Layered Mobility Hub Layout for Seamless Air-Ground-Water Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobility systems require separate terminals for transferring between ground, water, and air vehicles, leading to inefficiencies in passenger movement and vehicle management.
Innovation Solution
A mobility vehicle hub with interconnected layers for air, ground, and water vehicles, featuring a water layer for water mobility vehicles, a ground layer for ground mobility vehicles, and a port layer with take-off/landing pads for air vehicles, allowing vehicles to move between layers through an internal space for seamless conversion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate terminals are used for ground, water, and air vehicles, then each vehicle type can be managed independently, but passenger transfer between vehicle types requires multiple separate terminals and is inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines separate terminals for ground vehicles, water vehicles, and air vehicles into a single integrated mobility hub. The hub includes a ground layer with ground vehicle terminal, a water layer with water vehicle terminal, and a port layer with air vehicle terminal, all interconnected through elevation passages. This merging allows passengers to transfer between different vehicle types within one facility, eliminating the need to visit multiple separate terminals.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces vertical dimensionality by stacking different vehicle terminals on separate layers (ground layer, water layer, port layer) and connecting them through elevation passages. This vertical arrangement allows simultaneous access to multiple vehicle types without horizontal separation, transforming the traditional horizontal layout into a three-dimensional structure that improves transfer efficiency.
2Productivity
If multiple separate terminals are used for different vehicle types, then each terminal can be optimized for its specific vehicle, but overall passenger movement and vehicle management become inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple vehicle management systems into a single integrated hub that can manage ground vehicles, water vehicles, and air vehicles simultaneously. The unified structure allows centralized coordination and reduces the time passengers spend moving between separate terminals, thereby improving overall productivity and reducing transfer time.
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging vehicle terminals on different vertical layers and connecting them via elevation passages, the patent enables rapid vertical transit between vehicle types. This three-dimensional configuration reduces horizontal travel distances and allows parallel operation of multiple vehicle systems, improving both management efficiency and reducing passenger transfer time.
3Loss of time
If a single integrated hub is created for all vehicle types, then passenger transfer becomes convenient and rapid, but the structural complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the complexity issue by utilizing vertical space through multiple stacked layers (ground layer, water layer, port layer) connected by elevation passages. This vertical arrangement consolidates what would otherwise require large horizontal footprints into a compact three-dimensional structure, reducing overall space requirements while maintaining rapid transfer capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated hub is segmented into distinct functional layers, each dedicated to specific vehicle types (ground vehicles on ground layer, water vehicles on water layer, air vehicles on port layer). This segmentation allows each layer to be optimized independently while maintaining overall integration through the elevation passage system, managing structural complexity through modular design.
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AI summary
A mobility vehicle hub configured to function as a terminal for an air mobility vehicle, a ground mobility vehicle, or a water mobility vehicle, includes a plurality of layers through a combination of: a water layer connected to the surface of water and having an entrance for a water mobility vehicle; a port layer having a take-off and landing pad for an air mobility vehicle; or a ground layer configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for a ground mobility vehicle, wherein an elevation passage is provided between the layers, the elevation passage has an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the mobility vehicle hub, the internal space is connected to each of the water, port and ground layers, and the air mobility vehicle, the ground mobility vehicle, or the water mobility vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.