Dynamic Bus Stop Positioning for On-Demand Transit
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Solution Overview
Problem
On-demand bus users face anxiety when waiting at locations without designated waiting areas, as it is unclear whether others gathered are also bus users or have different intentions, making it difficult to determine if they are boarding at the same bus stop.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and system that transmits user information related to boarding intentions from dynamically set bus stops, including attributes like gender or age groups, to user devices, allowing users to identify fellow passengers and dynamically adjust bus stop positions if necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user information is transmitted to user apparatuses, then user convenience and reassurance are improved, but system complexity and information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server apparatus acts as an intermediary between the bus operation management system and user apparatuses. It collects boarding requests from multiple users, determines dynamic bus stop positions, identifies users boarding from the same location, and transmits relevant user information (such as gender and age group) to appropriate user apparatuses. This intermediary approach simplifies the overall system architecture while enabling convenient information sharing among users.
2Ease of operation
If dynamic bus stop positioning is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but difficulty in detecting and measuring boarding locations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by transmitting user information back to user apparatuses based on their boarding requests. When users submit boarding requests, the server determines the dynamic bus stop position, identifies other users boarding from the same location, and sends relevant information (gender, age group) to the users' apparatuses. This feedback loop enables users to understand who else is boarding at their selected location, reducing anxiety and improving convenience without requiring complex real-time location tracking infrastructure.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: transmitting user information to one or more user apparatuses associated with one or more first users, the user information being information related to the one or more first users who intend to board a bus operated on demand from a first point set as a boarding and alighting point for the bus.