Interactive Container Placement Map for Accurate Truck Delivery

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenges of delivering and placing on-site containers, such as storage and refuse containers, are exacerbated by spatial misestimation, door orientation confusion, and varying regulatory guidelines, leading to inefficiencies and safety hazards.

Innovation Solution

An interactive container placement system using a map module with dispatcher and customer interfaces, enabling precise adjustment of container and truck markers, real-time database updates, and customizable visualization tools to clarify delivery requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If customers provide placement instructions via email or marked locations, then the delivery process can proceed without customer presence, but the accuracy and reliability of container placement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomer convenienceVSAvoidplacement accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a digital copy of the physical placement location through an interactive map interface. Customers can visually select and confirm the exact placement location on a digital map, which then generates precise coordinates and orientation data. This digital copy ensures accurate placement instructions are transmitted to the driver without requiring customer presence during delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop where customers can review the displayed placement location and orientation on the interactive map, make adjustments if necessary, and confirm the final placement instructions. This ensures both convenience and accuracy by allowing customers to verify the digital representation matches their intended placement requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the system provides detailed visualization tools for container and truck placement, then the precision of delivery requirements improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery requirement precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interactive map interface serves multiple functions: it displays the placement location, shows the container representation with orientation indicators, visualizes the truck position and dimensions, and provides controls for adjusting both. This multi-functional approach achieves high precision delivery requirements through a single unified interface rather than multiple separate systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the container placement visualization and truck position visualization into a single integrated map interface. Both representations interact with the same coordinate system and can be adjusted simultaneously, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining detailed precision for both container placement and truck positioning requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the map module allows independent adjustment of container marker and truck marker, then the flexibility of placement configuration improves, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplacement configuration flexibilityVSAvoiduser interaction simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements dynamic linkage between the container marker and truck marker adjustments. When the user adjusts the container marker position or orientation, the truck marker automatically repositions to maintain the correct spatial relationship and delivery configuration. This dynamic behavior provides placement configuration flexibility while simplifying operation by eliminating the need for manual truck positioning.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses an intermediary mechanism that automatically calculates and maintains the spatial relationship between container and truck representations. This intermediary logic handles the complex coordination between the two markers, allowing users to focus on container placement while the system manages truck positioning based on the established spatial relationship.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250308158A1Interactive Container Placement in a Map Module

Publication Date: 2025.10.02 EATON JR WILLIAM JAMES

AI summary

This invention introduces an innovative system and method for integrated virtual container placement and truck visualization within a map module, tailored for container rental and delivery services. The system empowers customers to adjust container position and orientation via a user-friendly map interface, enhancing precision and efficiency in placement. Key technical advancements include the seamless integration of virtual container placement and truck visualization functionalities within a single map module, leading to improved operational efficiency and reduced errors. The principle use of the system is to facilitate accurate virtual container placement according to customer preferences, optimizing delivery logistics in container rental and delivery services.