Baggage Locker Route Planning for Fast Abnormality Resolution
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage devices, such as lockers, can become unusable or uncomfortable due to odors or dirt, leading to delays and reduced profitability when abnormalities occur, as existing solutions do not efficiently address these issues in a timely manner.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that generates a vehicle route passing through a predetermined area where the locker can be quickly cleaned, allowing for immediate resolution of issues without significant detours, thus minimizing downtime and maintaining operational efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the vehicle takes a direct route between deposit point and pick-up point, then the travel time and fuel consumption are minimized, but when an abnormality occurs in the storage device, the time to reach the resolution location increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates multiple candidate routes including detour routes that pass through predetermined areas with resolution locations. When an abnormality occurs, the system can immediately switch to an appropriate detour route without needing to calculate a new route from scratch, thus quickly resolving the abnormality while minimizing additional fuel consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The route selection is made dynamic based on the occurrence of abnormalities. The system maintains multiple pre-calculated routes and selectively activates detour routes only when abnormalities are detected, allowing the vehicle to operate efficiently on direct routes during normal conditions and switch to detour routes when needed.
2Productivity
If the vehicle always takes detour routes to pass through predetermined areas with resolution locations, then the time to resolve abnormalities is reduced, but the overall travel time and fuel consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares multiple candidate routes in advance, including both direct and detour options. This preliminary preparation allows the system to select the most appropriate route based on real-time conditions, ensuring operational efficiency without unnecessarily increasing travel time when abnormalities do not occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The route selection dynamically adapts to operational needs. During normal operations, the system selects direct routes to minimize travel time. When abnormalities are detected, the system dynamically switches to pre-prepared detour routes that pass through predetermined areas, thus maintaining high productivity without sacrificing overall travel efficiency.
3Reliability
If the storage device is cleaned immediately when an abnormality occurs, then the quality of the storage environment is maintained, but the vehicle must deviate from its current route causing increased travel time
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-identifies and stores multiple resolution locations and associated detour routes in advance. When an abnormality occurs, the vehicle can immediately navigate to the nearest predetermined resolution location using the pre-prepared route, ensuring quick restoration of storage environment quality without significant travel time penalty.
Solution Approach 2:
The predetermined areas with resolution locations act as intermediaries between the deposit/pick-up points and the final destination. By routing through these predetermined areas, the system ensures that resolution locations are accessible while maintaining a balance between storage environment quality and travel efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
An abnormality is more quickly resolved when the abnormality occurs in a storage device. An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a controller configured to control a vehicle with the storage device mounted thereon in which a user is able to deposit or pick up baggage, wherein the controller generates a route for the vehicle before an occurrence of a predetermined event so that the route passes through a deposit point of the baggage or a pick-up point of the baggage and a predetermined area including a predetermined location where the predetermined event is able to be resolved if the predetermined event related to storage of the baggage occurs in the storage device.