Pickup Location Recommendation System for Carpool Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing carpool transportation services face inefficiencies and poor user experience due to inconvenient pickup locations, which can be unfamiliar to drivers, leading to inefficiencies and bad user experiences.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that uses processors to receive request data, determine candidate pickup locations based on origin and destination, and select optimal locations using indices such as walking cost, convenience, and combination probability, to recommend suitable pickup points to service requestors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the passenger determines the pickup location, then the passenger's convenience is improved, but the driver's efficiency deteriorates due to unfamiliar locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism (the recommendation system) that mediates between the passenger's location preference and the driver's efficiency requirements. The system processes both inputs and generates an optimized pickup location that balances both needs, rather than allowing direct passenger determination alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of pickup location determination from purely passenger-selected to a computed recommendation based on multiple parameters including passenger convenience, driver efficiency, and traffic conditions. This transforms the location selection from a single-parameter decision to a multi-parameter optimization.
2Ease of operation
If the driver asks the passenger for location information through smartphone, then the pickup can be arranged, but the user experience deteriorates due to additional communication burden
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating and providing pickup location recommendations without requiring direct communication between driver and passenger. The system serves itself by processing location data and presenting optimized recommendations, eliminating the need for manual back-and-forth communication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and presenting pickup location recommendations before the actual pickup arrangement. This advance preparation eliminates the need for last-minute communication and coordination between driver and passenger.
3Productivity
If multiple transportation services are combined into carpool, then the traffic capacity is improved, but the pickup location efficiency deteriorates due to coordination complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple transportation service requirements into a unified pickup location recommendation. By combining the location needs of multiple passengers and drivers into a single optimized solution, the system reduces coordination complexity while maintaining the benefits of carpooling.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining a pickup location. The systems may perform the methods to receive a request or an intention for a first transportation service that is allowed to combine with a second transportation service from a terminal association with a service requester, the request or the intention including an origin location of the first transportation service and a destination of the first transportation service; obtain a plurality of candidate locations; for each of the plurality of candidate locations, determine a matching index value of the candidate location based on the origin location or the destination, wherein the matching index value is a probability of becoming a pickup location of the first transportation service; select one or more pickup locations from the plurality of candidate locations based on the matching index value; and transmit the one or more pickup locations to the terminal.