Payment-State Travel Control for Self-Propelled Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack an efficient method to limit the driving of self-propelled traveling bodies based on the state of payment, making it difficult for service providers to restrict usage effectively.
Innovation Solution
A traveling body equipped with a reception unit to receive payment state information from a payment management server, a traveling mechanism controlled by a control unit to limit travel based on payment state, and a transmission unit to send information to the control unit for travel limitation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a self-propelled traveling body is used for transport or work, then productivity is improved, but it becomes difficult to limit traveling based on payment state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a payment management server as an intermediary between the user and the traveling body's control system. The server receives payment information from the user terminal and communicates usage status to the traveling body, enabling payment-based travel limitation without requiring complex direct integration between the traveling body and payment systems. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining productivity while enabling easy payment-based control.
2Reliability
If payment management functionality is integrated into the traveling body, then payment-based control becomes effective, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex payment management functionality from the traveling body and places it in a separate payment management server. The traveling body only needs to receive simple control signals from the server, while all payment processing, user authentication, and billing logic are handled externally. This extraction maintains reliable payment-based control while minimizing the complexity added to the traveling body's own systems.
3Device complexity
If manual payment verification is used, then system complexity is reduced, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an automated self-service system where the payment management server automatically verifies payment status, determines usage permissions, and sends control signals to the traveling body without requiring manual intervention from service providers. The system autonomously handles payment verification and travel authorization, dramatically improving operational efficiency while maintaining manageable system complexity through automation.
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AI summary
A traveling body is provided. A reception unit receives first information regarding a state of payment related to use of the traveling body from a payment management server that manages the state of payment. A traveling mechanism is driven under control of a control unit capable of limiting traveling of the traveling body according to the state of payment. A transmission unit transmits second information based on the first information to the control unit.