Formation setting apparatus, formation setting method, and computer readable medium

A formation setting method comprising:

• causing a formation of formation flying to be displayed on a display unit, the formation flying including a plurality of aircrafts;
• selecting, as a first aircraft, one of the aircrafts that are displayed on the display unit, on a basis of an input operation;
• calculating a movable region as a region in which the first aircraft is movable, on a basis of a distance, to the first aircraft, from one or a plurality of second aircrafts of the aircrafts excluding the first aircraft;
• causing the calculated movable region to be displayed on the display unit;
• and
• transmitting, with a communicator, a control signal to the first aircraft when a position within the movable region displayed on the display unit is selected, the control signal causing the first aircraft to move to the selected position.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a formation setting program, the formation setting program causing, when executed by a computer, the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

• causing a formation of formation flying to be displayed on a display unit, the formation flying including a plurality of aircrafts;
• selecting, as a first aircraft, one of the aircrafts that are displayed on the display unit, on a basis of an input operation;
• calculating a movable region as a region in which the first aircraft is movable, on a basis of a distance, to the first aircraft, from one or a plurality of second aircrafts of the aircrafts excluding the first aircraft;
• causing the calculated movable region to be displayed on the display unit;
• and
• transmitting, with a communicator, a control signal to the first aircraft when a position within the movable region displayed on the display unit is selected, the control signal causing the first aircraft to move to the selected position.

A formation setting apparatus comprising:

• a display that displays a formation of formation flying, the formation flying including a plurality of aircrafts;
• and
• circuitry that
• selects, as a first aircraft, one of the aircrafts that are displayed on the display, on a basis of an operation performed by a user,
• calculates a movable region as a region in which the first aircraft is movable, on a basis of a distance, to the first aircraft, from one or a plurality of second aircrafts of the aircrafts excluding the first aircraft,
• causes the calculated movable region to be displayed on the display;
• and
• transmits a control signal to the first aircraft when a position within the movable region displayed on the display is selected by the user, the control signal causing the first aircraft to move to the position selected by the user.