EV Charging Incentive Presentation With Verified Facility Usage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information provision methods for electric vehicle charging stations fail to effectively attract customers to commercial facilities, as users can receive coupons without actually using the charging services, leading to a disconnect between the installation of vehicle service facilities and customer attraction.
Innovation Solution
An information presentation system that includes a device for receiving vehicle location data, transmitting service and commercial facility data, and issuing incentives for using these facilities, ensuring that incentives are only provided after the vehicle service facility is used, thereby linking the use of charging facilities to customer attraction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If coupons are distributed to users regardless of charging facility usage, then user acquisition for commercial facilities is improved, but the effectiveness of charging facility installation in attracting customers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring whether users actually use the charging facilities through vehicle-to-facility communication. Usage data is transmitted back to the server, which then determines coupon distribution based on this feedback. This ensures that only users who utilize the charging service receive incentives, directly linking facility usage to reward distribution and eliminating the problem of distributing coupons to non-users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the incentive distribution mechanism to be conditional on facility usage. Before distributing any incentives, the system establishes the usage verification process and prepares the conditional distribution logic. This preliminary setup ensures that from the outset, only genuine charging users can receive incentives, maintaining the integrity of the attraction mechanism.
2Productivity
If incentives are distributed without verifying facility usage, then distribution cost and processing time are reduced, but customer attraction effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by enabling automatic verification of facility usage through direct communication between the vehicle and charging facility. The vehicle automatically transmits usage data to the server without requiring manual verification, and the server automatically processes this data to determine incentive eligibility. This automated self-verification process maintains high distribution efficiency while ensuring reliable attribution of incentives to actual users.
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AI summary
A receiving unit 16 for receiving vehicle location data indicating the vehicle location of a vehicle 20, a transmitting unit 15 for transmitting service facility data including location information of a vehicle service facility in the vicinity of the vehicle location or in the vicinity of a travel route of the vehicle 20 and commercial facility data including the location information of a commercial facility associated with the vehicle service facility, and an incentive issuing unit 14 for issuing an incentive to use the commercial facility are provided. The receiving unit 16 receives facility use data pertaining to the use of the vehicle service facility by the vehicle 20, and, upon receipt of the facility use data by the receiving unit, the incentive issuing unit 14 issues an incentive to the user or the vehicle.