Automated Taxi Seating Assignment for Faster Passenger Unloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated-taxi systems lack an efficient method to determine and display optimal seating arrangements for passengers based on their destinations, leading to potential inefficiencies in loading and unloading processes.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a controller circuit and display, capable of determining seating arrangements based on passenger destinations, and communicating this information to passengers through a user-friendly interface, ensuring that passengers are assigned seats that facilitate efficient entry and exit from the vehicle, while also considering baggage and accessibility needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated-taxi systems do not implement a seating arrangement determination system, then the system complexity is low, but the loading and unloading efficiency is poor and passenger organization is chaotic
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines and displays seating arrangements to passengers before the vehicle departs. This preliminary assignment of seats based on destinations allows passengers to organize themselves properly before loading, eliminating chaotic boarding and ensuring efficient loading and unloading operations without requiring complex real-time control during the journey
2Loss of information
If the system displays detailed seating arrangement information to all passengers, then passenger awareness of destinations improves, but the information display complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display system provides information selectively to individual passengers based on their specific seating assignments and destinations rather than displaying the same information to all passengers. This localized information delivery ensures each passenger receives necessary destination awareness while minimizing overall energy consumption by activating only the minimum required display elements
Data Source
AI summary
A system for an automated-taxi includes a display and a controller. The display is viewable by one or more of a plurality of clients of an automated-taxi. The controller-circuit is in communication with the display. The controller is configured to determine a seating-arrangement of the plurality of clients transported by the automated-taxi. The seating-arrangement is determined in accordance with destinations of the plurality of clients. The controller is also configured to operate the display to show the seating-arrangement to one or more of the plurality of clients. A method of operating an automated-taxi includes receiving destinations of a plurality of clients to transported by an automated-taxi; determining a seating-arrangement of the plurality of clients in accordance with the destinations; and operating a display viewable by one or more of a plurality of clients of an automated-taxi to show the seating-arrangement to one or more of the plurality of clients.