# US 12,179,653 B2 · Management system for micro mobility vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,653 B2 - Document ID: US12179653B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/692,553 - Filed: 2022-03-11 - Published: 2022-12-22 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-21 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Dong Eun Cha; Sang Heon Lee; Jin Ho Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179653B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/07: for carrying road vehicles - B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/57: Charging stations without connection to power networks - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - B60L 53/64: Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates - B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - G05D 1/0276: {using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle (involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058)} - G05D 1/0297: {by controlling means in a control room} - G05D 1/247: using signals provided by artificial sources external to the vehicle, e.g. navigation beacons - G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing - G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions - B60L 2200/22: Microcars, e.g. golf cars - B60L 2200/24: Personal mobility vehicles - G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A management system for a micro mobility vehicle, includes a service vehicle which is configured to travel along a movement path, wherein the service vehicle includes an accommodation slot for accommodating the micro mobility vehicle, and is configured for exchanging power with the micro mobility vehicle when the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated in the accommodation slot; and a management server configured to communicate with the micro mobility vehicle and the service vehicle to determine a location and a charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle and configured to manage charging and arrangement of the micro mobility vehicle by guiding the service vehicle to allow the micro mobility vehicle to be accommodated in the service vehicle or withdraw the micro mobility vehicle from the service vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A management system for a micro mobility vehicle, the management system comprising: a service vehicle which is configured to travel along a movement path, wherein the service vehicle includes a plurality of accommodation slots, each for accommodating the micro mobility vehicle, and is configured for exchanging power with the micro mobility vehicle when the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated in at least one of the accommodation slots; and a management server configured to communicate with the micro mobility vehicle and the service vehicle to determine a location and a charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle and configured to manage charging and arrangement of the micro mobility vehicle by guiding the service vehicle to allow the micro mobility vehicle to be accommodated in the service vehicle or withdraw the micro mobility vehicle from the service vehicle, wherein a withdrawal part configured to withdraw or accommodate the micro mobility vehicle is provided on a side of each of the plurality of accommodation slots, and the plurality of accommodation slots are disposed to direct the withdrawal part to face an external wall of the service vehicle, and wherein the withdrawal part is configured to be opened and closed individually. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The management system of claim 1, wherein the withdrawal part is provided on a side surface of the service vehicle to form a part of the side surface of the service vehicle, and the withdrawal part is vertically rotated to be opened or closed or slides in a lateral direction to be opened or closed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is configured to set the movement path of the service vehicle based on the location of the micro mobility vehicle or the charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle and configured to guide the service vehicle to travel along the set movement path. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The management system of claim 3, wherein the management server is configured to guide the service vehicle to accommodate a micro mobility vehicle located on the movement path to charge a battery of the micro mobility vehicle or to withdraw the micro mobility vehicle in which the battery is charged to arrange the micro mobility vehicle on the movement path. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is configured to determine whether to collect the micro mobility vehicle based on the location of the arranged micro mobility vehicle or the charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle, and when the collection of the micro mobility vehicle is required, the management server is configured to allocate the service vehicle to a place where the micro mobility vehicle is disposed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The management system of claim 5, wherein, when the arranged micro mobility vehicle is located in a place where a use frequency of the user is lower than a number of predetermined use frequency, the charging amount is lower than a predetermined charging amount, or maintenance of the arranged micro mobility vehicle is required, the management server is configured to determine that the collection of the micro mobility vehicle is necessary. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The management system of claim 6, wherein, the collection or the arrangement of the micro mobility vehicle is further determined according to whether the micro mobility vehicle is required in a time period. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The management system of claim 5, wherein the allocated service vehicle accommodates a micro mobility vehicle, which is a collection target, in a corresponding accommodation slot among the plurality of accommodation slots to collect the micro mobility vehicle, and a battery of the accommodated micro mobility vehicle is charged in the corresponding accommodation slot. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The management system of claim 5, wherein the allocated service vehicle is provided with a new micro mobility vehicle in a corresponding accommodation slot among the plurality of accommodation slots, withdraws the new micro mobility vehicle, and accommodates a micro mobility vehicle which is a collection target to replace the micro mobility vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The management system of claim 1, wherein the service vehicle includes an internal space, for a user to board in the internal space or for the accommodation slots to be disposed in the internal space. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The management system of claim 10, wherein, when a rental request for the micro mobility vehicle or a request to use of the service vehicle is received from the user, the management server is configured to allocate the service vehicle in which the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated, to a request place to rent the micro mobility vehicle to the user or to allow the user to board the service vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The management system of claim 10, wherein, when a return request for the micro mobility vehicle or a request to use of the service vehicle is received from the user, the management server is configured to allocate the service vehicle to a request place to allow the user to return the micro mobility vehicle to the service vehicle or to allow the user to board the service vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The management system of claim 10, wherein, when a request to use of the micro mobility vehicle or the service vehicle is received from the user, the management server is configured to allocate the service vehicle in which the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated, to a request place to allow the user to board the service vehicle, and to provide the micro mobility vehicle to the user when the user gets off. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The management system of claim 10, wherein the management server is configured to communicate with a user terminal or a kiosk provided inside or outside the service vehicle to receive a request to use of the micro mobility vehicle or the service vehicle from the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The management system of claim 14, wherein, when the request to use of the micro mobility vehicle or the service vehicle is received from the user, or when the user terminates the use of the micro mobility vehicle or the service vehicle, the management server is configured to determine a usage fee of the micro mobility vehicle or the service vehicle to bill the usage fee to the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is configured to provide a credit to the user, when the management server determines that the user moves to a destination using the micro mobility vehicle and the service vehicle, or when the user returns the micro mobility vehicle to the accommodation slots of the service vehicle. ### Claim 17 A method of managing a micro mobility vehicle, the method comprising: communicating, by a management server, with the micro mobility vehicle and a service vehicle to determine a location and a charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle; managing charging and arrangement of the micro mobility vehicle by guiding the service vehicle to allow the micro mobility vehicle to be accommodated in the service vehicle or withdraw the micro mobility vehicle from the service vehicle, wherein the service vehicle is configured to travel along a movement path, and wherein the service vehicle includes a plurality of accommodation slots, each for accommodating the micro mobility vehicle, and is configured for exchanging power with the micro mobility vehicle when the micro mobility vehicle is accommodated in a corresponding accommodation slot among the plurality of accommodation slots. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method claim 17, wherein the management server is configured to set the movement path of the service vehicle based on the location of the micro mobility vehicle or the charging amount of the micro mobility vehicle and configured to guide the service vehicle to travel along the set movement path. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method claim 17, wherein the management server is configured to provide a credit to a user, when the management server determines that the user moves to a destination using the micro mobility vehicle and the service vehicle, or when the user returns the micro mobility vehicle to the accommodation slots of the service vehicle.