Boarding Mobile Object Control via User Terminals for Event Operations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional mobile object management systems require multiple communication equipment and relay devices to control lighting on mobile objects and light-emitting bodies, leading to increased equipment costs and potential production inefficiencies during events.

Innovation Solution

A mobile object management device that acquires positional information of boarding-type mobile objects, manages these objects and user terminal devices, and executes predetermined operations based on event information and positional data, allowing for cost-effective event production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If multiple communication equipment and relay devices are arranged to control mobile objects during events, then the production effect of events is improved, but equipment costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction effect of eventsVSAvoidequipment costs
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal device carried by users is made to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a user interface for receiving event information and as a communication device for receiving and executing operation commands from the server. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated communication equipment on mobile objects, reducing overall system complexity and cost while maintaining event production effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile object is equipped with a controller that can autonomously receive operation commands via the user's terminal device and automatically execute predetermined operations (lighting control, sound output, movement) without requiring intermediate relay devices. This self-service capability reduces the number of communication equipment needed while ensuring reliable event execution

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If multiple relay devices are arranged along the parade course to relay command signals, then command transmission reliability is improved, but equipment costs and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommand transmission reliabilityVSAvoidequipment costs
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The user's terminal device serves as an intermediary between the server and the mobile object controller. The terminal device receives operation commands from the server and transmits them to the controller, which then executes the commands. This intermediary approach maintains reliable command transmission without requiring multiple relay devices along the parade course, as the terminal device already has communication capabilities built-in

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by having the server transmit operation commands in advance to the terminal device before the mobile object reaches the event location. This allows the controller to receive and prepare execution of commands without requiring real-time relay devices along the entire parade course, reducing equipment needs while maintaining reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12266266B2Mobile object management device, mobile object management method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.04.01 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A mobile object management device that manages a boarding-type mobile object that moves within a predetermined area with a user on board includes an acquirer configured to acquire positional information of the boarding-type mobile object, a manager configured to manage the boarding-type mobile object and a terminal device of a user on the boarding-type mobile object in association with each other, and an event operation commander configured to cause the boarding-type mobile object to execute a predetermined operation in accordance with an event performed in the predetermined area via the terminal device of the user on the basis of the positional information and information on the event.