Mobile Display Bus Stop Marking for On-Demand Pickup Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
Demand type bus stops often lack permanent signs, leading to confusion for users and potential interference from other vehicles, as the bus stop location may not be immediately recognizable, causing issues with bus stopping and passenger boarding or exiting.
Innovation Solution
A mobile display device is dispatched to arrive at the bus stop before the bus, displaying a notification that it is a bus stop, thereby informing users and preventing other vehicles from stopping, using a processor to generate commands for the display device to output this information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a demand type bus stop without permanent signs is used, then the bus stop can be set flexibly at various locations, but users cannot clearly identify the bus stop location and other vehicles may park there causing disruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile display device is deployed to the bus stop location in advance before the bus arrives, displaying bus stop information and timing notifications proactively. This preliminary action ensures users can identify the bus stop location and timing before the bus arrives, preventing other vehicles from parking there and causing disruptions.
Solution Approach 2:
A mobile display device serves as an intermediary between the bus stop location and users/other vehicles. The display device conveys bus stop location information and timing notifications to users and other vehicles, resolving the information loss problem without requiring permanent signs at the bus stop location.
2Loss of information
If a mobile display device is deployed to indicate bus stop location, then users can clearly identify the bus stop, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile display device performs multiple functions: indicating bus stop location, displaying timing notifications to prevent other vehicles from parking, and providing general information to users. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each function, thereby managing system complexity while addressing information loss.
3Reliability
If notifications are sent to surrounding vehicles a predetermined time before bus arrival, then other vehicles can be restricted from parking at the bus stop, but the need for timely and accurate notification delivery increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile display device sends notifications to surrounding vehicles a predetermined time before the bus arrives at the bus stop. This preliminary notification allows other vehicles to move away from the bus stop area in advance, preventing parking disruptions while maintaining reliable notification delivery through the visible display.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a command for instructing a mobile display device configured to display information representing that a place where the mobile display device exists is a bus stop to output, at a point set as the bus stop, a notification indicating that a bus stops at the point a predetermined time before a time at which the bus stops.