Some Final Concepts

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Final Design Sketches and Concepts



Concepts were the results of some triggeres that were

Design Ideas:



1.Design Ideas-Brainstorming!

2.Accounting in the meter for the driver to set himself targets and meet them

3.Portable meter (He should be able to carry it home)

4.Advertising on the meter, for a additional income

5.Meter cost can be sponsored by ads, making the meter free of cost for

the driver

6.Driver based usage account (Login system), customizable

7.Should accept credit cards

8.Can support electronic money transfer

9.Should give location specific info (traffic, nearby restaurants,

respective ads…

10.Entertainment for passengers

11.Continuous feedback for the passenger on the journey

12.Can the meter turn itself on when the passenger boards

13.Vigilance to help police

14.Scanning of passenger’s goods, driver’s uniform

15.Attractive displays/visuals

16.Data mine location/time/day of where passengers can be found (capture

when the meter is started…)

17.Make hot spots near stands where taxis can be alerted within a radius

18.Customizability (physical) skinning of meters

19.Keep records of passengers and travels as a means of building

relationships between passengers & drivers

20.Make taximeters as a PCO phone

21.Emergency buttons to call in time of accidents…

22.Inbuilt planner/scheduler to keep track of advanced bookings

23.Inbuilt maps

24.WiFi like connectivity between taxis

25.Make meter, passenger specific (RFID incorporated)

26.‘Prepaid travel cards’ for the meters where, the fare charging is done

on swipe on boarding and leaving

27.Customized fares

28.Keeping account of fueling

29.Money scanner

30.Electronic and mechanical modes of operation in case of failure

31.Every taxi is a post man/box

32.Vending of sweets, stamps on the taxi

33.Provision of getting messages from agencies and home

34.Virtual postage boards

35.Quote-a-fare (an estimate), to know fore-hand if one can afford the

journey

36.Automatic braking in the event of a collision

37.Electronic documentation of licenses, permits, PUC, insurance…

38.Hypothecation of the taxi/meter by banks to eliminate middlemen

39.Multipart meters

40.Take photographs of passengers, to use for security and accounting and

playback for owner

41.Plug-in and play your own content, download your own content

42.Mobile phone charger

43.Meter can keep records of past performance of the driver for

hypothecation and finance planning…

44.Help maintenance of part indicating failure, wear and tear

45.Take pictures and videos and sell them to passengers…burn it on a disc,

printout

46.Meter should show current vehicle speed to the passenger

47.Meter can give discounts on fare to encourage competition

48.Multi-lingual meters

49.Catch cops taking bribes on camera and take authentic pictures of

accidents

50.Luggage charges

51.Give control of the camera to the passenger (to take pictures of famous

place on the way…)

52.Meter can show estimated time of arrival (ETA), like a progress bar

53.‘Unlimited travel’ scheme on prepaid card (day card, week card, monthly…)

54.Proximity sensing to avoid collision

55.Method to trace lost and found belongings

56.Alert the availability of food & refreshments en route

57.Store contact details (phone no) of the passenger in case of lost and

found items

58.Finding a place in a map

59.Difference in Meter On and Meter Off. All additional revenue channels

put off when meter off to encourage the driver to put on the meter

60.Meter should be able to communicate the emotion of the driver

61.Memory space where people can upload and share data

62.Visitors book in the default mode

63.Taxis as delivery persons to get things for passengers

64.News as a scroller bar on the taxi

65.Discounts on familiar routes preferable to the driver

66.Wake up alarm in meter

67.Driving guidance for the driver

68.Print bills could be used for advertisements

69.Cinema information in the meter, also allowing for booking tickets

70.WiFi system, which enables taxi drivers to communicate (meet for

lunch), passing on of passenger

71.Pairing up of frequent passengers and drivers on the same route

72.Enable a city wide share taxi. Co-ordination between passengers to

share a taxi

73. Show the drivers driving experience, driver rating. (Good drivers can

charge more )

74.Central server calculation of fare (tamper proof)

75.Tag two autos to synchronize the journey

76.Past experience could be used to charge in case of meter failure

77.Payment through card can eliminate driver cheating the passenger

78.Record lane cutting, signal jumping, etc and use that for driver rating

79.Profile of journey and passengers for customized journey. (Speed,

economy, tourist, etc)

80.Advance booking

81.Buy train tickets in the auto meter

82.Health of the driver should be tracked

83.Meter and vehicle identity should match (security)

84.“Mumbai darshan“ tourist package, prefixed fare.

85.Locate a taxi and negotiate a rate to fix a fare

86.Luggage fare should be transparent, based on the weight

87.In case of shared taxi, meter should display individual fares based on

where people get down

88.Multiplayer games between taxis

89.Discount while fueling for the passenger

90.Rating of the taxi based on the condition and history of violation(Well

maintained taxis can charge more)

91.Deluxe comfort available in ordinary taxi.(towels,tea,wash etc)

92.Informing drivers about the availability of passengers, and average

chargers, ability to plan which time of the day to work etc

93.Dos and Donts for new drivers on car maintenance, driving etc

94.New passengers should not get cheated

95.Default operations should be very simple and easy to do for anyone

96.Banks can charge flexible EDI(Equated daily installment) instead of EMI

97.Change of routes should be updated depending on conditions

98.Remote braking for enforcement authorities

99.Flashing lights on the meter for attracting passengers

100.Union can actually work and help the drivers

101.Automated streamlined way of paying fine, automatic deduction of money

102.Instead of deducting money for a fine provide a free journey to needy

passengers