Multi-layer Mobility Hub Integrating Ground and Air Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobility systems face constraints in integrating ground and air mobility into everyday life, limiting their use for various activities and requiring separate management and charging facilities, while also being restricted by temporal and spatial limitations.
Innovation Solution
A multi-layered mobility hub that allows ground mobility to enter and exit through a ground layer, couple with a middle layer for activity spaces, and air mobility to take off and land in a port layer, with an elevating part connecting all layers for seamless movement and charging facilities for both modes of transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If ground mobility and air mobility are operated separately with independent facilities, then each mobility can be managed independently, but it requires separate management and charging facilities increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines ground mobility management and air mobility management into a single integrated hub structure. The charging facilities, control systems, and operational infrastructure are merged into one complex rather than maintained as separate independent systems, thereby reducing overall system complexity while enabling both mobility types to operate from a unified base.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobility hub is designed as a universal facility that serves multiple functions: it manages both ground mobility vehicles and air mobility vehicles, provides charging services to both types, and coordinates operations for both. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated facilities for each mobility type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If mobility is used only as a means of transportation, then it provides basic transport function, but it cannot provide activity spaces for residential or economic activities
Solution Approach 1:
The mobility vehicles are designed to serve dual purposes: they function as transportation means and simultaneously as activity spaces. The vehicles can be configured to provide residential quarters, economic activity areas, or leisure spaces, allowing passengers to live, work, or relax during transit without requiring separate facilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the transportation function with activity space provision into a single integrated vehicle system. Rather than separating transport vehicles from living or working spaces, the design combines these functions within the same mobility unit, enabling passengers to engage in various activities during transit.
3Productivity
If ground mobility and air mobility operate independently, then each can be managed separately, but they cannot overcome temporal or spatial constraints together
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates ground mobility operations and air mobility operations into a coordinated system within the hub. The scheduling, routing, and passenger transfer processes are merged and synchronized, allowing seamless transitions between ground and air segments to overcome temporal constraints and improve overall transit efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobility hub acts as an intermediary that coordinates between ground mobility and air mobility systems. It manages the interfaces, scheduling, and resource allocation between the two independent mobility types, enabling them to work together efficiently while maintaining their operational independence.
4Productivity
If mobility vehicles require separate charging facilities for ground and air modes, then each can be charged independently, but it increases land use and facility requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines charging facilities for ground mobility and air mobility into a shared infrastructure within the hub. The same charging bays, power distribution systems, and energy management infrastructure serve both types of vehicles, thereby reducing the total area required compared to having separate dedicated charging facilities for each mobility type.
Solution Approach 2:
The charging facilities are designed as universal infrastructure that can service both ground mobility vehicles and air mobility vehicles. The charging bays and power systems are configured to accommodate different vehicle types, eliminating the need for separate specialized charging areas and improving space utilization.
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AI summary
A mobility hub is composed of a plurality of layers and serves as a terminal of a ground mobility and an air mobility. The mobility hub includes: a ground layer provided with an entrance of the ground mobility; a port layer provided with a taking-off and landing site of the air mobility; and a middle layer provided between the ground layer and the port layer. The middle layer has the ground mobility elevating in a space with the ground layer, is provided with a plurality of connection slots to which the ground mobility is connected, and provides an activity space through the ground mobility if the ground mobility is coupled to the connection slot.