Vehicle Dispatch Boarding Location Determination Using Recognition Difficulty
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Solution Overview
Problem
In station-free vehicle dispatch services, users struggle to recognize boarding locations due to the absence of physical landmarks, leading to incorrect arrival at designated pick-up or drop-off points.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle dispatch service boarding location determination method that uses a vehicle dispatch information data server to calculate boarding location candidates based on position information and map data, prioritizing recognition difficulty by considering visible targets and their positional relationships, to select a boarding location with low recognition difficulty.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If station-free vehicle dispatch service is implemented allowing passengers to be picked up and dropped off anywhere, then service flexibility and coverage are improved, but user ability to recognize and correctly arrive at boarding location deteriorates due to absence of physical landmarks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces peripheral targets (landmarks, POIs) as intermediary reference objects between the boarding location and the user. These peripheral targets serve as mediators that users can visually identify and use for navigation to the boarding location, solving the recognition problem in station-free services without limiting service flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent shifts from relying on the boarding location itself as the reference (one-dimensional point) to using peripheral targets in the surrounding environment (two-dimensional area with visual characteristics). This dimensional shift allows users to recognize locations through familiar landmarks rather than abstract coordinates
2Device complexity
If boarding location is determined solely by user request position without considering recognition difficulty, then system complexity is reduced, but user arrival accuracy at boarding location deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of boarding location candidates by calculating recognition difficulty indices before final selection. This preliminary action assesses peripheral target information and positional relationships to predict user recognition ease, ensuring accurate arrival before the user even begins navigation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces simple geometric proximity calculations with a more sophisticated recognition difficulty evaluation system that considers semantic information about peripheral targets, their visibility, and spatial relationships, substituting basic mechanical positioning with intelligent assessment
3Measurement precision
If multiple boarding location candidates are evaluated based on peripheral target information, then user arrival accuracy is improved, but calculation time and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system evaluates multiple boarding location candidates partially by considering only the most relevant peripheral targets and key positional relationships rather than exhaustively analyzing all possible factors. This partial evaluation maintains sufficient accuracy while reducing computational burden and time consumption
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle dispatch service boarding location determination method uses a vehicle dispatch information data server and a terminal to determine a boarding location for a dispatched vehicle based on a vehicle dispatch request from the terminal. When there is a vehicle dispatch request, position information of a vehicle dispatch request point is acquired. Boarding location candidates present in a periphery of the vehicle dispatch request point are calculated based on the position information point and map information. A boarding location recognition difficulty, which is a difficulty for the user in recognizing the boarding location candidate as a boarding location, is calculated for each of the boarding location candidates. A boarding location candidate for which the boarding location recognition difficulty is low among the boarding location candidates is determined as the boarding location where the user will be picked up by the dispatched vehicle.