Automated Storage Compartment Transfer for Shared Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for managing personal storage in shared vehicles lack efficiency in storage, retrieval, and transfer of personal items, particularly in scenarios involving autonomous vehicles, where manual handling of items is inconvenient and automation is limited.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a processor communicatively linked to remote computing systems to determine storage parameters and send instructions for managing storage compartments, including autonomous navigation and robotic assistance for loading/unloading, enabling efficient transfer of personal items between shared vehicles and storage depots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual handling of personal items is used in shared vehicles, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and user convenience deteriorate due to inefficient storage and retrieval processes
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through automated storage compartment management. The processor automatically determines storage parameters, generates storage instructions, and controls the transfer of storage compartments between vehicles and depots without requiring manual user intervention. This automation improves productivity while managing complexity through integrated system control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling of personal items with an automated computing-based system. The processor communicatively linked to remote computing systems substitutes human decision-making and physical handling with electronic determination of storage parameters and automated generation of storage instructions, improving efficiency while containing system complexity through software-based control.
2Ease of operation
If automated storage management systems are implemented in shared vehicles, then productivity and user convenience improve, but device complexity increases due to additional processors and communication systems
Solution Approach 1:
The processor acts as an intermediary between the user, the storage compartments, and the remote computing systems. It receives storage requests, determines storage parameters, generates storage instructions, and controls the transfer process, thereby simplifying user interaction while managing system complexity through centralized control logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated storage management system serves multiple functions: determining storage parameters, generating storage instructions, controlling transfer operations, and managing communication with remote systems. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation by providing comprehensive automation while managing complexity through an integrated universal control system.
3Productivity
If storage compartments are transferred between shared vehicles and depots, then productivity improves through automated processes, but device complexity increases due to robotic systems and coordination mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service transfer operations where the automated storage management system independently coordinates the transfer of storage compartments between vehicles and depots. The processor determines transfer parameters, generates transfer instructions, and controls the robotic systems without requiring manual intervention, improving productivity while managing automation complexity through autonomous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor serves as an intermediary that coordinates between the robotic transfer systems and the storage management system. It translates storage instructions into transfer commands and manages the coordination between different automated components, thereby improving transfer efficiency while containing automation complexity through centralized coordination.
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AI summary
Arrangements relating to personal storage with shared vehicles are described. A shared vehicle, a user device, a storage computing system, and/or a storage depot can be communicatively linked. A storage request can be sent from one of the computing systems. One or more storage parameters can be determined, and storage instructions can be sent based on the determined storage parameters. The storage instructions can provide routing instructions to a vehicle and loading instructions to a storage depot. Storage depots can automatically transfer storage compartments between storage space and a vehicle through the use of robotics. Systems and methods described herein can be implemented with shared autonomous vehicles.