Transportation system and transportation method using multipurpose vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang
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Abstract
A transportation system includes a multipurpose vehicle in which a loading space for a mobility device and a boarding space for passengers are provided; and a control unit configured to control opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle so that, when there is a passenger who possesses or utilizes the mobility device among passengers, opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle interwork with each other.
Claims16
A transportation system using a vehicle, the transportation system comprising:
- the vehicle including a loading space for a mobility device and a boarding space for a passenger;
- and
- a control unit configured to control opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle so that, when there is a passenger who possesses or utilizes the mobility device among passengers, opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle interwork with each other,
- wherein the control unit includes:
- a vehicle controller provided in the vehicle and configured to control the opening or the closing of the loading space, the opening or the closing of the boarding space, and the driving of the vehicle;
- and
- a server provided outside the vehicle and configured to receive a request from a passenger terminal and transmit the request to the vehicle controller,
- wherein when information regarding use of a mobility device loading space is included in the request, the server is configured to transmit the request and the information to the vehicle controller,
- wherein the sever is further configured to transmit information regarding a space remaining in the loading space and the boarding space to the vehicle controller, and
- wherein the server is further configured for receiving updated opening/closing information of the loading space and the boarding space from the vehicle controller.
A transportation method using a vehicle, the transportation method comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request input to a passenger terminal of a passenger who possesses or utilizes a mobility device and transmitting, by the server, the request to a vehicle controller;
- opening or closing, by the vehicle controller, a loading space and a boarding space of the vehicle, in which the passenger is to board, when the vehicle departs, according to the request received by the server;
- and
- opening or closing, by the vehicle controller, the loading space and the boarding space of the vehicle to allow the passenger who possesses the mobility device to unboard when the vehicle arrives according to the request input to the passenger terminal,
- wherein the receiving of the request input to the passenger terminal of the passenger who possesses or utilizes the mobility device and the transmitting of the request to the vehicle controller, by the server, includes receiving the request for boarding or unboarding from the passenger terminal, and when information regarding use of a mobility device loading space is included therein, transmitting the request and the information together to the vehicle controller,
- wherein the sever is further configured to transmit information regarding a space remaining in the loading space and the boarding space to the vehicle controller, and
- wherein the transportation method further includes receiving, by the server, updated opening/closing information of the loading space and the boarding space from the vehicle controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.