Ride-Matching Privacy Control for Single-Passenger Vehicle Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing traffic modes that involve multiple users riding in the same vehicle can be inaccessible for users who hesitate to share vehicle space with others, leading to reduced adoption of ridesharing solutions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that allows users to opt out of sharing their vehicle space with non-drivers by matching them with vehicles where they are the sole passenger, excluding other users from the vehicle unless the driver permits, thereby ensuring a user-friendly traffic mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple users are matched with the same vehicle to maximize ridesharing efficiency, then vehicle utilization rate is improved, but user comfort and privacy are worsened due to forced space sharing
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments users into different groups based on their privacy preferences: users who accept sharing (first users) and users who prefer solitude (second users). This segmentation allows the matching system to create different vehicle composition strategies for different user types, thereby resolving the contradiction between maximizing utilization and maintaining comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle matching configuration is made dynamic by allowing flexible composition: vehicles can contain multiple accepted users when efficiency is prioritized, or contain only one user when privacy is prioritized. The system dynamically adjusts vehicle composition based on individual user preferences rather than applying a fixed matching rule.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If users are forced to share vehicle space with others to reduce the number of vehicles on the road, then environmental impact is improved, but user adoption rate is worsened due to reluctance
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of vehicle occupancy from a fixed value to a variable that depends on user preference. By allowing vehicles to have different occupancy levels (one user or multiple users) based on individual choices, the system makes ridesharing adaptable to different comfort levels, thereby increasing adoption rate while still achieving environmental benefits through reduced vehicle numbers.
Solution Approach 2:
Users self-determine their level of participation in ridesharing by expressing their privacy preferences. The system provides a service where users can choose their own matching conditions, making the service more appealing and increasing adoption without requiring forced participation.
3Productivity
If the system prioritizes matching users who accept sharing to maximize ridesharing participation, then system efficiency is improved, but user privacy control is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by having users declare their privacy preferences in advance before the matching process. This preliminary declaration allows the system to respect user choices from the outset, ensuring that privacy control is maintained while still achieving high participation rates among those who are willing to share.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus executes: acquiring whether or not a first user permits another user to ride in a first vehicle; acquiring whether or not a second user is matched with each of vehicles; regarding, as the first vehicle, a vehicle which is among the vehicles and with which the second user is not matched, and matching the first vehicle with the first user, when the first user requests a ride in the first vehicle and does not permit another user to ride in the first vehicle; and not permitting the other user to be matched with the first vehicle, after matching the first user with the first vehicle.