Information processing method, program, and system for controlling a mobile object by setting a virtual viewpoint and operable range

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program thereon, which, when run, causes a computer system to execute

• obtaining a three-dimensional map of a real space surrounding the mobile object;
• detecting a candidate plane from the three-dimensional map;
• setting, based on the detected candidate plane, a reference point at a position separated from the detected candidate plane by a predetermined distance, the reference point serving as a reference of an operable range;
• setting the operable range around the reference point, the operable range being a range in which an operation relating to the real space can be executed by the user:
• setting, by a user, a virtual viewpoint of the user with respect to the real space at any location in the three-dimensional map separated from the reference point;
• and
• generating, by the user, a path of a mobile object within the operable range.

An information processing system, comprising:

• a mobile object that moves in a real space;
• and
• an information processing apparatus including a control circuit configured to obtain a three-dimensional map of the real space;
• detect a candidate plane from the three-dimensional map;
• set, based on the detected candidate plane, a reference point at a position separated from the detected candidate plane by a predetermined distance, the reference point serving as a reference of an operable range;
• set, by a user, a virtual viewpoint of the user with respect to the real space at any location in the three-dimensional map separated from the reference point,
• and
• generate, by a user, a path of the mobile object within the operable range.