Transport Services by Automated Driving in the New Town Area
In 2019, a survey project was conducted in the new town
areas of Tama City in Tokyo and Sanda City in Hyogo Prefecture,in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, local governments, and local
transportation service providers, in order to organize the issues
for the introduction of public transportation services which
utilize automated driving.(1) The reason for selecting the newtowns was that many of the new town areas were developed in
the period from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s, many of theresidents are aging, and they are located in hilly areas, making
the provision of public mobility services an urgent issue.
Although they were only short-term tests of about one week,
the residents of the new town areas could try actually riding avehicle, and their raw opinions could be gathered throughquestionnaires and interviews, including their needs,
expectations, and concerns about automated driving. On theother hand, issues in urban space design, business models, andpublic acceptance for social implementation were identified
through study meetings with stakeholders.

1.2. Survey on Utilization Method of V2X (vehicle-to-everything) Information for Ensuring Traffic Safety
under Coexisting Traffic – Simulation of Evaluationof Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Traffic Flow –A study was conducted on the impact of automated vehicles
on general vehicles and traffic flow, with the aim of utilizing theresults in the planning of traffic safety measures and traffic
management operations when general vehicles and automatedvehicles are running together.
Fixed-point cameras installed at observation points within
the FOTs (Field Operational Tests) in the Tokyo waterfront areaacquired data on current traffic flow and the traffic volume andvehicle behavior when automated vehicles were running, theimpact of automated vehicles in mixed traffic was collated via
traffic flow simulations based on this data, and a study of how it
could be used in planning traffic safety measures and traffic
management operations was conducted.

1.3. S urvey for Introducing Precise Docking Technology
by Automatic Driving to BRT (Bus Rapid Transit)
The importance of the accurate arrival of buses at bus stops
without any gap is recognized as an element of barrier-freetransportation, and technology for precision docking at bus
stops using magnetic markers was studied in the Haneda area of
the FOTs in the Tokyo waterfront area in the automated drivingof the second phase of SIP-adus. On the other hand, in the firstphase of SIP-adus, due to the development schedule the guiding
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buses that were to be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic andParalympic Games, and technical verification was required forthe system usage conditions of this guiding wire system, such as
weather and illumination, as well as the durability of the guiding
wire. This project also incorporated testing of the effects on
barrier-free access, the reduction of riding and getting off time,
and the prevention of falls when riding and getting off andwhen the bus stopped and started.

1.4. Study of Overseas Trends, etc., in Preparation
for International Collaboration Regarding Traffic Environment Information
The SIP-adus has worked on the construction of dynamicmaps since the first phase, and the construction of a mechanism
to utilize dynamic road traffic environment data linked withhigh-precision three-dimensional map information in thesecond phase. To promote the international standardization ofroad traffic environment data, researches of domestic andinternational standardization trends have been conducted andinternational standardization activities have been supported.
In particular, study meetings with various Japaneseorganizations and experts have been conducted, focused onexchanges with overseas organizations that promote industry
standardization of high-precision 3D map information androad traffic environment data (e.g. the Open Auto DriveForum (OADF)).(2)In addition, the creation of mechanisms for the distribution
and management of mobility data (e.g., the European Commission's NAPCORE,(3) which coordinates National Access Points,
and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure's Mobilithek)(4) has been active in Europe in recentyears, and an additional investigation of these mobility data distribution and management mechanisms was conducted, andthey were used as a reference for promoting the development of
the MD communet®(5), a portal site for road traffic environment
data.

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Handling of SIP-adus Results and Assets

In the final fiscal year, the Intellectual Property Committee
discussed the handling of intellectual property obtained
through the second phase of SIP-adus and organized it asfollows. Also, how the website, research and development
facilities, test data, etc. will be stored and accessible after theend of the second phase of SIP-adus is described.

2.1. Handling of Intellectual Property
In the terms and conditions of the operation consignment
contracts between the contractors and NEDO, intellectual

