Dynamic Vehicle Arrival Time Adjustment for Autonomous Boarding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often fail to arrive on time at the boarding point, causing vehicles to stop for extended periods, which obstructs traffic flow.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle management system that adjusts the arrival time of vehicles at the boarding point based on the user's and vehicle's current positions, using real-time position information and traffic data to minimize waiting times and optimize travel routes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the vehicle arrives at the boarding point according to the scheduled time, then the user can board the vehicle, but the vehicle may stop for a long time obstructing traffic flow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the vehicle arrival time flexible rather than fixed. The vehicle management device dynamically adjusts the arrival time based on real-time user position data, allowing the vehicle to arrive when the user is actually ready rather than adhering to a rigid schedule. This resolves the contradiction by making the timing adaptive to actual conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring the user's position information and using this data to adjust the vehicle's arrival time. The system receives position data from the user's terminal, compares it with the boarding point location, and automatically adjusts the arrival time accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures the vehicle arrives at the optimal time without causing traffic obstruction.
2Ease of operation
If the vehicle waits for the user at the boarding point, then the user can board comfortably, but traffic flow becomes obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having the vehicle adjust its arrival time in advance based on predicted user arrival at the boarding point. Instead of waiting idle at the boarding point, the system calculates the optimal arrival time considering the user's movement speed and direction, allowing the vehicle to arrive just as the user becomes ready to board. This eliminates unnecessary waiting while maintaining boarding convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the time parameter dynamically based on user position. Rather than maintaining a fixed arrival time or waiting duration, the system continuously adjusts the arrival time parameter based on real-time position information, user movement speed, and distance to the boarding point. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction between boarding convenience and traffic efficiency.
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AI summary
A vehicle management system comprising a server and a user terminal for managing a vehicle with an autonomous driving function, the terminal device includes a terminal communication unit which transmits a user position information indicating the user's present position to the server through telecommunications network, and the server communication unit that receives the vehicle location information indicating the present position of the vehicle and a vehicle management unit for setting a boarding point at which the user rides the vehicle and for managing traveling of the vehicle by adjusting, in accordance with the present position of the user and the position of the vehicle with respect to the boarding point, a time at which the vehicle arrives at the boarding point.