Car Sharing Matching Logic for One-Way Rental Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional car sharing services are limited to round-trip models, where vehicles must be returned to their original location, preventing effective utilization during owner-unavailable times and restricting the use of one-way car sharing.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and storage medium that allow owners to set unavailable times and return locations for their vehicles, enabling the matching of user preferences for one-way car sharing by comparing and combining user conditions with owner conditions, including autonomous driving information to prioritize one-way car sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If round-trip car sharing is required with return to original location, then vehicle ownership control is maintained, but vehicle utilization efficiency deteriorates during owner-unavailable times
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the car sharing model based on owner availability status. When owners are unavailable, the system automatically permits one-way car sharing; when available, it can enforce round-trip requirements, making the service model flexible and adaptive to real-time conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of car sharing (from fixed round-trip to variable one-way or round-trip) based on the owner's availability status, allowing the service mode to be adjusted according to different time periods and owner conditions
2Productivity
If one-way car sharing is permitted with designated return location, then vehicle utilization efficiency improves, but vehicle return control becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by notifying owners of one-way rentals and automatically managing return logistics. The notification unit informs owners of the rental details, and the system tracks vehicle locations to ensure proper return, reducing the perceived complexity for both owners and users
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing device acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of one-way car sharing. It handles the matching of users with owners, manages return location assignments, and coordinates the entire one-way rental process, shielding both owners and users from the underlying complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous driving function is available, then one-way car sharing becomes more viable, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous driving function enables the vehicle to autonomously return to the designated location after one-way rental, eliminating the need for user intervention in the return process. The vehicle serves itself by navigating back to the specified destination, making one-way car sharing more practical and reducing operational complexity
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AI summary
An information processing device include: a first accepting unit that accepts, from an owner, setting of conditions for renting his or her vehicle; a second accepting unit that accepts, from each of a plurality of users, setting of preferred conditions for using a vehicle; and a selecting unit that combines two or more of the preferred conditions for using a vehicle, which include at least a preferred condition that the user wants to use the one-way car sharing, compares the combined two or more preferred conditions for using a vehicle with the conditions for renting the vehicle, and if the combined two or more preferred conditions for using a vehicle match the conditions for renting the vehicle, selects each user having set the preferred conditions that match the conditions for renting the vehicle as users permitted to use the vehicle.