Autonomous Vehicle Matching Using End-of-Use Position and Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the context of autonomous vehicle mobility services, there is a challenge in efficiently matching users with available vehicles based on their boarding positions and times, leading to suboptimal vehicle occupancy rates.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle information processing apparatus and system that communicates with user terminals to select and notify users of available vehicles whose end-of-use positions and times are in a predetermined relationship with the user's desired boarding position and time, considering factors like priority levels, current positions, and standby times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the system notifies users of available vehicles based on end-of-use position and time, then vehicle occupancy rate is improved, but the complexity of matching algorithms and data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores end-of-use positions and expected end-of-use times for vehicles before users request boarding. This preliminary preparation of vehicle availability data enables rapid matching when users submit boarding requests, improving occupancy rate without requiring complex real-time calculations during user interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary between vehicles and users, managing the complex matching logic centrally. The server receives boarding requests, queries pre-stored vehicle end-of-use information, determines compatibility based on predetermined relationships, and notifies users of suitable vehicles. This centralizes complexity in the server rather than requiring complex algorithms in user terminals.
2Measurement precision
If the system stores and processes detailed vehicle information including end-of-use position and time, then vehicle selection accuracy is improved, but the amount of data storage and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential matching criteria from vehicle data - specifically end-of-use position and expected end-of-use time - and stores these separately in the storage unit. When users request vehicle availability, the system queries only these extracted key parameters rather than processing complete vehicle datasets, achieving accurate matching with minimal data storage and processing requirements.
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AI summary
A vehicle information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal of a first user, a storage unit configured to store an end-of-use position and an expected end-of-use time at which a second user of a vehicle ends use of the vehicle for each of a plurality of vehicles subjected to autonomous driving control and occupied by the second user, and a vehicle selection unit configured to acquire a boarding position and a boarding time at which the first user wants to get on a vehicle from the terminal via the communication unit and select at least one vehicle, of which the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time are in a predetermined relationship with the boarding position and the boarding time, from among the plurality of vehicles while referring to the storage unit.