Vehicle Pickup Point Selection Under Low User Position Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems inaccurately set waiting points for vehicle allocation due to low user position accuracy, potentially leading to unreachable locations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that calculates the accuracy of a user's position, extracts multiple candidate waiting points when accuracy is low, and transmits these points to the user's terminal, allowing selection of easily reachable locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the system sets a boarding place based on the user's current location with shortest required time or distance, then the vehicle allocation efficiency is improved, but when the accuracy of the user's position is low, an unreachable place may be set as the boarding place
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the boarding place selection process into multiple candidate locations rather than selecting a single location. When position accuracy is low, multiple candidate boarding places are extracted and presented to the user, allowing the user to select the most appropriate location. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining allocation efficiency through automated candidate generation while improving reliability through user selection among multiple options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts a plurality of candidate boarding places beyond the single optimal location that would normally be selected. This excessive action of generating multiple candidates ensures that even when position accuracy is low, there are sufficient reachable options available. The user then selects from these candidates, ensuring the final choice is both efficient and reliable.
2Ease of operation
If multiple waiting points are extracted when position accuracy is low, then the user can reach the waiting point easily, but the number of candidates increases requiring user selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary selection process where the user chooses from multiple candidate boarding places. The plurality of boarding place extraction unit generates multiple candidates as intermediaries between the automated system and the user's final decision. This intermediary approach resolves the contradiction by providing multiple reachable options while managing complexity through structured presentation and user selection.
3Loss of time
If a single boarding place is selected based on shortest distance, then the allocation process is simple and fast, but the user may not be able to reach the selected place when position accuracy is low
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary extraction of multiple candidate boarding places before the user makes a selection. By pre-generating multiple reachable candidates based on position data and reachability criteria, the system prepares options in advance. This preliminary action resolves the contradiction by maintaining fast automated processing for candidate generation while ensuring reliability through multiple pre-vetted reachable options for user selection.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device and an information processing method determine a vehicle to be allocated to a user based on a vehicle allocation request from an information terminal operated by a user, calculate an accuracy of a position of the information terminal based on a position data indicating the position of an information terminal, extract a waiting point that is a candidate for a point where the user and the vehicle meet, based on the position data, and transmit the waiting point to the information terminal. Here, a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is low is greater than a number of waiting points extracted when the accuracy is high.