Information processing method, information processing device, and recording medium

An information processing device comprising:

• an obtainer that obtains travel information on travel of at least two mobile bodies that are capable of autonomous travel and operable by at least one of remote operation or remote monitoring;
• a predictor that predicts, based on the travel information and location information on a first area in which at least one of the remote operation or the remote monitoring is required, a first mobile body that has a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area and that is scheduled to enter the first area, among the at least two mobile bodies;
• an identifier that identifies, based on the travel information and the location information, a second mobile body that is different from the first mobile body and that has a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area;
• a determiner that determines whether the second mobile body will catch up with the first mobile body before the first mobile body enters the first area;
• and
• an outputter that outputs, to the second mobile body, instruction information for causing the second mobile body to perform following control to follow the first mobile body, when the determiner determines that the second mobile body will catch up with the first mobile body before the first mobile body enters the first area.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a computer to execute:

• obtaining travel information on travel of at least two mobile bodies that are capable of autonomous travel and operable by at least one of remote operation or remote monitoring;
• predicting, based on the travel information and location information on a first area in which at least one of the remote operation or the remote monitoring is required, a first mobile body that has a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area and that is scheduled to enter the first area, among the at least two mobile bodies;
• identifying, based on the travel information and the location information, a second mobile body that is different from the first mobile body and that has a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area;
• determining whether the second mobile body will catch up with the first mobile body before the first mobile body enters the first area;
• and
• outputting, to the second mobile body, instruction information for causing the second mobile body to perform following control to follow the first mobile body, when the determining is made that the second mobile body will catch up with the first mobile body before the first mobile body enters the first area.