Service Vehicle Allocation Planning for Energy and Battery Wear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for managing the allocation of electric vehicles do not effectively consider energy consumption and performance deterioration, leading to increased life cycle costs and adverse effects on profit margins for mobility service providers.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle allocation management method that estimates energy consumption and performance deterioration, generates an operation plan considering these factors, and allows for modifications to suppress energy consumption or performance deterioration, with approval determined by the operation manager.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If vehicle allocation is managed without considering energy consumption and performance deterioration, then operational simplicity is maintained, but life cycle costs increase and profit margins are adversely affected
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary estimation of energy consumption and performance deterioration before generating operation plans. By predicting these parameters in advance and incorporating them into plan generation, the system prevents excessive energy consumption and performance degradation before they occur, rather than reacting after the fact.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the operation management device receives information from service vehicles about actual energy consumption and performance status. This feedback is used to refine future operation plans, creating a continuous improvement loop that optimizes energy efficiency and performance management over time.
2Loss of energy
If operation plans are generated considering energy consumption and performance deterioration, then life cycle costs are suppressed, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The operation management device performs multiple functions: it generates operation plans, estimates energy consumption, predicts performance deterioration, receives feedback from vehicles, and approves or modifies plans. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate specialized systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages complexity by focusing on key parameters (energy consumption and performance deterioration) rather than attempting to control all possible vehicle operation parameters. By identifying and managing only the most critical parameters, the system achieves effective control without overwhelming complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If service vehicles operate without monitoring performance deterioration, then operational flexibility is maintained, but vehicle life cycle costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary estimation of performance deterioration based on planned operations before they are executed. By predicting how proposed operations will affect vehicle performance, the system can approve or modify plans in advance to prevent excessive deterioration, maintaining vehicle reliability without restricting operational flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Service vehicles autonomously transmit their actual energy consumption and performance status to the operation management device. This self-reporting capability allows the system to monitor vehicle conditions without requiring manual intervention or complex external monitoring infrastructure, maintaining operational flexibility while ensuring reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle allocation management method, which is executed by a computer to manage an allocation of service vehicles used in a mobility service to a user, includes instructions to be executed by at least one processor. The instructions include: estimating an energy consumption generated in response to a service provision to the user; estimating a performance deterioration of a service vehicle associated with the service provision to the user; generating an operation plan to be provided to the service vehicle with consideration of the energy consumption and the performance deterioration; obtaining, from the service vehicle, a modified operation plan which is estimated to be able to suppress at least one of the energy consumption or the performance deterioration compared with the operation plan that is generated; and determining whether to approve an operation of the service vehicle under the modified operation plan obtained from the service vehicle.