Transportable Power Supply Location Data Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in determining demand for food and other services at locations where transportable power supply devices are used, as these devices are often used in unspecified places, making it difficult to gauge demand effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information providing device that receives current location information from transportable power supply devices, generates use place information, and transmits this information to service providers' terminals, including details on the type of electric apparatus connected, enabling service providers to understand demand patterns and improve business opportunities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If transportable power supply devices are used in unspecified places, then mobility and flexibility are improved, but service providers cannot know demand at those locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where usage information from transportable power supply devices is automatically transmitted to service providers. The reception unit receives usage information including location data, and the transmission unit sends this information to service providers, creating a closed-loop feedback system that resolves the information asymmetry caused by mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an information processing system as an intermediary between transportable power supply devices and service providers. This intermediary collects, processes, and transmits usage information, enabling service providers to obtain demand information without directly monitoring mobile devices.
2Loss of information
If location information is collected from transportable power supply devices, then service providers can identify demand locations, but user privacy and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms precise location information into generalized use place information through processing. The information generation unit creates aggregated demand information that indicates service needs without revealing specific user locations or personal data, thus changing the parameter of location precision to protect privacy while maintaining utility.
3Productivity
If usage information is transmitted to service providers, then business opportunities are expanded, but communication network load and data transmission complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential usage information needed for service provision and transmits it to service providers. The information generation unit processes raw usage data to extract relevant demand information, reducing communication load while maintaining the ability to identify business opportunities.
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AI summary
An information providing device includes: a reception unit configured to receive current location information on a transportable power supply device from the transportable power supply device that supplies power to an electric apparatus detachably connected thereto; an information generation unit configured to generate use place information indicating a place of use of the transportable power supply device based on the received current location information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the use place information to a service provider's terminal. The reception unit receives information on the electric apparatus connected to the transportable power supply device from the transportable power supply device. The use place information includes information on a type of the electric apparatus connected to the transportable power supply device.