Carpooling Support System for User Burden Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing carpooling support methods do not effectively reduce the burden on users who need support when using vehicle allocation services, especially when a staff member is not provided, as they do not account for cooperative relationships between users in vehicle allocation plans.
Innovation Solution
A carpooling support system that generates vehicle allocation plan candidates based on user requests, transmits support requests to operation terminals, acquires support availability data, and records this information to associate vehicle allocation plans with support availability, reflecting user cooperation and reducing user burden.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a vehicle allocation plan is generated without considering user cooperation, then the allocation process is simple and fast, but the burden on users who need support is not reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by generating vehicle allocation plan candidates that incorporate support relationships before final allocation. The support relationship information is collected and integrated in advance during the candidate generation phase, allowing the system to pre-identify suitable supporters and support recipients, thereby reducing user burden during the actual allocation process without requiring complex real-time coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism through the vehicle allocation management device that mediates between users needing support and potential supporters. This intermediary automatically manages the support relationships, matches users based on their support needs and availability, and coordinates allocations, thereby reducing direct user-to-user complexity while achieving burden reduction through automated intermediary coordination.
2Ease of operation
If support relationships between users are integrated into vehicle allocation plans, then user burden is reduced, but the complexity of generating allocation plans increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the vehicle allocation process into distinct phases: collecting support relationship information, generating allocation plan candidates based on this information, and finalizing allocations. By dividing the complex process into manageable segments, the system can handle support relationship integration systematically without overwhelming complexity at any single stage, while still achieving reduced user burden through coordinated planning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters in the allocation plan generation process by incorporating support relationship data as additional constraints and optimization criteria. This includes considering user availability, support capacity, and preference attributes when generating candidates. By adjusting these parameters during candidate generation, the system reduces user burden through better-matched allocations without requiring fundamental changes to the overall system architecture.
3Reliability
If multiple allocation plan candidates are generated considering support needs, then better matching is achieved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary filtering and pre-processing of support relationship information before generating multiple allocation plan candidates. By pre-identifying compatible user pairs based on support needs and availability, the system reduces the search space for candidate generation, thereby maintaining high allocation quality through multiple candidates while minimizing the time penalty associated with processing them.
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AI summary
A carpooling support method, a carpooling support device, and a carpooling support system generate a vehicle allocation plan candidate of a vehicle for a first user (supporter), based on a vehicle allocation request, transmits a support request for the first user to consent to a predetermined support for a second user (support recipient) of the vehicle, to an operation terminal, acquire a support availability data from the operation terminal, where the support availability data indicating whether consent to the predetermined support is possible, and record the vehicle allocation plan candidate and the support availability data in association with each other.