Boarding Intention Detection for On-Demand Bus Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional technologies for managing bus services, such as on-demand buses, fail to efficiently determine user boarding intentions, leading to inefficient routes and reduced convenience for users due to complexities in reservation procedures and the potential for users to miss boarding opportunities.
Innovation Solution
A boarding intention determination device that acquires positional and behavioral data to assess whether a user intends to board a mobile object, such as an on-demand bus, by determining if the user is within a specific distance of a boarding spot and actively moving towards it, allowing for the setting of a virtual bus stop closer to the user's location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the service route is changed to go through a bus stop where a boarding request occurs, then user convenience is improved, but route efficiency deteriorates due to potential wasted trips when users forget to make reservations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of user boarding intention by monitoring positional relationships and behavior patterns before the user actually boards. This allows the system to predict and prepare for boarding requests in advance, distinguishing between genuine intentions and forgotten reservations, thereby optimizing route planning while maintaining user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user position and behavior information, providing feedback to determine whether a boarding request is genuine. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adjust service routes dynamically based on real-time boarding intentions, preventing wasted trips while ensuring users who intend to board are served
2Reliability
If a boarding reservation system is implemented, then service management is improved, but system complexity increases due to required user procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user boarding intentions by monitoring positional relationships and behavior patterns without requiring active user participation. Users simply need to be in the vicinity of the bus stop and exhibit boarding-like behaviors, and the system autonomously identifies and processes their boarding requests, eliminating complex reservation procedures while improving service management reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual reservation procedures with automated detection systems that monitor user position and behavior. This substitution eliminates the need for complex user-facing reservation interfaces and procedures, reducing system complexity from the user perspective while maintaining reliable service management through automated intention recognition
Data Source
AI summary
A boarding intention determination device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a positional relationship between boarding position information representing a boarding spot for boarding a mobile object and user position information representing a current position of a user. The determination unit determines whether the user has an intention to board the mobile object based on the positional relationship that is acquired by the acquisition unit and behavior information representing behaviors of the user.