Composite Travel Routes for Parking and Transit Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation systems fail to provide a seamless travel route that combines vehicle travel to a distant parking facility and subsequent transportation service to a destination, leading to user dissatisfaction due to increased waiting time and procedural complications.
Innovation Solution
A travel route recommendation system that suggests a composite route combining a first vehicle route to a parking facility and a second transportation service route to the destination, allowing for reservations and priority-based recommendations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a distant parking facility is used with transportation service, then parking availability is improved, but waiting time and procedural complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring parking facility information and transportation service information before the user makes a decision. It pre-calculates composite routes combining vehicle travel to the parking facility and subsequent transportation service, and automatically makes reservations for the transportation service, thereby reducing waiting time and procedural complexity when the user actually needs to travel.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a distant parking facility is used with transportation service, then parking availability is improved, but procedural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions into a unified travel route recommendation system. It combines parking facility information acquisition, transportation service information acquisition, composite route calculation (vehicle route + transportation service route), and reservation making into a single integrated system that automatically handles the entire process, thereby reducing procedural complexity for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically acquiring necessary information, calculating optimal composite routes, and making reservations without requiring manual user intervention in each step. The system autonomously manages the complexity of coordinating parking facilities and transportation services, presenting the user with simplified travel route options.
3Loss of time
If nearby parking facility is used, then waiting time is reduced, but parking availability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines the optimal parking facility location based on real-time information about parking availability, fees, and transportation service options. It flexibly adjusts the travel route by considering both nearby parking facilities and distant ones with transportation services, adapting the recommendation to current conditions rather than sticking to a fixed approach.
Data Source
AI summary
Input of destination information is received from a user. Information on a parking facility to be a candidate when moving to a destination and information on a transportation service for transporting between arbitrary points are acquired. Based on the acquired information, information including a candidate of a composite route combining a first route for moving from a destination to a parking facility by using a vehicle and a second route for moving from the parking facility to the destination by using a transportation service is generated, and the information is output to a user interface. When the input for selecting the composite route is received from the user, the composite route is set as the travel route and the use reservation of the transportation service is performed.