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US 6,185,487 B2Granted
Vehicle sharing system
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShugo Kondo, Tomoaki Nakai, Suguru Asakura
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Abstract
If an IC card unit detects when an inherent IC card is inserted in an IC card slot, then the IC card unit outputs a signal to a vehicle control unit to inhibit a vehicle from being automatically driven. If the IC card unit detects when no inherent IC card is inserted in the IC card slot, then the IC card unit outputs a signal to the vehicle control unit to permit a vehicle to be automatically driven upon elapse of a predetermined period of time.
Claims6
A vehicle sharing system comprising:
- a plurality of shared vehicles;
- a standby station for keeping said shared vehicles;
- operating means for performing a lending process for the vehicles;
- a card key for storing management information for managing lending of a vehicle;
- automatic driving means for automatically driving the vehicle between said standby station and a position where a user gets on and off the vehicle;
- management information reading means mounted on said vehicle for reading said management information stored in said card key when the card key is inserted in said management information reading means;
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- automatic driving inhibiting means for inhibiting said automatic driving means from operating while the card key is being inserted in said management information reading means.
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