Vehicle Plan Creation for Service Power Demand
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing travel plans for vehicles often fail to adequately account for the energy requirements of electrical devices used for services, leading to potential power shortages and service disruptions.
Innovation Solution
A plan creation apparatus that includes a prediction unit to forecast the power demand of electrical devices used for services and a planning unit to create a travel plan that secures electric power supply through generation and replenishment, ensuring sufficient energy for both vehicle operation and service functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a travel plan is created focusing only on the energy for vehicle functions such as traveling, then the vehicle's travel energy is optimized, but the energy for electrical devices used for services becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The energy management system segments total energy requirements into distinct components: vehicle travel energy and service electrical device energy. The planning unit separately calculates energy demands for propulsion and for mounted electrical devices, then integrates these segmented plans to create a comprehensive travel plan that ensures both vehicle operation and service functions have sufficient energy allocation without conflict
Solution Approach 2:
The prediction unit performs preliminary action by forecasting the energy demand of electrical devices before the travel plan is finalized. By acquiring operation plans for electrical devices and predicting their power consumption in advance, the system can pre-allocate energy resources and adjust the travel plan proactively to prevent power shortages during service provision
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AI summary
A plan creation apparatus includes a prediction unit configured to acquire an operation plan for an electrical device mounted on a vehicle and used for a service other than functions of the vehicle and to predict a demand for electric power of the electrical device based on the operation plan, and a planning unit configured to create a travel plan in which electric power supplied to the electrical device for the service is secured based on the demand for electric power.