Rideshare Parking Space Management Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ridesharing systems face challenges such as passengers entering incorrect vehicles, difficulty in locating each other, especially in crowded areas, and safety hazards due to lack of designated parking spaces for pick-up and drop-off, which will be exacerbated by the transition to autonomous vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a rideshare parking space management server to assign and manage designated parking spaces for rideshare vehicles, providing a unique code for both drivers and passengers to locate assigned spaces, and integrating this system with existing rideshare platforms to enhance communication and navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple rideshare vehicles operate simultaneously in crowded areas, then transportation capacity increases, but difficulty in locating and identifying vehicles increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the large parking area into multiple designated spaces, each with a unique identifier. This segmentation allows passengers to easily locate their specific vehicle among multiple rideshare vehicles by following directions to a particular coded space, resolving the identification difficulty while maintaining high transportation capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mediator system consisting of a mediator device at the parking area and mobile devices for passengers and drivers. This intermediary system communicates vehicle location information, assigns designated spaces, and provides step-by-step navigation instructions, enabling efficient vehicle identification without increasing the complexity of the vehicle-finding process.
2Productivity
If designated parking spaces are assigned to rideshare vehicles, then pick-up and drop-off efficiency improves, but complexity of space management system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mediator device performs multiple functions: it receives parking area information, assigns designated spaces to vehicles, communicates with both drivers and passengers, and provides navigation guidance. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent manages complexity while improving pick-up and drop-off efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically assigns designated parking spaces to rideshare vehicles based on availability and communicates these assignments to both drivers and passengers. The automated space assignment and notification process eliminates manual coordination, improving efficiency while the system manages its own complexity through automation.
3Ease of operation
If rideshare vehicles use available parking spaces without designation, then ease of vehicle operation is maintained, but safety hazards increase due to lack of designated areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designates specific local areas within the parking structure as designated spaces for rideshare vehicles. These localized designated areas provide safe, controlled environments for pick-up and drop-off operations, while vehicles maintain operational flexibility by being assigned to different designated spaces based on real-time availability and location requirements.
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AI summary
A method of assigning a space for a ride-share vehicle includes: providing a rideshare parking space management server; providing data corresponding to a parking space available for use by a rideshare vehicle; receiving a request for one of a pick-up or drop-off of a rideshare passenger from one of a passenger device, driver device, autonomous rideshare vehicle, or rideshare server; assigning the parking space to the rideshare vehicle; transmitting with the processor a parking space code corresponding to the assigned parking space to one of a driver device, the autonomous rideshare vehicle, or rideshare server; transmitting the parking space code corresponding to the assigned parking space to a passenger device; displaying the parking space code corresponding to the request for one of a pick-up and drop-off of the rideshare passenger on the passenger device.