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US 11,017,614 B2Granted
Sharing system
AssigneeTechtom Ltd.
InventorShunnosuke Shimano
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Abstract
A system includes: a transmission device provided on a vehicle, for transmitting a signal including a vehicle ID within an area set in advance; a receiving means for receiving the signal; an external control means provided on the vehicle, for receiving a command including an authentication key for a usage right, and for performing vehicle state control including at least unlocking/locking a door of the vehicle from outside a control system inherent in the vehicle; a communication connection means for establishing a communication link to send the command from a user terminal to the external control means; and a management server located on a communication network, for linking and managing the vehicle ID with a status of the usage right.
Claims20
A shared car system, in which a user operates a user terminal possessed by him to execute settlement for handover of a usage right to use a vehicle for a certain period, the system comprising:
- a) a beacon transmission device provided on the vehicle, for transmitting a beacon signal including a vehicle ID within an area set in advance;
- b) a beacon receiving device provided on the user terminal, for receiving the beacon signal;
- c) an external control circuit provided on the vehicle, for receiving a command including an authentication key for the usage right, and for performing vehicle state control including at least unlocking/locking a door of the vehicle from outside a control system inherent in the vehicle;
- d) a sending device provided on the user terminal, and for establishing a communication link with the external control circuit to send the command to the external control circuit;
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- e) a management computer located on a communication network, for linking and storing the vehicle ID with a status of the usage right,
- wherein the management computer compares a request including a vehicle ID sent from the user terminal for the handover with the stored vehicle ID to make authentication, issues an authentication key for the usage right to the user terminal based on a result of the authentication and a state of the status, and executes settlement for the handover by the user terminal.
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A shared car system, in which a user operates a user terminal possessed by him to execute settlement for handover of a usage right to use a vehicle for a certain period, the system comprising:
- a) a first beacon transmission device installed on the vehicle, for transmitting a first beacon signal including a vehicle ID;
- b) a second beacon transmission device installed on a storage location of the vehicle, for transmitting a second beacon signal including a storage location ID;
- c) a beacon receiving device provided on the user terminal, for receiving the first beacon signal and the second beacon signal;
- d) an external control circuit provided on the vehicle, for receiving a command including an authentication key for the usage right and for performing vehicle state control including unlocking/locking a door of the vehicle from outside a control system inherent in the vehicle;
- e) a sending device provided on the user terminal, and for establishing a communication link with the external control means to send the command to the external control circuit;
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- f) a management computer located on a communication network, for linking and storing the storage location ID, the vehicle ID and a status of the usage right,
- wherein the management computer compares a request including a storage location ID and a vehicle ID sent from the user terminal with the stored storage location ID and vehicle ID to make authentication, issues an authentication key for the usage right to the user terminal based on a result of the authentication and a state of the status, and executes settlement for the handover by the user terminal.
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A system for sharing a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one beacon transmission device for transmitting a beacon signal via wireless within a predetermined area therearound;
- the beacon signal including an ID,
- a mobile terminal device possessed by a user;
- a management computer for managing a state of the vehicle;
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- a control device for controlling the vehicle,
- wherein the mobile terminal device has:
- a beacon receiving unit for receiving the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon transmission device when the mobile terminal device is located within the predetermined area;
- a request transmission unit for sending a request signal to the management computer;
- the request signal including the ID included in the beacon signal received by the beacon receiving unit,
- an authentication key receiving unit for receiving an authentication key signal from the management computer;
- the authentication key signal including an authentication key, and
- a command transmission unit for sending a command signal to the control device, the command signal including the authentication key included in the authentication key signal received by the authentication key receiving unit,
- wherein the management computer has:
- a request receiving unit for receiving the request signal sent from the mobile terminal device;
- a request authentication unit for determining based on the request signal received by the request receiving unit whether the user is permitted to use the vehicle;
- a settlement determination unit for determining whether the user is allowed to execute settlement,
- an authentication key transmission unit for sending the authentication key to the mobile terminal device when the request authentication unit determines the user is permitted to use the vehicle and simultaneously the settlement determination unit determines the user is allowed to execute settlement,
- wherein the control device has:
- a command receiving unit for receiving the command signal sent from the mobile terminal device;
- a command authentication unit for determining based on the command signal received by the command receiving unit whether the user is permitted to use the vehicle;
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- a control unit for controlling the vehicle based on the command signal when the command authentication unit determines the user is permitted to use the vehicle,
- wherein one of the at least one beacon transmission device is mounted on the vehicle, and the ID included in the beacon signal transmitted therefrom includes a vehicle ID for identifying the vehicle, and
- wherein a condition used by the request authentication unit for determining whether the user is permitted to use the vehicle includes whether the user is near the vehicle, and the request authentication unit determines based on the vehicle ID included in the request signal whether the user is near the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.