Vehicle Dispatch Prioritization for Environmental Suitability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dispatch management systems fail to consider the environmental suitability of vehicles, leading to the dispatch of vehicles that may not be optimal for the conditions they will encounter, thereby affecting efficiency and suitability.
Innovation Solution
A dispatch management device that sets priorities for candidate vehicles based on external environment factors such as temperature, weather, road conditions, and vehicle characteristics like body color, photovoltaic panels, and drive systems to ensure vehicles suitable for the environment are dispatched.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If vehicle dispatch is based only on position information without considering environmental factors, then dispatch speed is improved, but vehicle suitability for the environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the dispatch decision parameters by incorporating environmental factors (temperature, weather, road conditions) alongside position information. The system evaluates multiple parameters simultaneously to determine vehicle suitability, transforming the dispatch process from simple position-based selection to multi-parameter optimization that maintains speed while improving environmental adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of vehicle-environment compatibility by acquiring environmental information and assessing vehicle characteristics before final dispatch decisions. This preliminary action ensures that suitable vehicles are identified in advance, maintaining dispatch speed while guaranteeing environmental suitability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle characteristics matching environment are considered in dispatch, then vehicle suitability is improved, but dispatch complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the dispatch system into distinct functional modules: environmental information acquisition, vehicle characteristic storage, matching evaluation, and dispatch decision. This segmentation manages complexity by organizing the system into independent, manageable components that can be developed and maintained separately while working together to achieve comprehensive vehicle-environment matching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary evaluation mechanism that bridges environmental conditions and vehicle characteristics. This intermediary layer processes environmental data and compares it against vehicle attributes to generate compatibility scores, simplifying the overall decision-making process while maintaining comprehensive matching capabilities.
3Use of energy by moving object
If light-colored vehicles are dispatched in high temperature environments, then energy consumption is reduced, but dispatch flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by matching specific vehicle characteristics (body color) to specific environmental conditions (temperature) at the local level of individual dispatch decisions. Light-colored vehicles are preferentially selected for high-temperature environments to reduce energy consumption, while the system maintains overall flexibility by considering multiple vehicle attributes and environmental factors in the comprehensive evaluation process.
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AI summary
A dispatch management device includes a processor configured to: set, for each of a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be dispatched, a priority of the candidate vehicle in response to external environment and characteristics of the candidate vehicle associated with the external environment so that the priority becomes higher as a degree of suitability of the characteristics of the candidate vehicle with respect to the external environment increases, and determine a vehicle to be dispatched from among the plurality of candidate vehicles in response to the priority of each of the plurality of candidate vehicles.