Open vehicle and operation management system thereof

An open vehicle having a riding space that is not shielded from an outside, the open vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle upper portion having a riding surface that forms a bottom surface of the riding space and is configured for a plurality of users to ride on;
• a traveling device including at least a power unit and configured to drive and turn the open vehicle;
• one or more external sensors configured to recognize a surrounding environment of the open vehicle;
• and
• one or more electronic control units configured to control the traveling device to cause the open vehicle to automatically travel, wherein
• the one or more electronic control units are configured to:
• execute a specific person recognition process to use the one or more external sensors to recognize a specific person being a person existing in an outside space that is not shielded from the riding space;
• execute an automatic travel control process to control the traveling device such that, when the specific person exists within a range of a predetermined distance from the open vehicle, the traveling device executes at least one of moving the open vehicle away from the specific person and increasing a vehicle speed being a speed of the open vehicle as compared to when the specific person does not exist within the range;
• and
• receive a destination of the open vehicle and a mobile meeting request for the plurality of users to hold a mobile meeting on the open vehicle, and then execute a meeting traveling mode until the open vehicle reaches the destination, and
• wherein the specific person recognition process and the automatic travel control process are executed in the meeting traveling mode.

An open vehicle having a riding space that is not shielded from an outside, the open vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle upper portion having a riding surface that forms a bottom surface of the riding space and is configured for a plurality of users to ride on;
• a traveling device including at least a power unit and configured to drive and turn the open vehicle;
• one or more external sensors configured to recognize a surrounding environment of the open vehicle;
• and
• one or more electronic control units configured to control the traveling device to cause the open vehicle to automatically travel, wherein
• the one or more electronic control units are configured to:
• execute a specific person recognition process to use the one or more external sensors to recognize a specific person being a person existing in an outside space that is not shielded from the riding space;
• execute an automatic travel control process to control the traveling device such that, when the specific person exists within a range of a predetermined distance from the open vehicle, the traveling device executes at least one of moving the open vehicle away from the specific person and increasing a vehicle speed being a speed of the open vehicle as compared to when the specific person does not exist within the range;
• and
• receive a mobile meeting request for a plurality of users to hold a mobile meeting on the open vehicle and a scheduled time for the mobile meeting, and then execute a meeting traveling mode without a destination until the scheduled time elapses, and
• wherein the specific person recognition process and the automatic travel control process are executed in the meeting traveling mode.