Dispatch Management Device for Vehicle Discomfort Tolerance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle dispatch management systems do not effectively account for the varying degrees of discomfort that users may induce, leading to inefficient vehicle allocation.

Innovation Solution

A dispatch management device that compares the discomfort tolerance of each candidate vehicle with the discomfort influence degree of the user, determining the most suitable vehicle for dispatch based on this comparison.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If vehicle dispatch is based on general odor level criteria, then vehicles with acceptable odor levels can be dispatched, but the varying degrees of discomfort that different users may induce are not accounted for

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle suitability for different usersVSAvoiddispatch management system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary assessment of user discomfort influence degree before vehicle dispatch. By evaluating user characteristics and potential discomfort impact in advance, the system can pre-determine suitable vehicles, avoiding the need for complex real-time adjustments during dispatch operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a dynamic parameter (discomfort influence degree) that varies by user and vehicle combination. By changing the dispatch criteria from static odor level thresholds to dynamic parameter comparisons, the system adapts vehicle suitability assessments to individual user characteristics without requiring complete system redesign.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the system tracks and updates user discomfort influence degree based on user behavior, then more accurate vehicle matching is achieved, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvediscomfort assessment accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements partial tracking by monitoring only key user behaviors (smoking, eating, drinking) that significantly impact discomfort levels. By focusing on these specific partial actions rather than comprehensive behavior analysis, the system achieves sufficient measurement precision while limiting computational resource consumption to essential data points.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250191101A1Dispatch management device, dispatch management method, and dispatch management computer program

Publication Date: 2025.06.12 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

AI summary

The dispatch managing device includes a memory configured to store, for each of a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be dispatched, a discomfort tolerance indicating an allowable degree of discomfort for the candidate vehicle; and a processor configured to determine a candidate vehicle whose discomfort tolerance is higher than a discomfort influence degree indicating a degree of influence on discomfort which a user may induce while the user gets on any one of the plurality of candidate vehicles as a vehicle to be dispatched to the user.