System, method, and computer program for mobile body management

Abstract

There is provided a management system for vehicles which can make it easier to introduce changes in the traveling path on the field. A management systemmanages travel of a vehicle by using a travel management apparatus. The vehicle includes a plurality of driving wheels to be driven by a plurality of motors, a drive unit to rotate the driving wheels, a first communication circuit which receives data representing a traveling path from the travel management apparatus, and a control circuit which causes the vehicle to travel along the traveling path. The travel management apparatus includes: an image displaying device; an input device; an image processing circuit which generates, when the input device accepts from a user a designation of a plurality of locations on the image displaying device, an image containing a plurality of marker objects indicating the plurality of locations; a signal processing circuit which 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, and 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 a second communication circuit which transmits data representing each set of coordinates in the space and the traveling path to the vehicle.