Priority Lane Access Control Using Real-Time Vehicle Counts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toll road systems fail to effectively alleviate traffic jams and congestion as anyone can use priority lanes with a fee, leading to overcrowding and continued congestion even after paying.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that manages priority lane usage by determining the number of vehicles and user payment amounts to dynamically adjust access, ensuring the number of vehicles remains within an optimal range.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a toll road system with priority lanes is implemented to alleviate traffic congestion, then users who pay the usage fee can preferentially use the priority lane, but the number of vehicles on the priority lane may exceed the appropriate number, leading to continued congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of traveling availability before vehicles actually enter the priority lane. By assessing whether the number of traveling vehicles is within the appropriate number, the system prevents overcrowding before it occurs, ensuring that only vehicles that can be accommodated are permitted to use the priority lane.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the number of traveling vehicles on the priority lane and uses this feedback to dynamically determine traveling availability. When the number of vehicles approaches or exceeds the appropriate number, the system restricts further access, creating a closed-loop control mechanism that maintains optimal traffic flow.
2Ease of operation
If the priority lane is open to anyone who pays the usage fee, then revenue is generated and lane access is simplified, but traffic jams and congestion are not effectively alleviated when the lane becomes overcrowded
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the criteria for using the priority lane based on real-time traffic conditions. Instead of a static rule where anyone paying can use the lane, the system adaptively determines traveling availability based on the current number of vehicles, making the lane access rules flexible and responsive to traffic状况.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of lane access from a simple fee-based rule to a composite criterion that includes both payment status and the number of traveling vehicles. This parameter change allows the system to balance revenue generation with congestion prevention by considering multiple factors simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device includes a travel request acquisition unit that acquires travel request information for requesting travel permission of a specific road by a first vehicle, a number-of-vehicles acquisition unit that acquires a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road, a determination unit that determines traveling availability on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.