Transportation Guiding Device for Dynamic Passenger Load Balancing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transportation guiding systems often result in overcrowding of vehicles when service information is delivered to a large number of unspecified consumers, leading to either excessive crowding or insufficient passenger attraction.
Innovation Solution
A transportation guiding device that identifies underutilized transportation services and displays information to users to encourage them to visit commercial facilities, ensuring the number of users is within a safe capacity range, using machine learning models to estimate passenger and visitor numbers and adjust recommendations accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If service information is delivered to a large number of unspecified consumers, then the number of attracted passengers increases, but the vehicle may become too crowded
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the number of users for each transportation service and using this information to dynamically adjust guidance recommendations. The acquisition unit obtains user numbers for multiple transportation services, and the guidance unit uses this feedback to determine which underutilized services to recommend to consumers, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to real-time conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of user distribution by shifting consumers from overloaded transportation services to underutilized ones. By identifying services with fewer users and guiding consumers to those services, the system dynamically redistributes the user parameter across different transportation options, balancing load and preventing overcrowding.
2Productivity
If service information is delivered to a large number of unspecified consumers, then more consumers are attracted to visit the commercial facility, but the riding capacity of the vehicle may be exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from user number monitoring to ensure reliable capacity compliance. By continuously obtaining user numbers for different transportation services and using this information to guide consumers toward underutilized services, the system maintains productivity while ensuring that vehicle capacity limits are not exceeded.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by proactively identifying transportation services with fewer users before overcrowding occurs. The guidance unit recommends underutilized services to consumers in advance, preventing capacity violations before they happen rather than reacting after the problem arises.
3Productivity
If the number of users on a transportation service is increased, then the vehicle utilization improves, but the service may become overcrowded
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing targeted guidance to specific consumers about specific underutilized transportation services. Rather than uniformly distributing consumers across all services, the system identifies local opportunities for improvement (specific services with fewer users) and directs guidance efforts to those specific areas, optimizing vehicle utilization without causing overcrowding.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from user number data to dynamically adjust which services receive guidance recommendations. By monitoring user numbers and identifying services with fewer users, the system can increase utilization of specific services while preventing overcrowding, creating a balanced approach to resource allocation.
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AI summary
A transportation guiding device (1) includes a user guiding part (22) configured to: identify a service of a mode of transportation currently having a small number of users; and display, to a user, the identified service of the mode of transportation and a commercial facility to which the service of the mode of transportation takes, such that the number of users of the service of the mode of transportation is increased within a prescribed range.