Autonomous Mobility Pickup Verification via Gesture and Server Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobility services face dissatisfaction when they cannot determine if the service vehicle provides the specific service they subscribe to, due to the presence of multiple operators offering mobility services.
Innovation Solution
A mobility system comprising autonomous mobile objects and a server that communicates with these objects. The system detects a traffic participant's position and gesture, determines if it's a stop request, and sends an inquiry signal to the server to confirm if the service vehicle provides the specific service subscribed by the user. The server determines this based on user position information and transmits a response signal to the mobile object, which performs an action accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple operators provide mobility services with different service vehicles, then service diversity and market competition are improved, but users cannot determine whether the service vehicle provides the specific service they subscribe to
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual identification methods where service vehicles display specific signs, lights, or visual indicators that change or differ based on the service type. This allows users to quickly identify whether a vehicle provides the specific service they subscribe to, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining service diversity across multiple operators
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary identification system between the user and the service vehicle. This intermediary consists of visual signs, lights, or communication devices that convey service information to users, enabling users to determine service compatibility without direct communication at the moment of encounter
2Device complexity
If service vehicles do not provide clear service identification, then device complexity is reduced, but user satisfaction deteriorates due to inability to verify service subscription
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the service identification function into separate, simple components such as display devices, lights, or communication modules. These segmented components can be independently implemented with varying levels of complexity, allowing basic identification functionality without requiring complex integrated systems in the vehicle
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual copies or representations of service information (such as displaying service IDs, subscription information, or operator logos) on the vehicle exterior or through communication devices. This copying approach provides sufficient identification capability without requiring the full service verification system to be present in the vehicle itself
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AI summary
A mobile object is configured to transmit, in response to a gesture of a traffic participant existing in the vicinity of the mobile object being a stop request, an inquiry signal including position information of the traffic participant to a server in order to confirm whether the mobile object provides a specific service to which the traffic participant who has performed the gesture is subscribed. The server is configured to determine, in response to receiving the inquiry signal, whether the traffic participant who made the gesture is one of users subscribed to the specific service and transmit an answer signal including a result of the determination to the mobile object. The mobile object is further configured to perform, in response to receiving the answer signal, an action according to a result of the determination included in the answer signal.