Cooperative Mobile Units for Multi-User Park Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile unit systems fail to adequately support users in large areas like amusement parks, as they cannot simultaneously provide assistance at multiple locations or to multiple users, limiting user freedom and enjoyment due to the need for multiple high-functionality units.
Innovation Solution
A mobile unit system comprising a high-functionality first unit and a smaller, lower-functionality second unit that can cooperate to provide support at multiple locations, reducing the number of high-functionality units required and enhancing user experience through emotional attachment and efficient operation modes like split, agent, and solo modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple high-functionality mobile units are deployed to provide simultaneous support at multiple locations, then user support coverage is improved, but system cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile unit is divided into two functional types: a first mobile unit with high functionality (baggage transportation, user transportation, payment processing) and a second mobile unit with lower functionality (companion and monitoring functions). This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive support coverage using fewer high-cost units while supplementing them with more economical lower-functionality units.
Solution Approach 2:
The second mobile unit, while having lower functionality, provides universal companion and monitoring services that complement the first mobile unit. This multi-functionality approach allows a single first mobile unit to effectively support multiple users through coordination with second mobile units, reducing the total number of high-functionality units needed.
2Device complexity
If a single high-functionality mobile unit serves multiple users, then system cost is reduced, but the ability to provide simultaneous support at different locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The second mobile unit acts as an intermediary between the first mobile unit and additional users. It enables the first mobile unit to extend its support capability to multiple users by providing local companion functions and relaying information, thus allowing simultaneous support at different locations without requiring multiple high-functionality units.
3Device complexity
If only one type of mobile unit is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but the ability to provide differentiated support functions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different mobile units are assigned different functional qualities based on local needs: the first mobile unit provides high-value services (baggage handling, transportation, payments) where intensive support is needed, while second mobile units provide companion and monitoring functions. This local quality differentiation optimizes the support function for each user context while maintaining overall system simplicity.
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AI summary
A mobile unit system is lent to a user group consisting of at least one user in a park. The mobile unit system includes a first mobile unit configured to support an activity of the at least one user; and a second mobile unit configured to cooperate with the first mobile unit. The second mobile unit is smaller in size and has lower functionality than the first mobile unit. The first mobile unit has at least one of a baggage transportation function, a user transportation function, and a payment processing function.