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.
Claims19
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 transmission device provided on the vehicle, for transmitting a signal including a vehicle ID within an area set in advance;
- b) a receiving means provided on the user terminal, for receiving the signal;
- c) an external control means 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 communication connection means for establishing a communication link to send the command from the user terminal to the external control means;
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- e) a management server located on a communication network, for linking and storing the vehicle ID with a status of the usage right,
- wherein the management server 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.
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 transmission device installed on the vehicle, for transmitting a first signal including a vehicle ID;
- b) a second transmission device installed on a storage location of the vehicle, for transmitting a second signal including a storage location ID;
- c) a receiving means provided on the user terminal, for receiving the first signal and the second signal;
- d) an external control means 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 communication connection means for establishing a communication link between the user terminal and the external control means;
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- f) a management server 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 server 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.