Vehicle Interior Partition Control for Shared Ride Comfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
In car sharing services, users with similar moving routes often feel uncomfortable when sharing vehicles, and existing solutions do not effectively address this issue or prevent safety accidents caused by partition operations.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for controlling a vehicle's space using a communication device and controller to determine partition operations based on reservation information, allowing for the removal or adjustment of partitions and door control to accommodate user selections, ensuring comfortable and safe travel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If partitions are provided to divide the inner space of the vehicle, then user privacy and comfort are improved, but safety accidents may occur when the partition operates during driver entry
Solution Approach 1:
The controller determines whether to operate partitions before the user enters the vehicle based on reservation information. This preliminary determination prevents partition operation during driver entry, eliminating safety hazards while maintaining user comfort through appropriate partition control.
2Ease of operation
If partitions are removed to allow users with similar routes to move comfortably together, then user comfort is improved, but user privacy is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The controller selectively operates or removes partitions based on the specific seat reservations. Partitions are removed only between adjacent reserved seats to allow comfortable interaction, while maintaining partitions in other areas to preserve user privacy. This localized partition control achieves both comfort and privacy protection.
3Ease of operation
If the partition operation is controlled based on reservation information, then user comfort and safety are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller automatically determines partition operation based on reservation information received from the communication device. The system self-regulates partition control without requiring manual input or complex user interaction, simplifying the overall system complexity while maintaining improved user comfort and safety.
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AI summary
An apparatus for controlling a space of a vehicle includes: a communication device to receive reservation information; and a controller to determine a manner of partitioning an inner space of the vehicle based on the reservation information and control an operation of one or more partition to correspond to the manner of partitioning the inner space, thereby allowing users moving similar routes to feel comfortable.