Stress-Triggered Mobile Relaxation Vehicle Dispatch for Workplaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

Securing space for relaxation facilities at workplaces is difficult, limiting the effectiveness of stress reduction technology for workers.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that acquires stress information from workers and commands a vehicle equipped with a relaxation facility to move to the workplace based on this information, enabling access to the facility even without dedicated on-site space.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If relaxation facilities are installed at workplaces, then worker stress reduction is improved, but space availability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestress reduction effectivenessVSAvoidworkplace space
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The relaxation facility is transformed from a stationary installation to a mobile vehicle that can dynamically relocate between workplaces. The vehicle equipped with relaxation equipment moves to different locations based on real-time stress information, allowing the same physical resource to serve multiple workplaces sequentially rather than requiring dedicated space at each location.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

A mobile vehicle serves as an intermediary carrier that transports relaxation facilities to workplaces. Instead of permanently installing facilities at each workplace, the system uses a mobile intermediary (the vehicle) to deliver the relaxation function temporarily, thus preserving workplace space while maintaining stress reduction capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Area of stationary object

If mobile vehicles with relaxation facilities are deployed, then space utilization is improved, but system complexity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveworkplace space utilizationVSAvoidvehicle management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates real-time stress information feedback from workers to automatically trigger vehicle dispatch decisions. When stress levels exceed thresholds, the system receives feedback and autonomously commands the vehicle to relocate, creating a closed-loop control system that reduces manual intervention complexity despite the mobile infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The vehicle management system operates autonomously by automatically receiving stress information, making dispatch decisions, and navigating to workplaces without requiring complex manual coordination. The system serves itself by integrating sensor data, decision logic, and vehicle control into a self-managing architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12391278B2Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2025.08.19 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus configured to manage a vehicle with a relaxation facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire stress information regarding a worker working at a workplace, and command the vehicle to move to the workplace based on the acquired stress information.