Multimodal Route Guidance for Sidewalk and Roadway Mobility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not effectively utilize ultra-compact mobility vehicles and traveling support robots for route guidance services, lacking techniques that highlight their unique benefits to users.
Innovation Solution
A route guidance device and system that provides users with multiple movement routes using a combination of riding-type vehicles capable of traveling on roadways and self-propelled vehicles that can navigate sidewalks, including ultra-compact mobility vehicles and traveling support robots, by integrating a communication device and a route guidance device to search and display these routes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional route guidance services are used, then users can obtain route information, but ultra-compact mobility vehicles and traveling support robots cannot be effectively utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The route guidance device is designed to provide multiple types of route information simultaneously - including routes using ultra-compact mobility vehicles, traveling support robots, and traditional transportation modes. This multi-functional approach allows the system to serve diverse transportation needs through a single unified service platform, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining service reliability
2Adaptability or versatility
If only riding-type vehicles on roadways are used, then route guidance is straightforward, but the unique benefits of self-propelled vehicles on sidewalks are not presented
Solution Approach 1:
The route guidance system segments transportation options into distinct categories: routes using ultra-compact mobility vehicles on roadways, routes using traveling support robots on sidewalks, and routes using traditional transportation modes. Each segment is searched and evaluated independently, then integrated into a comprehensive route set. This segmentation allows the system to present unique benefits of each transportation type while managing complexity through structured organization
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple transportation modes are integrated, then user choices increase, but route search complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The search process is divided into separate segments for different transportation modes (ultra-compact mobility vehicles, traveling support robots, traditional modes). Each segment searches for routes applicable to its specific vehicle type and operational constraints, reducing the complexity of any single search while providing comprehensive multi-mode options through integration of results
Solution Approach 2:
The route guidance device performs multiple search functions within a unified system - searching for routes suitable for ultra-compact mobility vehicles, routes suitable for traveling support robots, and routes for traditional transportation. This multi-functional search capability increases user options while managing complexity through a coordinated universal platform
Data Source
AI summary
A route guidance device that guides a user along a movement route, the route guidance device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a communication device, location information including a departure location and a destination location of the user, a search unit configured to search for a plurality of movement routes from the departure location to the destination location, based on the location information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a provision unit configured to provide the communication device with the plurality of movement routes searched for by the search unit, wherein the plurality of movement routes includes a first movement route using a first moving body of a riding type capable of traveling on a roadway, and a second movement route using a second moving body of a self-propelled type capable of traveling on a sidewalk.