# US 2026/0267341 A1 · Mobile object control system, information processing apparatus, and mobile object > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0267341 A1 - Document ID: US20260267341A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/654,493 - Filed: 2026-04-22 - Published: 2026-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-20 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi MOROHOSHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260267341A1 ## CPC - G05D 1/617: Safety or protection, e.g. defining protection zones around obstacles or avoiding hazards (arrangements for controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles for avoiding collisions therebetween G05D1/693; arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure G05D1/80) - G05D 1/6482: {by dividing the whole area or space in sectors to be processed separately} - G05D 1/689: Pointing payloads towards fixed or moving targets (positioning towed, pushed or suspended implements G05D1/672) - G05D 1/69: Coordinated control of the position or course of two or more vehicles - G05D 1/692: involving a plurality of disparate vehicles - G05D 1/6987: {by centralised control off-board any of the vehicles} - B64U 2101/31: for surveillance - B64U 2101/40: for agriculture or forestry operations - B64U 2101/47: for fire fighting - B64U 2201/00: UAVs characterised by their flight controls - G05D 2105/55: for emergency activities, e.g. search and rescue, traffic accidents or fire fighting - G05D 2107/22: {Forests} - G05D 2109/10: Land vehicles - G05D 2109/20: Aircraft, e.g. drones - G05D 2109/254: {Flying platforms, e.g. multicopters} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR ## Abstract A mobile object control system, an information processing method, and a mobile object. The mobile object control system includes one or more mobile objects, an information processing apparatus communicable with the one or more mobile objects, and control the one or more mobile objects. The information processing apparatus includes first circuitry configured to store area information including past event occurrence history information of an area to be searched and weather information regarding the area, determine a designated area to search based on the area information and the weather information, and control the movement of at least one of the one or more mobile objects based on the designated area. The one or more mobile objects include second circuitry configured to detect an occurrence of an event while moving in the designated area, and send a notification in case that detecting the occurrence of the event. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile object control system comprising: one or more mobile objects, an information processing apparatus communicable with the one or more mobile objects, and to control the one or more mobile objects: the information processing apparatus comprising: first circuitry configured to: store area information including past event occurrence history information of an area to be searched by the one or more mobile objects and weather information regarding the area; determine a designated area to search based on the area information and the weather information; and control the movement of at least one of the one or more mobile objects based on the designated area, the one or more mobile objects comprising: second circuitry configured to: detect an occurrence of an event while moving in the designated area; and send a notification in case that the occurrence of the event is detected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein the first circuitry is further configured to: determine a candidate area to be searched based on the area information and the weather information; and determine, in case that receiving a selection of the candidate area from user, the designated area based on the selected candidate area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the occurrence of the event is an occurrence of fire, the first circuitry is further configured to: store the area information including information of past fire occurrence history and the weather information including information of weather and humidity; and determine the designated area based on information of the past fire occurrence history and the information of the weather and the humidity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein the first circuitry is further configured to: determine a movement pattern in the designated area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the second circuitry is further configured to manage a remaining power amount, and the first circuitry is further configured to: in case that the remaining power amount of at least one mobile object of the one or more mobile objects satisfies a predetermined condition, control the at least one mobile object to stop the search; control the at least one mobile object to return to a charging base to charge; and control the at least one mobile object to resume the search from a location where the search was stopped. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the occurrence of the event is an occurrence of fire; the mobile object further comprising: a temperature sensor; and at least one of an imager, a GPS receiver, and a smoke sensor, wherein in a case that the temperature sensor detects a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, the second circuitry sends, to the information processing apparatus, information of at least one of location information measured by the GPS receiver, image information captured by the imager, and smoke information detected by the smoke sensor; the first circuitry is further configured to: specify a location and scale of the occurrence of fire based the information sent from the mobile object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein the second circuitry is further configured to: specify a location of the mobile object; receive information about the designated area sent from the information processing apparatus; and control the movement of the one or more mobile object in the designated area based on the location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the one or more mobile objects include at least one unmanned flying mobile object and at least one unmanned ground mobile object, and the at least one unmanned flying mobile object and the at least one unmanned ground mobile object communicate with each other when within a predetermined distance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the one or more mobile objects include at least one unmanned flying mobile object and at least one unmanned ground mobile object, and the at least one unmanned flying mobile object and the at least one unmanned ground mobile object comprise circuitry configured to: specify a location of the at least one unmanned flying mobile object or the at least one unmanned ground mobile object; and send location information indicating the location to the information processing apparatus, the first circuitry is further configured to: control a position of the at least one unmanned flying mobile object or the at least one unmanned ground mobile object based on the location information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the first circuitry is further configured to: determine the designated area to designate the search for the at least one mobile object based on a predetermined algorithm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the occurrence of the event is an occurrence of fire, and the first circuitry is further configured to: generate a fire response plan and a route for executing the fire response plan in response to the notification of the occurrence of the fire. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, further comprising; a user interface to operate the at least one mobile object. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile object control system of claim 1, wherein: the one or more mobile objects include at least one of an unmanned flying mobile object and an unmanned ground mobile object. ### Claim 14 An information processing apparatus communicable with one or more mobile objects, and for controlling the one or more mobile objects, comprising: first circuitry configured to: store area information including past event occurrence history information of an area to be searched by the one or more mobile objects and weather information regarding the area; determine a designated area to search based on the area information and the weather information; control a movement of at least one of the one or more mobile objects based on the designated area; receive information about an occurrence of an event detected while the at least one mobile object is moving in the designated area, sent from the at least one mobile object; and in case that the information is received, notify the occurrence of the event to administrator. ### Claim 15 A mobile object for communicating with an information processing device via a network and operated under the control of an information processing apparatus, comprising: circuitry configured to: specify a location of the mobile object; control the movement of the mobile object based on the location information in response to an instruction based on a designated area determined by the information processing apparatus based on area information including past event occurrence history information of an area to be searched and weather information regarding the area; detect an occurrence of an event while the mobile object is moving in the designated area; and send a notification in case that the occurrence of the event is detected.