Selective Passenger Compartment Wall Partitioning Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing passenger compartment structures in ride-sharing vehicles fail to provide adequate privacy protection since removable dividing walls can be easily removed by other occupants, compromising individual space privacy.
Innovation Solution
A passenger compartment structure with selectively movable wall portions that can be partitioned or connected, requiring simultaneous operation from neighboring occupants to change states, ensuring privacy protection and easy communication when desired.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If removable dividing walls are provided between seats, then the passenger compartment can be partitioned into individual spaces, but the dividing walls can be easily removed by other occupants, compromising privacy protection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control of a single dividing wall into a coordinated system where two opposing walls are linked. Each wall has a moving unit that can be operated independently, but both must be operated simultaneously to change the partitioned state. This merging of control mechanisms ensures that one occupant cannot unilaterally remove a divider, thus improving privacy protection reliability while maintaining operational ease through simple individual controls.
2Reliability
If fixed dividing walls are provided between seats, then privacy protection is ensured, but the passenger compartment cannot be flexibly reconfigured for communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic dividing walls with moving units that can transition between extended (partitioned) and retracted (connected) states. Each wall is equipped with a moving unit operable by occupants to change the wall's position. This dynamic design allows the compartment to be reconfigured from private individual spaces to open communication spaces, simultaneously achieving privacy protection when needed and spatial flexibility when desired.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single movable wall is provided between seats, then space flexibility is improved, but one occupant can unilaterally change the partitioned state, compromising privacy protection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control of the dividing wall system into two independent moving units, each operable from one side of the wall. Instead of a single centralized control mechanism, the system is divided into two coordinated control points. This segmentation ensures that both occupants must agree and cooperate to change the partitioned state, thereby protecting privacy while maintaining the ability to reconfigure space when both parties consent.
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AI summary
A passenger compartment structure that includes: a passenger compartment that serves as an accommodation space for vehicle occupants; and a wall portion that is capable of selectively being put into a partitioned state and a connected state, the passenger compartment being partitioned into a plurality of individual spaces in the partitioned state, at least a neighboring pair of the individual spaces being connected with one another in the connected state, and in a case in which an operation to put neighboring individual spaces into the connected state is performed in each of the neighboring individual spaces, the wall portion putting the neighboring individual spaces in which the operation has been performed into the connected state.