Vehicle Cabin Segmentation for Passenger Isolation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Restrictions on user combinations in vehicles reduce operation efficiency, as existing systems struggle to effectively manage passenger segregation based on attributes, leading to inefficiencies in on-demand transportation services.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle equipped with a cabin divided into isolated rooms and a guidance apparatus controlled by a control apparatus that determines and directs passengers based on their attributes, improving operational efficiency by segregating passengers according to their attributes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users are restricted from riding together based on attributes, then service quality and safety are improved, but operation efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoidoperation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The cabin is divided into multiple isolated rooms (first room and second room) that can accommodate different user groups. The control apparatus segments users based on their attributes and assigns them to appropriate rooms, allowing simultaneous boarding while maintaining safety and service quality restrictions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The guidance apparatus acts as an intermediary between the control apparatus and users. It provides directional guidance to lead users to their assigned rooms, facilitating efficient user distribution without manual intervention while maintaining the balance between service quality restrictions and operational efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users are restricted from riding together based on attributes, then safety is improved, but operation efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidoperation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The cabin is divided into multiple isolated rooms (first room and second room) that can accommodate different user groups. The control apparatus segments users based on their attributes and assigns them to appropriate rooms, allowing simultaneous boarding while maintaining safety and service quality restrictions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The guidance apparatus acts as an intermediary between the control apparatus and users. It provides directional guidance to lead users to their assigned rooms, facilitating efficient user distribution without manual intervention while maintaining the balance between service quality restrictions and operational efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If passenger segregation based on attributes is implemented, then service quality is maintained, but vehicle resource utilization deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice qualityVSAvoidvehicle resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The cabin is divided into multiple isolated rooms (first room and second room) that can accommodate different user groups. The control apparatus segments users based on their attributes and assigns them to appropriate rooms, allowing simultaneous boarding while maintaining safety and service quality restrictions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically assigns users to rooms based on real-time attribute analysis and room availability. The control apparatus flexibly manages room allocation to optimize vehicle resource utilization while maintaining service quality standards, adapting to different user combinations and trip scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11577738B2Vehicle, vehicle control method and operation management system
Publication Date: 2023.02.14 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.