Vehicle Dispatch Matching by Driving Sensitivity Difference

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle dispatch systems do not consider the driving sensitivity of vehicles when renting, making it difficult for users to select a vehicle with appropriate sensitivity for their needs.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle dispatch support system that computes and displays sensitivity differences between a user's past vehicle experience and candidate vehicles, using acceleration and deceleration sensitivity information, with weighting coefficients for specific accelerator and brake pressing force ranges, to recommend vehicles with similar sensitivity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If vehicle dispatch systems provide basic rental functionality, then system simplicity is maintained, but user ability to select vehicles with appropriate driving sensitivity is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle selection adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-calculates and stores sensitivity information for multiple vehicles including acceleration sensitivity, deceleration sensitivity, and steering sensitivity characteristics. This preliminary preparation enables rapid matching when users request vehicle recommendations, avoiding complex real-time calculations while providing personalized vehicle selection based on user preferences and historical data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces sensitivity information as an intermediary parameter between the user and the vehicle selection process. This intermediary layer translates user preferences into quantifiable metrics that can be systematically compared across different vehicles, enabling automated matching without requiring direct complex interactions between user requirements and vehicle specifications

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If the system computes detailed sensitivity differences for vehicle matching, then vehicle selection accuracy improves, but computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesensitivity matching precisionVSAvoidcomputation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides driving sensitivity into three distinct segments: acceleration sensitivity, deceleration sensitivity, and steering sensitivity. Each segment is evaluated separately using specific metrics, allowing the system to achieve comprehensive and precise vehicle matching while keeping individual computations manageable and interpretable

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms qualitative user preferences into quantitative sensitivity parameters that can be computationally processed. By defining specific metrics for acceleration, deceleration, and steering sensitivity, the patent enables precise mathematical comparison between vehicles while maintaining computational efficiency through standardized parameter formulations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11840231B2Vehicle dispatch support system, vehicle dispatch support method, and non-transitory recording medium
Publication Date: 2023.12.12 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A vehicle dispatch support system includes a recording section at which comparison vehicle sensitivity information and candidate vehicle sensitivity information are recorded, the comparison vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of a comparison vehicle that is a vehicle that a user has ridden in the past, and the candidate vehicle sensitivity information being information relating to a driving sensitivity of each of a plurality of candidate vehicles, a processor coupled to the recording section and configured to compute a sensitivity difference, which is a difference between the driving sensitivity expressed by the comparison vehicle sensitivity information and the driving sensitivity expressed by the candidate vehicle sensitivity information, and a display section configured to display sensitivity difference-related information, which is information based on the sensitivity difference.