Autonomous Tricycle Transport for Self-Parking Urban Mobility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing 2-wheel electric scooters face issues such as haphazard abandonment, user injuries, regulatory challenges, and high operational costs, which hinder their adoption in urban transportation.

Innovation Solution

An autonomous urban transport vehicle (AUTV) with a tricycle design, equipped with sensors, controllers, and energy management systems, capable of operating in autonomous and manual modes, adhering to local ordinances, and featuring a robust frame structure with tilt axis independence and biasing mechanisms for stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If 2-wheel electric scooters are deployed for urban transportation, then personal transportation market penetration is improved, but user safety and public convenience deteriorate due to haphazard abandonment and improper use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonal transportation market penetrationVSAvoiduser injuries and public inconvenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The AUTV autonomously relocates itself to designated parking areas after completing rides, eliminating the need for human intervention in parking management and preventing haphazard abandonment on sidewalks and building doorways

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual scooter handling with an autonomous vehicle system that uses sensors, processors, and automated controls to detect ride completion, navigate to parking areas, and park itself properly, substituting human mechanical interaction with automated electronic control systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Use of energy by moving object

If business models implement fees for recharging and relocating scooters, then operational costs increase, but scooter availability and user convenience worsen

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational costs for charging and relocationVSAvoidscooter availability and user convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Use of energy by moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The AUTV autonomously monitors its own energy levels, navigates to charging areas, and recharges itself without human intervention, eliminating the need for users to pay fees for relocation and recharging services

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The energy management processor proactively monitors battery charge levels and autonomously navigates to charging areas before the scooter becomes unavailable, ensuring continuous availability without user intervention or additional costs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Object-affected harmful factors

If ordinances regulate electric scooter use with speed limits and parking restrictions, then public safety is improved, but operational flexibility and productivity deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepublic safety through regulationVSAvoidoperational flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The autonomous mode processor continuously receives feedback from sensors about the vehicle's environment, location, and operational status, automatically adjusting speed and navigation to comply with regulatory requirements while maintaining operational efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The controller system serves multiple functions including autonomous navigation, regulatory compliance monitoring, energy management, and parking enforcement, allowing a single system to handle both safety regulations and operational flexibility requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12534109B2Autonomous urban transport vehicle

Publication Date: 2026.01.27 MCLEAN RYAN

AI summary

An autonomous urban transport vehicle (AUTV) to transport a user, including a tricycle including brakes and steering and a controller. The controller includes an autonomous mode processor to control the brakes and steering when the AUTV is in an autonomous mode. The controller also includes a manual mode processor to control manual mode functions of the AUTV when the AUTV is in a manual mode. The manual mode functions are exclusive of actuation of the brakes and steering.