Ride-Sharing Vehicle Control With Separate Pick-Up and Drop-Off Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ride-sharing vehicle systems face safety and convenience issues due to overlapping drop-off and pick-up zones, leading to interference between getting-off and getting-on operations, particularly affecting vulnerable users.
Innovation Solution
A controller for a ride-sharing vehicle that sets non-overlapping zones for drop-off and pick-up operations, adjusting vehicle paths and timing to separate these operations spatially and temporally, using threshold distances and user attributes to optimize zone settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If drop-off and pick-up operations are performed at the same position, then the convenience of the ride-sharing service is improved, but the safety of users is degraded due to interference between getting-off and getting-on operations
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the stop position into two separate zones: a first zone for drop-off operations and a second zone for pick-up operations. By segmenting the same physical location into distinct functional areas, the system enables simultaneous drop-off and pick-up operations without interference, thereby maintaining service convenience while ensuring user safety.
2Reliability
If the getting-on operation is performed before the getting-off operation, then the safety of users is improved, but the convenience of the ride-sharing service is degraded due to delays in completion of the getting-off operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-setting the first zone for drop-off and the second zone for pick-up before the actual operations begin. This allows the vehicle to execute drop-off and pick-up operations simultaneously and efficiently, avoiding delays while maintaining safety through spatial separation of the two operations.
3Productivity
If a single stop position is used for both drop-off and pick-up, then the efficiency of the ride-sharing service is improved, but the complexity of managing interfering operations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention resolves operational complexity by introducing a spatial dimension to the stop position management. Instead of managing drop-off and pick-up operations sequentially in time, the system creates parallel operational spaces (first zone and second zone) at the same location, allowing simultaneous execution of both operations without interference or complex coordination.
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AI summary
A controller (19) includes a memory (19b) and a processor (19a). The memory (19b) stores drop-off data (DRP) regarding a first user who gets off a ride-sharing vehicle (VH) and pick-up data (PIC) regarding a second user who gets on the ride-sharing vehicle (VH). The processor (19a) is configured to execute vehicle control including at least one of drop-off of the first user and pick-up of the second user based on at least one of the drop-off data (DRP) and the pick-up data (PIC). The vehicle control includes, executing at least one of first zone setting processing that is processing of setting a first zone where the drop-off is executed and second zone setting processing that is processing of setting a second zone where the pick-up is executed, and executing first zone resetting processing of resetting the first zone in a space not overlapping the second zone.