Ride-Sharing Route Planning With User Approval and Fare Incentives
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ride-sharing technologies do not effectively account for changing a vehicle's route to accommodate a co-passenger, potentially disrupting the original user's schedule and not providing incentives for existing riders to accept co-riders.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle information providing device and method that acquires a destination input, sets a first travel plan for a primary user, and adjusts the route to include a secondary user by setting a second travel plan, which allows the co-passenger to ride, while communicating with terminal devices to obtain permission from the primary user and offering fare discounts for accepting co-riders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the vehicle route is changed to accommodate a co-passenger, then ride-sharing efficiency is improved, but the original user's schedule may be disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by notifying the original user in advance of the proposed route change and co-riding arrangement. The notification is sent before the vehicle departs, allowing the user to review and approve the changes beforehand, thus preventing schedule disruption while enabling ride-sharing efficiency improvements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by obtaining the original user's response to the proposed route change. The notification includes information about the modified route and timing, and the system waits for user confirmation before executing the change. This feedback mechanism ensures that schedule disruptions are minimized while still achieving co-riding opportunities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the vehicle route is changed to include a co-passenger, then co-riding opportunities increase, but user permission and acceptance must be obtained
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by automatically managing the permission verification process. When a co-riding opportunity is identified, the system automatically sends notifications to original users, processes their responses, and adjusts routes accordingly without requiring manual intervention from dispatchers or complex verification procedures. This reduces the perceived complexity while maintaining adaptability.
3Productivity
If fare discounts are offered to original users for accepting co-riders, then acceptance rate increases, but revenue per trip decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses parameter changes by adjusting fare structures dynamically based on various factors such as route changes, timing, and user preferences. Different discount levels are applied depending on the extent of route modification and user convenience, optimizing both acceptance rates and revenue retention through flexible pricing parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle information providing device (300) includes an acquisition unit (320) that acquires a destination input by a user and a plan setting unit (330) that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, and the plan setting unit (330) sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route and sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user also rides in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.