Patent ID: 8467948

Claim:
An omnidirectional moving body operation system comprising: an omnidirectional moving body; and an operation device that communicates with the omnidirectional moving body and operates the omnidirectional moving body, wherein: the operation device includes a manipulated variable generator that generates a manipulated variable which is a manipulated vector related to a movement of a base body provided in the omnidirectional moving body, and a manipulated variable transmitter that transmits the manipulated variable generated by the manipulated variable generator; the omnidirectional moving body includes the base body, a drive portion that is connected to the base body and is capable of omnidirectionally driving the base body on a driving surface, a manipulated variable receiver that receives the manipulated variable transmitted by the manipulated variable transmitter, and a drive control unit that controls the drive portion by using the manipulated variable received by the manipulated variable receiver; the omnidirectional moving body operation system further comprises a detector that detects the relative relationship between a direction of the omnidirectional moving body and a direction of the operation device, and a manipulated variable converter that converts the manipulated variable from a coordinate system used in the operation device to a coordinate system used in the omnidirectional moving body based on the relative relationship between the direction of the omnidirectional moving body detected by the detector and the direction of the operation device.