Route Guide Data Creation Device for Bus Timetables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems for vehicles traveling on predetermined routes, such as route buses, lack the ability to create and utilize route guide data similar to train timetables, as they cannot accurately account for actual travel times due to traffic and weather conditions, making existing timetables unreliable for route guidance.
Innovation Solution
A route guide data creation device that acquires and processes travel data from vehicles to calculate and store arrival and departure times for each stop, creating route guide data similar to a train timetable, which is then stored in a database and distributed to mobile terminals based on conditions like weather and date, allowing for accurate route guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a timetable is created for route buses based on scheduled departure times, then the route guide can be provided in advance, but the timetable becomes unreliable due to traffic and weather conditions affecting actual travel times
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects travel data in advance during a predetermined period before the target date, storing actual departure and arrival times for each vehicle and stop. This preliminary data collection enables the creation of a reliable timetable that reflects real operating conditions rather than theoretical schedules.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously collects feedback from actual vehicle operations including departure times, arrival times, and vehicle positions. This feedback is processed to calculate actual travel times between stops, which are then used to create and update timetables, ensuring they reflect current traffic and weather conditions.
2Measurement precision
If travel data is collected from multiple vehicles over a predetermined period, then the route guide data becomes more accurate, but the data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments travel data by vehicle ID and stop code, organizing departure and arrival times into distinct data groups. This segmentation allows for systematic processing of large volumes of data from multiple vehicles without overwhelming complexity, enabling separate analysis and calculation of travel times for each route segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary organization of travel data during the collection phase, storing data in a structured format with vehicle IDs, stop codes, departure times, and arrival times. This preliminary structuring simplifies subsequent processing steps, reducing the complexity of data analysis and timetable generation.
3Measurement precision
If the route guide data is updated to reflect actual travel conditions, then the navigation accuracy improves, but the data collection and processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects and stores travel data in advance during a predetermined period before the target date is reached. This preliminary data collection and storage eliminates the need for real-time data gathering, allowing the system to generate accurate timetables without time loss during the actual navigation period.
Solution Approach 2:
The system collects travel data periodically over a predetermined period, accumulating sufficient data to create accurate timetables. This periodic data collection approach balances the need for accurate navigation information with the time required for data gathering, allowing processing to be completed before the target date.
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AI summary
A route guide data creation device for acquiring travel data transmitted from a vehicle traveling on a road according to a predetermined travel route and travel time and creating route guide data according to the data. The route guide data creation device acquires the travel data over a predetermined period of time. A travel data processor receives data based on a predetermined input format from the travel data and calculates the arrival time and departure time at/from each stop for each travel routes and for each vehicle ID. A route guide database stores the route guide data including the departure time and the arrival time of each vehicle from/at each stop outputted from the travel data processor.