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US 11,536,577 B2Granted
Car-sharing service device and method of operating same
AssigneeSK Planet Co., Ltd.
InventorKi Chon Kang
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Abstract
Disclosed are a car-sharing service device and a method of operating the same capable of improving convenience of the use of a car-sharing service and increasing participation in the service by providing an environment in which targets requiring the car-sharing service are specified and the common use of a shared car is recommended to each of the specified targets.
Claims17
A car-sharing service device comprising:
- a processor configured to process to provide a car-sharing service;
- and
- a memory configured to store at least one command executed through the processor,
- wherein the at least one command comprises:
- a traffic condition information identification command of determining a traffic condition within a particular area at a particular time;
- a location information acquisition command of receiving, from a plurality of subscriber terminals, an input signal identifying locations of the subscriber terminals;
- a generation command of generating a sharing service group to use a shared car according to a moving path of the shared car when the traffic condition indicate that public transportation is not available at the particular time, the sharing group being determined based on the locations of the subscriber terminals in the particular area;
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- a control command of transmitting an output signal providing shared-car information to each of a subset of the subscriber terminals within the sharing service group and allowing users of the subscriber terminals within the sharing service group to use the shared car, and
- wherein the sharing service group is selected from a sharing service candidate group with subscriber terminals in the particular area and having a proximity that is less than or equal to a threshold, and
- wherein the sharing service group is selected from the sharing service candidate group based on the proximities of the subscriber terminals to determine a shortest moving path of the shared car.
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A method of operating a car-sharing service device, the method comprising:
- determining a traffic condition within a particular area at a particular time;
- receiving, from a plurality of subscriber terminals, an input signal identifying locations of the subscriber terminals;
- generating a sharing service group to commonly use a shared car according to a moving path of the shared car when the traffic condition indicate that public transportation is not available in the particular area at the particular time, the sharing service group being generated based on the locations of the subscriber terminals in the particular area;
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- transmitting an output signal providing shared-car information to each of a subset of the subscriber terminals within the sharing service group and allowing the subscriber terminals to commonly use the shared car,
- wherein the sharing service group is selected from a sharing service candidate group with subscriber terminals in the particular area and having a proximity that is less than or equal to a threshold, and
- wherein the sharing service group is selected from the sharing service candidate group based on the proximities of the subscriber terminals to determine a shortest moving path of the shared car.
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A device comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory configured to store at least one command, the at least one command, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive an input signal including an image of a particular area;
- determine whether to initiate a car-sharing service based on traffic condition information in the particular area at a particular time from a result of analysis of the image acquired for the particular area, wherein the processor determines to initiate the car-sharing service when at least one of a number of people waiting for public transportation is greater than a reference number of people or when a proportion of public transportation vehicles to all vehicles in the particular area is smaller than a set proportion according to a result of analysis of the image;
- based on determining to initiate the car-sharing service, generate the sharing service group to use a shared car according to a moving path of the shared car, the sharing group being determined based on location information of terminals located in a particular area;
- set the moving path of the shared car based on the location information of the terminals included in the sharing service group;
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- transmit an output signal to provide shared-car information to each of a subset of the terminals within the sharing service group to allow users of the sharing service group to use the shared car.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.