Health Checkup Vehicle Parking Allocation Controller

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing health checkup technologies in vehicles lack convenience as they do not always allocate a place for health checkups in advance.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that accepts health checkup appointments, presents users with inquiry information about providing a parking place for vehicles equipped with health checkup equipment, and determines a parking place based on user replies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If health checkup appointments are accepted without advance parking place allocation, then the system operation is simple, but the convenience for users receives health checkups deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of health checkupVSAvoidsystem operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by allocating parking places in advance before the actual health checkup occurs. The controller determines and reserves parking spaces ahead of time based on appointment information, ensuring that when users arrive for their health checkups, parking places are already secured and ready for them. This preliminary allocation resolves the contradiction by improving user convenience without adding complex real-time operations during the checkup process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If parking places are allocated in advance, then the convenience of health checkups is improved, but the complexity of the appointment system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of health checkupVSAvoidappointment system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically determining and allocating parking places based on appointment information without requiring manual intervention. The controller autonomously processes appointment data, identifies suitable parking spaces, and reserves them, eliminating the need for complex manual coordination between users and system operators. This automation improves convenience while keeping the system manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If no parking place allocation is performed, then the system remains simple, but the reliability of health checkup service deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehealth checkup service reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary parking place allocation based on appointment information before the health checkup occurs. By determining and reserving parking spaces in advance, the system ensures reliable service delivery without requiring complex real-time coordination during the actual checkup process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from appointment information to dynamically determine appropriate parking places. The controller processes appointment data and uses this feedback to make informed decisions about parking allocations, ensuring that the right parking places are assigned to the right users at the right time, thereby improving service reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12288612B2Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2025.04.29 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to, upon accepting appointments for health checkups from users, present the users with inquiry information inquiring of each user whether to be able to provide a parking place for a vehicle equipped with equipment to be used for the health checkups, and determine a parking place based on replies from the users to an inquiry indicated by the inquiry information.