Dispatch Device for Ride-Sharing Transfer Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
In ride-sharing systems, passengers who exit a vehicle mid-journey face delays in reaching their destination as existing dispatch systems prioritize convenience for new occupants rather than minimizing transfer time to another vehicle.
Innovation Solution
A dispatch device that acquires location and load information for multiple vehicles, dispatches unfilled vehicles to ensure a predetermined number are nearby the operating vehicle, adjusting routes to keep unfilled vehicles within a threshold distance or time to minimize transfer delays for exiting passengers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If ride-sharing is implemented to improve vehicle utilization, then vehicle utilization rate is improved, but transfer time for exiting passengers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dispatch device proactively dispatches unfilled vehicles to locations where operating vehicles are likely to drop off passengers, before the actual drop-off occurs. This preliminary positioning of backup vehicles ensures that exiting passengers can transfer immediately without waiting, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining high vehicle utilization through ride-sharing and minimizing transfer time for exiting passengers.
2Loss of time
If unfilled vehicles are dispatched to follow operating vehicles, then transfer time for exiting passengers is reduced, but overall system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dispatch device continuously monitors the locations, speeds, and operational statuses of all vehicles in real-time, and dynamically adjusts the dispatch of unfilled vehicles based on this feedback. The system uses predicted drop-off locations and timing information from operating vehicles to intelligently position unfilled vehicles, thereby managing the increased system complexity through automated real-time monitoring and adaptive decision-making algorithms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple unfilled vehicles are positioned near operating vehicles, then availability for exiting passengers is improved, but travel distance for unfilled vehicles increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of positioning unfilled vehicles at all potential drop-off locations, the dispatch device strategically positions a sufficient number of unfilled vehicles at the most critical or high-probability drop-off locations. This partial action approach ensures adequate availability for exiting passengers at key locations without requiring unfilled vehicles to travel excessive distances to all possible destinations, thus balancing availability improvement with travel distance constraints.
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AI summary
A dispatch device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires, for each of a plurality of vehicles, location information indicating a location of the vehicle and loaded object information indicating a status of an object of transportation loaded on the vehicle and a vehicle dispatching unit that dispatches an unfilled vehicle that can carry an object of transportation so that a predetermined number or higher number of unfilled vehicles, are present around an operating vehicle that is carrying an object of transportation.