Control Apparatus for Reducing Waiting Time Periods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in reducing waiting time periods effectively, particularly when users travel faster than expected, leading to uncertainty in avoiding waiting times.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus and method that acquire route and travel information to detect waiting points and output deceleration information, prompting users to slow down and delay their arrival within a waiting time period, thereby reducing waiting times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users travel at expected speed, then arrival time is predictable, but waiting time periods cannot be avoided when users move more quickly than expected
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus performs preliminary detection of waiting points along the user's route before the user reaches them. By acquiring route information and travel information in advance, the system identifies potential waiting points where waiting time periods would occur, allowing it to proactively provide deceleration information to the user before the waiting situation arises.
Solution Approach 2:
The route is segmented into sections with identified waiting points along the way. The control apparatus divides the overall journey into manageable segments, detecting specific locations where waiting time periods are likely to occur, and providing targeted deceleration guidance for each segment rather than treating the entire route as a single unit.
2Loss of time
If users decelerate to delay arrival at waiting points, then waiting time periods are reduced, but arrival time becomes less predictable
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus continuously acquires updated travel information from the user device, including actual travel speed and position. Based on this feedback, the system recalculates the user's progress along the route and adjusts deceleration guidance accordingly, providing real-time updates that help users maintain predictable arrival times while still reducing waiting time periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The deceleration guidance is made dynamic rather than static. The control apparatus adjusts deceleration information based on the user's actual travel status, modifying guidance as the user's speed and position change. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain arrival time predictability while adapting to varying user travel patterns.
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AI summary
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route information indicating a route on which a user is to travel, and travel information indicating a travel status of the user, detect, based on the acquired route information and the acquired travel information, a waiting point on the route, at which a waiting time period for the user is to occur, and output deceleration information for prompting the user to decelerate to delay, within a range of the waiting time period, arrival of the user at the detected waiting point.