Vehicle Load Configuration for Non-Overlapping Cargo Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicles often lack precise configurations for loading large or irregular objects, leading to difficulties in determining optimal placement and configurations, which can result in frustration and inefficiency during loading processes.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing one or more processors to receive item dimensions, calculate candidate placement options within a vehicle's available space, and present a visual rendering of successful load configurations, ensuring non-overlapping placements and efficient space utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a large vehicle is purchased to accommodate various loads, then the vehicle capacity and versatility are improved, but the difficulty of determining optimal placement configurations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculations of candidate placement options for all items in the total load before the actual loading process. By pre-determining valid configurations that satisfy all spatial constraints and non-overlapping requirements, the system eliminates the need for trial-and-error loading attempts, directly resolving the contradiction between vehicle versatility and placement determination difficulty.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy of the loading problem by representing items and vehicle space as geometric primitives (rectangles, polygons) in a computational model. This digital twin allows the system to simulate and evaluate multiple placement configurations without physical trial-and-error, making the complex placement determination task tractable while maintaining full vehicle capacity utilization.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple items are loaded into the vehicle, then the transport capability is improved, but the complexity of determining non-overlapping configurations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex multi-item loading problem into individual candidate placement options for each item. By generating and evaluating placements for each item separately against the vehicle's available space and constraints, then combining valid segments into complete configurations, the system manages the complexity of determining non-overlapping arrangements for multiple items systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the two-dimensional visual complexity of arranging multiple items into a structured computational problem by representing placements in normalized coordinate systems and using algebraic constraints. This dimensional transformation allows efficient algorithmic processing of multi-item configurations that would be visually overwhelming in physical space.
3Reliability
If trial-and-error loading is performed to find valid configurations, then the loading completeness is improved, but the time and effort required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs all necessary configuration calculations in advance before the loading process begins. By pre-computing candidate placements and valid configurations based on item dimensions and vehicle constraints, the system guarantees loading completeness without requiring time-consuming trial-and-error attempts during the actual loading operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user in the form of validated placement recommendations and visual renderings showing exactly where and how to place each item. This feedback mechanism eliminates guesswork and ensures loading completeness by guiding the user through pre-validated configurations, significantly reducing the time and effort compared to unguided trial-and-error loading.
Data Source
AI summary
A system receives identification of an item to be loaded into a vehicle and determines dimensions of the item. The system adds the item to a total load for an identified vehicle and, based on known dimensions of available space in the identified vehicle, determines one or more candidate placement options for each of one or more items comprising the total load, within available space within the vehicle, wherein candidate placement options for each item are determined so as not to overlap with placement options for another of the one or more items within a given configuration representing placement options for all of the one or more items comprising the total load. Additionally, the system presents a visual rendering of at least one given configuration that successfully allows the total load to fit within the available space.