Vehicle Dispatch by User Conditions in Shared Ride Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle dispatch systems do not effectively improve passenger comfort when multiple users share a vehicle, as they lack the ability to consider individual preferences and conditions for vehicle selection.
Innovation Solution
A server-based vehicle dispatch system that acquires and processes user-designated vehicle conditions, including boarding and alighting points, times, and passenger preferences, to select and dispatch vehicles that meet these criteria, enhancing passenger comfort and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a plurality of users share a vehicle as passengers, then operational efficiency is improved, but passenger comfort deteriorates due to inability to consider individual preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the passenger group into individual users, each with their own vehicle designation conditions. The server processes and matches each user's specific conditions (boarding/alighting points, times, passenger attributes) separately, enabling personalized vehicle selection within shared transportation, thus maintaining comfort while achieving operational efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different vehicle designation conditions for different users. Each user can specify their own preferences and requirements, and the server matches them with appropriate vehicles based on their individual conditions, ensuring that each passenger receives tailored service rather than uniform treatment.
2Ease of operation
If vehicle selection is based on user-designated conditions, then passenger comfort is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary between users and vehicles. It receives vehicle designation conditions from users, processes the information, and automatically matches users with appropriate vehicles. This intermediary handles the complexity of condition-based matching, keeping the user interface simple while achieving personalized service.
Solution Approach 2:
Users themselves designate their vehicle conditions through terminal apparatuses, and the server automatically processes these designations to determine vehicle assignments. The system enables users to self-serve by inputting their own preferences, reducing the need for manual intervention while maintaining personalized matching.
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AI summary
A server includes a controller configured to control operation of a vehicle, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus held by a first user. The communication interface acquires, from the terminal apparatus, a list including a vehicle designation condition designated by the first user when the first user reserves boarding of a vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle to be boarded by the first user based on the list.