Bus-Aware Light Vehicle Routing to Reduce Collision Risk
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing route guidance systems fail to account for the safety risks posed by on-demand buses to light vehicles like bicycles, particularly due to unpredictable routes and frequent stops, leading to potential collisions and safety hazards.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires operation information of on-demand buses and generates routes for light vehicles based on bus operation data, prioritizing road links with lower bus frequencies and stop frequencies to enhance safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional route guidance systems are used for light vehicles, then basic navigation functionality is provided, but safety risks from bus encounters and stops are not addressed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines bus operation information acquisition with the existing route guidance system for light vehicles. The controller integrates multiple functions including bus operation data acquisition, route calculation based on bus frequencies, and guidance provision, thereby improving safety without requiring entirely separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The route guidance system is designed to serve multiple purposes: providing basic navigation guidance to light vehicles while simultaneously optimizing routes to minimize encounters with buses. The system calculates routes based on bus operation frequencies and stop frequencies, making the system multi-functional in enhancing both navigation and safety.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If routes are generated without considering bus operation information, then route calculation is simpler and faster, but collision risks with buses increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary acquisition of bus operation information before calculating routes for light vehicles. By obtaining bus operation data in advance and pre-calculating bus frequencies and stop frequencies for each road link, the system prepares safety-critical data beforehand, enabling efficient route calculation that considers collision risks without real-time delays.
3Reliability
If bus operation information is acquired and analyzed, then safer routes can be generated, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential bus operation information needed for route safety, specifically bus frequencies and stop frequencies for each road link. Rather than processing all bus operation data, the controller selectively extracts and utilizes only the critical parameters required for calculating safe routes, reducing information processing load while maintaining safety improvements.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: acquiring operation information that is information related to operation of a bus; and generating a running route for a first vehicle that is a light vehicle on the basis of the operation information.