Vehicle-mounted terminal, charging pile, electric bicycle, and rental system and method thereof

A vehicle-mounted terminal for an electric bicycle comprising:

• a receiver, configured to receive a rental request;
• and
• a controller, configured to:
• acquire the performance state of an electric bicycle targeted by the rental request, in response to the rental request;
• communicate with a server to authenticate the validity of a renter, if the acquired performance state meets preset rental criteria;
• issue an unlocking instruction signal to a charging pile to which the electric bicycle is locked, to unlock the electric bicycle, if a successful authentication message is received from the server, and
• a positioning device configured to provide the position information of the electric bicycle to the controller;
• the controller is configured to:
• communicate with the server to report the position information, and control the electric bicycle to power on according to a feedback from the server that indicates the electric bicycle is within a predefined geographical scope as determined by the server, or control the electric bicycle to power off according to a feedback from the server that indicates the electric bicycle is outside of the predefined geographical scope as determined by the server, wherein the predefined geographical scope is associated with the battery capacity of the electric bicycle.