3D Virtual Map Interface for Coordinating Multiple Moving Bodies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to efficiently manage and coordinate the operations of multiple autonomous moving bodies in complex environments, particularly in spaces difficult for humans to access, due to challenges in real-time monitoring and control of their positions, states, and task execution.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that utilizes a virtual map to integrate the positions and states of multiple moving bodies, allowing operators to monitor and manage their operations through a display unit, with features for issuing commands and prioritizing tasks based on state information and task execution timing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple autonomous moving bodies operate in complex environments, then task execution capability is improved, but real-time monitoring and control difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual map that is a digital copy of the real environment, representing the positions and states of multiple moving bodies. This virtual representation allows operators to monitor and control all bodies simultaneously without direct complexity from each individual body, resolving the contradiction between enhanced task execution capability and increased monitoring difficulty.
2Loss of information
If operators monitor all moving bodies in detail, then situation awareness is improved, but information processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information presentation by displaying different types of information (position, state, task progress) in an organized manner on the virtual map. This segmentation allows operators to maintain comprehensive situation awareness while avoiding information overload, as each moving body's data is systematically divided and presented rather than displayed as undifferentiated complex data.
3Productivity
If the system integrates comprehensive state information, then task coordination efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual map serves as an intermediary between the complex underlying system state and the operator's perception. It integrates comprehensive information about multiple moving bodies' positions, states, and task progress while presenting this information in a simplified, unified visual interface, thereby improving task coordination efficiency without proportionally increasing perceived system complexity.
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AI summary
Provided is an information processing apparatus in which a processor executes acquiring a virtual map that is three-dimensional and corresponds to a real space in which a plurality of moving bodies move, the virtual map including an initial position and a destination position of movement of the moving body, acquiring position information regarding a position of each of the plurality of moving bodies and state information regarding a state of each of the plurality of moving bodies in the real space, and causing the state information of each of the plurality of moving bodies to be displayed at a position, on the virtual map, corresponding to the position of each of the plurality of moving bodies.