Battery Collection Intermediary for Targeted Replacement Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current battery collection methods are inefficient and costly due to direct user interaction, which increases the burden on battery reuse and recycling agents, and existing technologies do not consider the information on batteries collected by replacement stations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method that involves a battery collection intermediary acquiring and analyzing information on batteries collected by collection bases and target batteries, determining collectability, specifying users who own target batteries, and recommending replacement with incentives to improve collection efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If battery collection is performed through direct user interaction, then battery collection can be achieved, but collection costs increase and operational burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a battery collection intermediary that acts as a mediator between collection bases and users. The intermediary acquires collection status information from multiple bases and user battery information, then determines optimal collection strategies. This intermediary system reduces the operational burden on individual bases and lowers collection costs by centralizing the matching and coordination functions.
2Productivity
If battery collection considers only user-owned batteries, then user-specific collection can be achieved, but overall collection efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges collection status information from multiple collection bases with user battery information in a centralized intermediary system. By combining these previously separate information sources, the system can comprehensively determine whether target batteries are collectable by considering both base availability and user ownership, thereby improving overall collection efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where collection status information from bases is continuously acquired and updated in the intermediary. This feedback loop allows the system to make real-time decisions about battery collectability and adjust collection strategies based on current base availability and user battery status.
3Reliability
If battery collection does not consider base-collected batteries, then simple collection processes are maintained, but collection effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary serves as a mediator that processes the complex information matching between base-collected batteries and user-owned batteries. By offloading this complex information processing to the intermediary, individual bases can maintain simple collection processes while the system as a whole achieves high collection effectiveness through comprehensive information analysis.
Data Source
AI summary
A server 2 acquires collection state information on a battery 11 that is collected by a collection base 30 and acquires collection target information on a target battery to be collected. When it is determined that the target battery is not collectable from the collection base 30 based on the collection state information and the collection target information, the server acquires user battery information on a battery 11 owned by each of one or more users, and outputs recommendation information for recommending replacement of the target battery at the collection base 30 to a user terminal 6 that is used by each of one or more target users, the target users being identified based on the user battery information.