Medical Checkup Vehicle Dispatch Using Reservation And Boarding Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients without vehicles face difficulties in traveling to and from medical checkup locations that may not be easily accessible, necessitating technology to facilitate their transportation.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus that acquires reservation information and boarding positional data to generate a dispatch plan for a vehicle, ensuring seamless travel between a user's boarding position and the medical checkup site, utilizing reservation management systems and network connectivity to automate the dispatch process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If medical checkup equipment is installed in vehicles at locations that are not easily accessible, then the medical checkup service can be provided, but patients without vehicles face difficulty in traveling to and from the checkup location
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus acts as an intermediary system that connects patients without vehicles to medical checkup services. It automatically generates dispatch plans for transportation vehicles based on reservation information and boarding positional data, mediating between the patient's location and the medical checkup vehicle location to resolve the accessibility issue
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating dispatch plans before patients need to travel. By acquiring reservation information and boarding positional information in advance, the system prepares transportation arrangements proactively, eliminating the need for patients to manually arrange transport to medical checkup locations
2Ease of operation
If automatic vehicle dispatch planning is implemented based on reservation and positional information, then patient travel is facilitated, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus performs multiple functions within a single system: acquiring reservation information, acquiring boarding positional information, generating dispatch plans, and managing transportation coordination. This multi-functionality consolidates complex operations into one unified system, managing complexity through functional integration rather than proliferation of separate systems
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AI summary
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire reservation information including a reservation time of a medical checkup for a user and a site of the medical checkup, acquire boarding positional information indicating a boarding position of the user, and generate a dispatch plan for a vehicle, that the user boards to travel between the boarding position and the site, based on the reservation information and the boarding positional information.