Control device, monitoring system, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A control method comprising:

• acquiring position information, battery information, and movement capability information of each of a plurality of mobile objects;
• predicting a monitorable time based on the position information of a monitoring mobile object, the position information of a standby mobile object, and the battery information and the movement capability information of each of the plurality of mobile objects, the monitoring mobile object being a mobile object monitoring a target to be monitored among the plurality of mobile objects, the standby mobile object being a mobile object being on standby among the plurality of mobile objects, the monitorable time being a time for which the target to be monitored is monitorable by each standby mobile object;
• selecting, based on the monitorable time, at least one mobile object of a plurality of the standby mobile objects;
• and
• controlling the selected mobile object to move to a position for monitoring the target to be monitored
• wherein, in a state in which each monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects monitors each of a plurality of targets to be monitored and the plurality of targets to be monitored gather together, controlling one monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to monitor the plurality of targets to be monitored after the plurality of targets gather together, and control another monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to move to a standby facility in which the another monitoring mobile objects stands by,
• the control method further comprising,
• in a case where the number of targets to be monitored has increased,
• setting a monitoring priority for each target to be monitored, and
• controlling the monitoring mobile object to monitor a target to be monitored having a highest set priority among the set priority, and
• the control method further comprising,
• for a plurality of targets to be monitored except a target to be monitored that is being monitored by the monitoring mobile object in descending order of the set priority for the targets to be monitored,
• predicting the monitorable times of the plurality of standby mobile objects,
• selecting at least one mobile object of the plurality of standby mobile objects, and
• moving the selected mobile object to the position for monitoring the target to be monitored.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:

• acquiring position information, battery information, and movement capability information of each of a plurality of mobile objects;
• predicting a monitorable time based on the position information of a monitoring mobile object, the position information of a standby mobile object, and the battery information and the movement capability information of each of the plurality of mobile objects, the monitoring mobile object being a mobile object monitoring a target to be monitored among the plurality of mobile objects, the standby mobile object being a mobile object being on standby among the plurality of mobile objects, the monitorable time being a time for which the target to be monitored is monitorable by each standby mobile object;
• selecting, based on the monitorable time, at least one mobile object of a plurality of the standby mobile objects;
• and
• controlling the selected mobile object to move to a position for monitoring the target to be monitored,
• wherein, in a state in which each monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects monitors each of a plurality of targets to be monitored and the plurality of targets to be monitored gather together, controlling one monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to monitor the plurality of targets to be monitored after the plurality of targets gather together, and control another monitoring mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to move to a standby facility in which the another monitoring mobile objects stands by, and
• the program further causing a computer to perform:
• setting a monitoring priority for each target in a case where there are a plurality of targets to be monitored, and
• in a case where the number of targets to be monitored has increased,
• setting the priority for each of the targets to be monitored, and
• controlling the monitoring mobile object to monitor a target to be monitored having a highest set priority among the set priority, and
• the program further causing the computer to perform:
• for a plurality of targets to be monitored except a target to be monitored that is being monitored by the monitoring mobile object in descending order of the set priority for the targets to be monitored,
• predicting the monitorable times of the plurality of standby mobile objects,
• selecting at least one mobile object of the plurality of standby mobile objects, and
• moving the selected mobile object to the position for monitoring the target to be monitored.