System, method, and computer program for mobile body management

4:

• The management system of claim 3, wherein,
• the signal processing circuit converts a set of coordinates of the first marker object into a first set of coordinates in the space to be traveled by the vehicle;
• and
• the attribute information of the first marker object comprises values of the first set of coordinates.

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• The management system of claim 1, wherein,
• the plurality of marker objects include a first marker object and a second marker object;
• the signal processing circuit converts a set of coordinates of the first marker object into a first set of coordinates within the space, and converts a set of coordinates of the second marker object into a second set of coordinates within the space;
• and,
• when the vehicle travels from the first set of coordinates to the second set of coordinates,
• the image processing circuit further generates a course setting image, the course setting image containing attribute information of the first marker object comprising values of the first set of coordinates and attribute information of the second marker object comprising values of the second set of coordinates.

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• The management system of claim 1, wherein,
• when the at least one vehicle comprises a plurality of vehicles,
• input device of the travel management apparatus accepts a manipulation by the user with respect to each vehicle;
• and
• the signal processing circuit sets the traveling path with respect to each vehicle.

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• The management system of claim 1, wherein,
• the vehicle further includes a positioning device which estimates the vehicle's own location of and outputs values of an estimated set of coordinates;
• and
• the first communication circuit transmits the values of the set of coordinates.

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• The management system of claim 1, wherein,
• the image processing circuit, the image further contains a button object for stopping management of travel of the vehicle;
• and,
• when the input device accepts a designation of the button object from the user, the signal processing circuit generates a signal for stopping travel of the vehicle, and the second communication circuit transmits the signal to the vehicle.

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• A method of managing travel of at least one vehicle by using a travel management apparatus,
• the vehicle including:
• a plurality of motors,
• a plurality of driving wheels respectively coupled to the plurality of motors,
• a drive unit which independently controls a voltage to be applied to each motor in accordance with a control signal, to rotate each of the plurality of driving wheels,
• a first communication circuit which communicates with the travel management apparatus to receive data representing a traveling path, and
• a control circuit which generates the control signal for causing the vehicle to travel along the traveling path,
• the travel management apparatus including an image displaying device, an input device, an image processing circuit, a signal processing circuit which is a computer, and a second communication circuit, wherein
• the computer
• accepts via the input device a designation of a plurality of locations on the image displaying device from a user,
• causes the image processing circuit to generate an image containing a plurality of marker objects indicating the plurality of locations,
• converts a set of coordinates of each marker object on the image into a set of coordinates in a space to be traveled by the vehicle,
• sets a line segment or a curve on the image displaying device that interconnects the plurality of marker objects as the traveling path in the space, and
• transmits data representing each set of coordinates in the space and the traveling path to the vehicle via the second communication circuit.

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• A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a computer program to be executed by a computer mounted in a travel management apparatus which is used in a management system to manage travel of at least one vehicle,
• the vehicle including:
• a plurality of motors,
• a plurality of driving wheels respectively coupled to the plurality of motors,
• a drive unit which independently controls a voltage to be applied to each motor in accordance with a control signal, to rotate each of the plurality of driving wheels,
• a first communication circuit which communicates with the travel management apparatus to receive data representing a traveling path, and
• a control circuit which generates the control signal for causing the vehicle to travel along the traveling path,
• the travel management apparatus including an image displaying device, an input device, an image processing circuit, a computer, and a second communication circuit, wherein
• the computer program causes the computer to,
• by using the input device, accept a designation of a plurality of locations on the image displaying device from a user,
• by using the image processing circuit, generate an image containing a plurality of marker objects indicating the plurality of locations,
• convert a set of coordinates of each marker object on the image into a set of coordinates in a space to be traveled by the vehicle,
• set a line segment or a curve on the image displaying device that interconnects the plurality of marker objects as the traveling path in the space, and,
• by using the second communication circuit, transmit data representing each set of coordinates in the space and the traveling path to the vehicle.

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• A management system comprising a plurality of vehicles and a managing computer, the management system managing travel of each vehicle by using the managing computer, wherein,
• the vehicle travels with a plurality of driving wheels, and is capable of communicating with the managing computer;
• the managing computer is capable of generating a traveling path for the vehicle from a plurality of marker deployed on a map image;
• and,
• when the traveling path passes through a second marker next to a first marker among the plurality of markers, the first marker comprises, as attribute information, information of a coordinate position of the first marker and information specifying the second marker to be passed next.