Battery Transport Plan Generation for Local Base Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery sharing services face inefficiencies in utilizing a limited number of batteries, leading to suboptimal deployment and utilization.
Innovation Solution
A transport plan generating device, method, and program that acquire use plan information to specify a nearby local base station for battery transport, generating a transport plan from a hub base station to the local base station where the battery is lent out to a user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If batteries are distributed to multiple local base stations, then battery availability for users is improved, but the efficiency of utilizing limited battery resources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The transport plan generating device performs preliminary actions by acquiring use plan information in advance, specifying nearby local base stations before batteries are needed, and generating transport plans proactively. This allows batteries to be positioned at optimal locations ahead of time, ensuring availability while maintaining efficient utilization through advance planning rather than reactive redistribution
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically acquiring use plan information, specifying appropriate local base stations, and generating transport plans without manual intervention. The hub base station autonomously determines which nearby local base stations should receive batteries based on stored location information and usage patterns, optimizing resource distribution through automated decision-making
2Reliability
If transport plans are generated for all possible locations, then battery availability is improved, but system complexity and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of generating transport plans for all possible locations uniformly, the system applies local quality by specifying nearby local base stations based on acquired use plan information. The transport plan generation is localized to areas where actual usage is anticipated, rather than distributing batteries uniformly across all locations. This reduces system complexity by focusing computational resources on relevant locations only
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary specification of nearby local base stations using stored location information before generating transport plans. By pre-identifying relevant destinations based on use plan information, the system avoids the computational burden of evaluating all possible locations, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining battery availability
Data Source
AI summary
A transport plan generating device 10, upon acquiring work plan information including information indicating the location of a worksite Cs where a work machine M is to be used, references a storage unit storing information indicating the location of each local base, identifies a nearby local base (local base Lb1), that is, a local base in the vicinity of the worksite Cs, generates a battery BAT transport plan with the nearby local base set as the transport destination, and presents the transport plan to an employee at a hub base Hb that serves as the transport origin.