Vehicle Route Control for Content-to-Arrival Timing Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems that distribute content to vehicle passengers often result in the content ending prematurely or continuing after the destination is reached, leading to passenger dissatisfaction due to misalignment between content end time and arrival time.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that dynamically adjusts the travel route of a vehicle to align the content distribution end time with the destination arrival time by determining and implementing a second route that either advances or delays the arrival, based on real-time location tracking and predicted arrival times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the vehicle follows a fixed route to the destination, then the route planning is simple, but the content end time does not align with the arrival time, causing passenger dissatisfaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the route adjustable and flexible rather than fixed. The system determines a first route initially, then dynamically switches to a second route based on real-time passage time measurements. This dynamic route adjustment enables precise alignment between content end time and vehicle arrival time at the destination, resolving the contradiction between alignment precision and route complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by measuring the actual passage time at a predetermined location on the first route, comparing it with the scheduled passage time, and using this information to determine whether to switch to a second route. This feedback mechanism ensures that the content distribution timing aligns with the arrival time, achieving high alignment precision while managing route adjustment complexity through systematic decision-making.
2Loss of time
If the vehicle delays arrival to match content end time, then content consumption timing is optimized, but the arrival time becomes unpredictable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-determining both a first route and a second route before the vehicle departs. The system also pre-sets a scheduled passage time for a predetermined location on the first route. This preliminary preparation enables the system to reliably control arrival timing by switching between predetermined routes based on actual passage time measurements, thus optimizing time alignment while maintaining arrival time predictability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the route parameter from the first route to the second route based on measured passage time. By having multiple predefined routes with different timing characteristics and switching between them, the system can adjust the arrival time to align with content end time while maintaining reliable and predictable arrival through systematic parameter selection rather than random delays.
3Productivity
If the vehicle arrives early at the destination, then the journey is efficient, but the content may not be fully consumed by the passenger
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback by measuring the actual passage time at a predetermined location and comparing it with the scheduled passage time. Based on this comparison, the system determines whether to switch to a second route that delays arrival, ensuring that the vehicle arrives at the destination just in time for content consumption to end. This feedback mechanism maintains travel efficiency by avoiding unnecessary delays while ensuring adequate content consumption time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the route selection adaptive rather than fixed. The system dynamically chooses between the first route (faster arrival) and the second route (delayed arrival) based on real-time passage time measurements. This dynamic adjustment ensures that the vehicle arrives early enough to maintain efficiency but not so early that content consumption is interrupted, optimizing both productivity and content consumption time.
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AI summary
In an information processing device, a control unit acquires a scheduled distribution end time of a content to be distributed to a passenger of a vehicle, determines a first route expected to allow the vehicle to arrive at a destination within a predetermined period including the scheduled distribution end time, acquires a passage time at which the vehicle has actually passed a predetermined location located midway of the first route, determines according to the passage time whether it is necessary to make a route change midway of the first route, determines a second route expected to advance or delay the time of arrival at the destination compared to the first route in response to it being determined that it is necessary to make a route change midway of the first route, and outputs information that prompts a route change to the second route midway of the first route.