property rights are defined as the right to receive industrial
property rights (patent rights, utility model rights, design
rights, circuit layout-design exploitation rights, and copyrights),
industrial property rights, copyrights, and know-how. Thissection will explain the handling of patents and copyrights.
(1) Patents
The Japanese version of the Bayh-Dole Act (Article 17 of theIndustrial Technology Enhancement Act,(6) hereinafter referredto as the "Bayh-Dole Act") states that the intellectual property
rights relating to all consigned research and development(including that conducted through national research anddevelopment corporations, etc.) to which ministries andagencies provide government funding may belong entirely tothe contractor (e.g., a private company) if the contractor agrees
to certain conditions. Therefore, the rights to the patents
obtained as a result of the SIP-adus shall belong to thecontractors based on the Bayh-Dole Act.
(2) Copyrights
Copyright to the results reports for each project registered inNEDO's Result Report Database(7) belongs to NEDO. The
copyright to other materials, such as progress report materialsof projects presented to working groups and taskforces, andpresentation materials used at various events, belong to therespective authors, and NEDO will not assert copyright nor
exercise any moral rights. However, when the results of thesecond phase of SIP-adus are cited in other materials, credit is
to be given that the results are from the SIP-adus project.
Example of credit:
This [paper/report/presentation, etc.] contains the resultsof "The Second Phase of Cross-ministerial Strategic
Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Drivingfor Universal Services" (NEDO management number: JPNP18012) which was implemented by the Cabinet Office andserved by the New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO) as a secretariat.

2.2. Types of Websites and Actions Following theEnd of the Second Phase of SIP-adus
Websites have been used for proactive information
distribution in the second phase of SIP-adus. The following
describes each website's contents and how it will be handled
following the end of the second phase of SIP-adus.
(1) SIP-adus Website(8)The SIP-adus website is managed and operated by theCabinet Office and NEDO, and contains reports on the results

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phase of SIP-adus.
(2) SIP-café(9)SIP-café is an online community for sharing ideas about theautomated driving society, and is a website operated andmanaged by a contractor in accordance with NEDO'sconsignment of research as part of the projects to foster publicacceptance. SIP-café is aimed at the general public and its
contents include automated driving-related news, interview
articles, columns by experts, and announcements and reports
on events related to fostering public acceptance. The successorof SIP-café is still under discussion at the time of writing thisfinal report, so please refer to the SIP-adus website for the latest
information.
(3) Websites Managed and Operated for Respective Projects
The websites operated and managed by contractors inaccordance with the research and development work consigned
by NEDO (e.g. Jidosapo(10) for regional FOTs and the roadtraffic environment data portal site MD communet®) belong to
the respective contractors, and are planned to be managed andoperated by them after the completion of the second phase ofSIP-adus.

2.3. Research and Development Facilities, Experimental Data, etc.
Fixed assets and cost items acquired during the research anddevelopment will be owned by the contractor in accordancewith the terms and conditions of the operation consignment
contract between the contractor and NEDO, on the premisethat they will continue to be used or disposed of after thecontract ends. The facilities and equipment used in the FOTs in
the Tokyo waterfront area are under discussion for transfer to a
subsequent project.
The data obtained from the FOTs belongs to the implementerof the tests, who will manage it appropriately based on a data
management plan. Special data use agreements were established
for the experimental data obtained in the FOTs in the Tokyo
waterfront area and the data was provided to those whorequested it. Specifically, the provision of experimental datafrom the V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) FOTs, which usednarrowband wireless communications and roadside
infrastructure, began on May 21, 2021, and the provision ofdata obtained from the V2N (Vehicle-to-Network) FOTs, whichused a wide-area public network, began on May 31, 2022.(11)
Regarding V2N, in addition to video data etc. from dashcam

recorders, data from the equipment installed in the test vehiclesused in four FOTs (lane level road traffic data, rainfall
information, predictive SPaT (Signal Phase and Timing)
information, and simulated emergency vehicle locationinformation) was provided. The method of applying for thedata involved applying to NEDO's contact point for the FOTs in
the Tokyo waterfront area after consenting to the terms of usefor the FOTs in the Tokyo waterfront area data. The data usage
period will be until the end of the second phase of SIP-adus forboth V2I and V2N data.
Software and programs created in the course of research anddevelopment activities are copyrighted by the creator based on
the Bayh-Dole Act.

3

Report of Results for Each projectIn the second phase of SIP-adus, the results reports for eachproject are available from the following two repositories. Please
use them if you want to obtain more detailed information after
reading the mid-term results reports or this final results report.

3.1. SIP-adus Website
The reports by project and by fiscal year can be downloaded
from the page linked from the "Research and Development" tabof the SIP-adus website. This page contains detailed reports in
Word format and summary reports in presentation format. The
English versions of the summary reports are available on theEnglish site of the SIP-adus website. Those who wish to read thereports can freely download the PDF files.
Also, this Final Report and the Mid-term Report, the PDF
version of the SIP-adus Use Cases for Cooperative Driving
Automation(12) and the PDF version of the Roadmap forCommunication Methods for Cooperative AutomatedDriving(13) are also registered on this site and can be downloadedin whole or in parts.

