Route Calculation Device Optimizing Time and Cost
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing route calculation methods for vehicles do not effectively account for real-time traffic situations and user-specific data, leading to inefficient route planning that fails to optimize for both time and financial costs, especially in congested metropolitan areas with dynamic toll systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that incorporate user-specific data, such as appointment schedules and current traffic forecasts, to calculate routes that minimize costs and travel time by considering real-time traffic conditions and toll systems, allowing for dynamic adjustments based on user preferences and vehicle characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional route calculation methods are used, then route planning is simple, but the routes do not optimize for both time and financial costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data sources including user-specific appointment data, real-time traffic forecasts, and dynamic toll system data into a unified route calculation process. This integration allows the system to optimize routes based on both time constraints and financial costs simultaneously, resolving the contradiction between simple routing and comprehensive optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The route calculation device is designed to handle multiple functions: processing user appointment data, integrating traffic forecasts, calculating toll costs, and generating optimized routes. This multi-functional approach enables comprehensive route optimization without requiring separate specialized systems for each function.
2Productivity
If real-time traffic forecasts and user data are integrated, then route optimization improves, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing of user appointment data and traffic forecast information before route calculation. By pre-processing and structuring this data in advance, the system reduces the computational burden during actual route optimization, thereby lowering energy requirements while maintaining high optimization quality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple alternative routes are calculated, then user choices increase, but calculation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different optimization criteria to different route options generated by the system. Some routes are optimized primarily for time based on user appointments, while others are optimized for cost based on toll data. This localized optimization approach allows the system to provide diverse route choices without requiring exhaustive calculation of every possible route variation.
4Productivity
If dynamic toll systems are considered, then financial optimization improves, but route calculation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts route calculations based on changing toll parameters and traffic conditions. By treating toll costs and traffic forecasts as variable parameters rather than fixed values, the system can optimize routes for financial efficiency without requiring a completely separate complex system, as the same route calculation infrastructure adapts to changing parameters.
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AI summary
A system for performing individualised route guidance taking into account external factors. The present invention relates to a method for calculating route guidance for a vehicle (111), in which the route guidance is calculated according to current route costs, to be determined individually for a respective time period, and operating costs of the vehicle (111) as well as a time period which is required to reach a respective destination (2) and is defined as a function of user data, and a current traffic situation, wherein the user data is determined by a digital management device (107) of the user. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding device.