Autonomous Vehicle Equipment Loading via Stopover Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile object systems face challenges in dispatching autonomous vehicles with customized equipment to meet the specific needs of users, as preparing vehicles with diverse equipment requirements is cumbersome and time-consuming, discouraging users from utilizing the service.
Innovation Solution
A mobile object system that includes a controller capable of receiving user requests and sending commands to autonomously travel to designated stopover places to load specific equipment, allowing vehicles to arrive at destinations with customized equipment, thereby eliminating the need for pre-customization and reducing delivery time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If vehicles are prepared with customized equipment beforehand to meet user needs, then user convenience is improved, but the complexity and time required for vehicle preparation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-positioning equipment at stopover places before the vehicle needs them. The controller receives equipment distribution requests, determines appropriate stopover places, and sends distribution instructions to equipment storage facilities in advance, so that equipment is ready when the vehicle arrives at each stopover place during its journey to the final destination.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle customization process is segmented into multiple stopover places along the journey route. Instead of loading all equipment at once at the departure location, the system divides equipment loading into separate stages at different stopover places, allowing the vehicle to acquire equipment incrementally as it travels toward the final destination.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicles are prepared with customized equipment beforehand, then equipment customization is improved, but the time required for vehicle delivery increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-positioning equipment at stopover places before the vehicle needs them. The controller receives equipment distribution requests, determines appropriate stopover places, and sends distribution instructions to equipment storage facilities in advance, so that equipment is ready when the vehicle arrives at each stopover place during its journey to the final destination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes the vehicle configuration dynamic by allowing equipment to be added or removed at intermediate stopover places along the route. The final equipment configuration of the vehicle is not fixed at the start but evolves dynamically as the vehicle travels, adapting to user needs that are determined during the journey rather than beforehand.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users customize vehicle equipment themselves, then equipment suitability is improved, but the operational complexity for users increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to specify their equipment needs through the request receiver, and the controller automatically handles the entire equipment distribution process. Users simply indicate what equipment they need, and the system autonomously determines stopover places, sends distribution instructions to equipment storage facilities, and loads equipment onto the vehicle at appropriate locations without requiring users to manually configure or transport equipment.
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile object system dispatches a vehicle capable of moving autonomously to a destination at which a user is located. The system includes a controller comprising at least one processor configured to receive a request for use of a vehicle provided with first equipment, and send to the vehicle a first command to travel to a first destination designating a place where at least a part of the first equipment is present as a first stopover place. The vehicle in the mobile object system travels, in accordance with the first command to travel, from the first stopover place to the first destination after loading of at least a part of the first equipment onto the vehicle at the first stopover place is completed to complete the first equipment.