Mobile body control device, mobile body control method, mobile body, information processing method, and storage medium

A mobile body control method of adjusting a stop position of a mobile body based on an instruction of a user, the mobile body control method comprising:

• acquiring, from a communication device used by the user, instruction information for designating a predetermined target;
• acquiring a captured image captured in the mobile body;
• determining a stop position, which is a relative position of the predetermined target measured from the mobile body, where a region of the predetermined target has been identified in the captured image;
• and
• controlling traveling of the mobile body in such a way that the mobile body travels toward the determined stop position,
• wherein, when the predetermined target cannot be identified in the captured image when the mobile body is traveling toward the stop position, the stop position determined for the predetermined target is updated in accordance with the movement of the mobile body, thereby controlling traveling of the mobile body toward the stop position.

A mobile body that adjusts a stop position based on an instruction of a user, the mobile body comprising:

• an instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a communication device used by the user, instruction information for designating a predetermined target;
• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured in the mobile body;
• a determination unit configured to determine a stop position, which is a relative position of the predetermined target measured from the mobile body, where a region of the predetermined target has been identified in the captured image;
• and
• a control unit configured to control traveling of the mobile body in such a way that the mobile body travels toward the determined stop position,
• wherein, when the predetermined target cannot be identified in the captured image when the mobile body is traveling toward the stop position, the control unit updates the stop position determined for the predetermined target in accordance with the movement of the mobile body, thereby controlling traveling of the mobile body toward the stop position.

An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that adjusts a stop position of a mobile body based on an instruction of a user, the information processing method comprising:

• acquiring, from a communication device used by the user, instruction information for designating a predetermined target;
• acquiring, from the mobile body, a captured image captured in the mobile body and information related to a motion of the mobile body;
• determining a stop position, which is a relative position of the predetermined target measured from the mobile body, where a region of the predetermined target has been identified in the captured image;
• and
• transmitting, to the mobile body, a control command for controlling traveling of the mobile body in such a way that the mobile body travels toward the determined stop position,
• wherein, when the predetermined target cannot be identified in the captured image when the mobile body is traveling toward the stop position, the stop position determined for the predetermined target is updated in accordance with the movement of the mobile body, thereby controlling traveling of the mobile body toward the stop position.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of a mobile body control device that adjusts a stop position of a mobile body based on an instruction of a user,

• the mobile body control device including:
• an instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a communication device used by the user, instruction information for designating a predetermined target;
• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured in the mobile body;
• a determination unit configured to determine a stop position, which is a relative position of the predetermined target measured from the mobile body, where a region of the predetermined target has been identified in the captured image;
• and
• a control unit configured to control traveling of the mobile body in such a way that the mobile body travels toward the determined stop position,
• wherein, when the predetermined target cannot be identified in the captured image when the mobile body is traveling toward the stop position, the control unit updates the stop position determined for the predetermined target in accordance with the movement of the mobile body, thereby controlling traveling of the mobile body toward the stop position.