Vehicle Dispatch System for Load-Based Area Reassignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles used in sharing economy services experience premature deterioration due to varying environmental conditions and driver loads, which existing technologies fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information providing system that calculates and compares vehicle loads to determine if they exceed predetermined thresholds, then outputs requests to change dispatch areas or drivers to reduce environmental and driving loads, thereby preventing component deterioration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vehicles are dispatched to predetermined areas with high environmental loads (great height difference or high temperature), then the vehicle can serve more users and increase productivity, but the components of the vehicle experience increased load leading to premature deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of vehicle load based on history information before dispatch. By calculating vehicle load from past operational data and comparing it with threshold values, the system proactively identifies vehicles at risk of premature deterioration and prevents their deployment to high environmental load areas, thereby protecting component lifespan before damage occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop by continuously monitoring vehicle load through history information, determining current load status, and using this information to make dispatch decisions. The controller determines whether vehicle load exceeds thresholds and uses this feedback to decide whether to dispatch vehicles to specific areas, creating a closed-loop system that adapts dispatch decisions based on actual vehicle conditions.
2Reliability
If the system monitors and determines vehicle load continuously to prevent component deterioration, then component lifespan is extended, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial monitoring by determining vehicle load based on selected history information rather than continuously analyzing all possible parameters. The controller compares vehicle load with predetermined threshold values and only takes action when thresholds are exceeded, rather than continuously adjusting dispatch decisions. This partial action approach reduces computational complexity while still effectively preventing premature deterioration.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes a storage device that stores history information indicating a history of a state of a vehicle, and a controller that performs a process using the history information. The controller makes a first determination of whether or not a vehicle load exceeds a first load. For the vehicle for which it has been determined that the vehicle load is higher than the first load in the first determination, the controller makes a second determination of whether or not an environmental load is higher than a second load. When it is determined that the environmental load is higher than the second load in the second determination, the controller outputs an area change request requesting a change of the dispatch area of the vehicle to another dispatch area lower in the environmental load than a current dispatch area.