Navigation Control System Dynamic Path Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems do not effectively distribute users across different paths based on path criteria, leading to inefficiencies and potential safety issues due to overcrowding or congestion, as they primarily rely on user preferences rather than real-time and predictive analysis of path performance.
Innovation Solution
A navigation system comprising a control system and route device that selects paths based on path criteria such as capacity, weight, and user type, using real-time and predictive data to dynamically reroute users and adjust path attributes, ensuring improved path performance and safety by distributing users across the network according to specific criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If navigation systems rely on user preferences for route selection, then user satisfaction is improved, but path performance and safety deteriorate due to overcrowding and congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes path selection parameters by introducing path criteria (capacity, weight, user type) that modify how routes are selected. Instead of static user preference-based selection, the system adjusts path attributes and selection parameters in real-time based on current network conditions, thereby improving path performance while maintaining user satisfaction through optimized route recommendations
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring path performance metrics (congestion levels, capacity utilization) and using this information to adjust future route selections. The control system receives data about actual path conditions and feeds this back into the path selection algorithm, creating a closed-loop system that improves reliability while considering user preferences
2Reliability
If navigation systems distribute users across multiple paths based on real-time criteria, then path performance and safety are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the path selection function into distinct components: path criteria definition, real-time data collection, predictive analysis, and dynamic route determination. By dividing the navigation system into these functional segments, the complexity is managed through modular architecture where each component handles a specific aspect of path selection, making the overall system more manageable despite increased functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a control system as an intermediary between users and the path network. This intermediary layer handles the complex tasks of real-time monitoring, predictive analysis, and dynamic route calculation, shielding users from complexity while improving path performance. The control system acts as a mediator that translates user preferences into optimized routes considering current network conditions
3Productivity
If navigation systems use predictive analysis and real-time data to select paths, then congestion is reduced and safety is improved, but computational requirements and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating potential routes and preparing predictive models before they are needed for actual navigation. Path criteria are pre-defined, and the system maintains ready-to-use predictive analyses of network conditions, allowing rapid route selection when users request directions without performing heavy computations in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic path selection that adapts to changing conditions without requiring complete recalculation. By maintaining dynamic models of path conditions and using incremental updates based on real-time data, the system achieves efficient processing that responds to changing traffic patterns while minimizing computational overhead and processing time
Data Source
AI summary
The present techniques disclose, in at least one embodiment, a method of generating route instructions, the method comprising: receiving, at a control system, route requests from a plurality of users; selecting, at the control system, paths from one or more path networks to satisfy the respective route requests, wherein the paths are selected based, at least in part, on or responsive to one or more path criteria for the respective paths; generating, at the control system, route instructions for the respective route requests, wherein the route instructions comprise the selected paths; transmitting, from the control system to the plurality of users, the respective route instructions.