Autonomous Vehicle Allocation Using Spare-Time Task Reassignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle allocation systems for autonomously-driven vehicles are inefficient as they only allocate vehicles for tasks of a single business, failing to optimize the use of multiple vehicles across multiple entities and services.
Innovation Solution
A service system with a common server that manages map and building data, allowing multiple autonomously-driven vehicles to perform tasks for multiple entities by prioritizing primary entities and reallocating vehicles based on spare time, enabling efficient allocation and operation across different services without interrupting primary tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a vehicle allocation system is designed for a single business, then the service quality for that business is ensured, but the vehicle operation efficiency deteriorates due to underutilization during spare time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by enabling vehicles to perform tasks for multiple entities. The operating status database stores information about primary entities and other entities, allowing a single vehicle to be allocated to different entities based on task availability and spare time, thus improving overall vehicle utilization while maintaining service quality for the primary entity
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts vehicle allocation based on real-time operating status. When a vehicle finishes a task for the primary entity, the server checks the operating status database to determine if the vehicle can perform tasks for other entities within the spare time window, creating a dynamic allocation system that adapts to changing conditions
2Productivity
If vehicles are reallocated to perform tasks of multiple entities, then the vehicle operation efficiency is improved, but the service reliability for the primary entity may deteriorate due to potential interference
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial actions by allocating vehicles to other entities only during spare time periods when no primary entity tasks are scheduled. The server compares the spare time duration with the required time duration for other entity tasks, ensuring that reallocation does not interfere with primary entity service requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The operating status database provides feedback about vehicle availability and task schedules. The server continuously monitors the operating status to determine whether vehicles can be reallocated without affecting primary entity services, using this feedback to make informed allocation decisions that balance efficiency and reliability
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AI summary
A service system includes a common server and multiple vehicles in communication with the common server to travel autonomously. Each vehicle performs tasks of multiple entities by cooperating with the common server. The common server includes an operating status database in which an operating status of each vehicle and a primary entity which has priority to use all or part of the vehicles are associated with each other. When one of the vehicles finishes a task of the primary entity, the common server determines whether the vehicle can perform another task of an entity other than the primary entity by checking the operating status database, and if determining so, performs the task of the other entity by cooperating with the vehicle.