Micro Mobility Fleet Reallocation Using Service Vehicle Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Micro mobility vehicles often run out of battery or require maintenance at inconvenient times, leading to user inconvenience and unavailability when demand is high, as existing systems lack real-time management and efficient redistribution mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A management system comprising a service vehicle with an accommodation slot for micro mobility vehicles and a management server that identifies locations and charging levels, guiding the service vehicle to collect or exchange micro mobility vehicles based on need, ensuring timely charging and maintenance, and reallocating them to high-demand areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If micro mobility vehicles are provided at train stations or bus stops for shared use, then user convenience is improved, but battery depletion and malfunction occur frequently leading to unavailability when demand is high
Solution Approach 1:
The management server continuously monitors the status of micro mobility vehicles including battery charge levels, location, and operational status. This real-time feedback enables the system to identify vehicles that need charging or maintenance and to redistribute vehicles based on actual usage patterns and demand, ensuring high availability when users need them
Solution Approach 2:
The service vehicle proactively collects micro mobility vehicles before they become completely depleted or malfunctioning, and performs charging and maintenance in advance. The system also pre-positiones vehicles at locations predicted to have high demand based on historical data and current requests, ensuring availability before users need them
2Ease of repair
If micro mobility vehicles are collected at predetermined time intervals, then battery replacement and maintenance can be performed, but vehicles remain unavailable during collection periods and cannot be redistributed to high-demand areas
Solution Approach 1:
The collection and maintenance schedule is dynamic rather than fixed. The management server adjusts collection timing based on real-time vehicle status, usage patterns, and demand predictions. Vehicles are collected individually or in small groups as needed rather than all at once, minimizing unavailability time and enabling continuous operation of the fleet
Solution Approach 2:
The fleet is divided into multiple groups that are collected, charged, and maintained at different times. The service vehicle makes multiple trips to collect different batches of micro mobility vehicles throughout the day, ensuring that while some vehicles are being maintained, others remain available for user use
3Use of energy by moving object
If the service vehicle collects and charges micro mobility vehicles, then battery depletion is prevented, but the system complexity increases requiring coordination between service vehicles and management servers
Solution Approach 1:
Micro mobility vehicles are equipped with communication devices that automatically transmit their status (battery level, location, operational state) to the management server without manual intervention. The vehicles essentially self-report their needs, reducing the complexity of system coordination as the server receives automated information and can make redistribution decisions based on this data
Data Source
AI summary
A management system for a micro mobility vehicle, includes a service vehicle which is configured to travel along a movement path, wherein the service vehicle includes an accommodation slot for accommodating the micro mobility vehicle, and is configured for exchanging power with the micro mobility vehicle when the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated in the accommodation slot; and a management server configured to communicate with the micro mobility vehicle and the service vehicle to determine a location and a charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle and configured to manage charging and arrangement of the micro mobility vehicle by guiding the service vehicle to allow the micro mobility vehicle to be accommodated in the service vehicle or withdraw the micro mobility vehicle from the service vehicle.