3.2. NEDO's Results Reports Database
The final results reports for each project on the SIP-adus
website are also registered in NEDO's results reports database.
This database only has the detailed versions. NEDO's results
reports database can be accessed from the "Publications" tab on
the NEDO website, but consent to the database's terms of use
and user registration are required. This database contains
reports of all NEDO projects, so it is necessary to filter thesearch by specifying keywords. If you specify "P18012" as theproject number, it will filter the results to the final reports of thesecond phase of SIP-adus. Although only the detailed versions
are registered in NEDO's results reports database, they will beaccessible for a longer period of time.

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Information Distribution ThroughLectures and Paper Presentations

The SIP-adus research results continue to be presented andlectured at conferences and events outside of the SIP-adus,
mainly at universities and research institutes. Table 1 shows themajor research presentations and lectures.
Table 1: Presentations at Other Conferences by project (excerpt)Project Name

Major Conference or Publication

Approach development for improving an automated driving
validation environment in virtualspace

Safety Engineering Symposium 2021
Gunma University Next Generation Open
Innovation Council
FAST-zero '21
Automotive Functional Safety Conference
2021/2022
Science Trends February 2022
CAE Forum 2022 Invited LectureIEEE ICCVE 2022
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan,
Autumn Congress 2022

Research on the recognition technology required for automateddriving technology (levels 3 and4)

Journal of TRB
IEEE ITSC2021
IEEE IV2021
FAST-zero '21
ICAM2021
IEICE journal

Research and study on HMI andsafety education methods for advanced automated driving

ICICT2020/2021
HCI International 2020
TRANSLOG2020/2021
IEEE TALE2020
ITS Symposium
JSET 2021
IEA2021IEEE IV2021/2022
FAST-zero '21, HFES2021

Research on assessment of theimpact of automated driving onsociety and the economy and on
measures to promote deployment

Science Council of Japan 2019Japan ITS Promotion Forum
Automotive Software Frontier
CICV 2022

Strategic planning for fosteringsocial acceptance and survey regarding its evaluation

Lectures throughout Japan in cooperation
with Kyodo News and regional newspapers
on the theme of "Considering Mobility inthe 100-year Life Era: The Spread of Automated Driving and Consumer Awareness”

5[References]
(1) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism press release, https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/toshi08_hh_000043.html, (accessed on 22ndOctober 2022)(2) Open Auto Drive Forum (OADF), https://www.openautodrive.org, (accessed on22nd October 2022)(3) National Access Point Coordination Organization for Europe (NAPCORE),
https://napcore.eu, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(4) Mobilithek, https://mobilithek.info/ABOUT, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(5) MD communet®, https://info.adus-arch.com, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(6) Japanese version of the Bayh-Dole Act (Article 17 of the Industrial TechnologyEnhancement Act), https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/gijutsu_kakushin/innovation_policy/bayh_dole_act.html, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(7) NEDO Results Report Database (user registration required), https://www.nedo.
go.jp/library/database_index.html, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(8) SIP-adus Results Report, https://en.sip-adus.go.jp/rd/, (accessed on 22ndOctober 2022)(9) SIP-café, a community for considering an automated driving society, https://sip-cafe.media/, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(10) Jidosapo, https://www.hido.or.jp/jidosapo/, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(11) Regarding the provision of data acquired in the FOTs in the Tokyo waterfrontarea, https://www.sip-adus.go.jp/fot/fot01_05.php#f05_03, (accessed on 22ndOctober 2022)(12) SIP Use Cases for Cooperative Driving Automation, https: //en.sip-adus.go.jp/
rd/rddata/usecase.pdf, (accessed on 22nd October 2022)(13) SIP Roadmap of V2X Communication Methods for Cooperative Driving
Automation - Activity Report of Task Force on V2X Communication for
Cooperative Driving Automation in FY2021, https://www.en.sip-adus.go.jp/rd/rddata/roadmap.pdf, (accessed on 6th December 2022)(14) The Future of a Digitalized Transportation Society 2022, https://www.digi tal.
go.jp/news/22791050-006d-48fd-914d-e374c240a0bd/, (accessed on 22ndOctober 2022)[Contacts]
Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department, New Energy andIndustrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), 15th Floor, Muza
Kawasaki Central Tower, 1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2128554, 044-520-5241 (direct line) Contact: Takahiro TANAKA (Project Manager)

Conclusion

Various research and development activities have been
conducted in the second phase of SIP-adus. At the same time,
there has also been a focus on the distribution of informationon the results both domestically and internationally. The results
are summarized in the Mid-term Result Report and this report,
as well as in detailed results reports for each project. We hopethat they are referred to and are useful for future research anddevelopment related to automated driving, and that they help
realize the automated driving society that is aimed for in "The
Future of a Digitalized Transportation Society 2022"(14).

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