309 results about "Car sharing" patented technology

A rental / car-share (RCS) vehicle access and management system and method, in some embodiments, utilizes barcodes, QR codes (or NFC / RFID), GPS, and a mobile app coupled with a wireless network to enable customers to bypass the reservation desk and pickup and drop off reserved RCS vehicles using a mobile phone, tablet or laptop. The QR code, RFID, or NFC communication with the mobile application allows for identification of the vehicle by a mobile application, which, if authorized, can access the vehicle via a temporary access code issued by remote servers. The remote servers and / or mobile application communicates with a control module that plugs into the on-board diagnostics module of the rental / car-share (RCS) vehicle and includes a host processing unit with a processor, an accelerometer, data storage, a GPS with internal GPS antenna; a wireless modem with internal antenna, and CAN bus transceivers connected with the processor, and a USB programmable interface.

The invention discloses a car sharing method and system. The system comprises a reserving terminal (1), a network server (2), a vehicle-mounted device (3), a radio frequency identification card (4) and a database server (5). The reserving terminal (1) is connected with the network server (2) by means of network communication. The radio frequency identification card (4) is connected with the vehicle-mounted device (3) through radio frequency. The vehicle-mounted device (3) is connected with the network server (2) through a network. The network server (2) is connected with the database server (5) through a network. A user reserves a car needed for use and a time period through the reserving terminal (1) and sends an order to the network server (2), the network server (2) sends the order to the vehicle-mounted device (3) of the corresponding car, the user takes the car by himself / herself after arriving at a specified parking site within the reserved time period and checking the identity with the vehicle-mounted device (3) through the radio frequency identification card (4) and returns the car by himself / herself to the specified parking site within the reserved time period, and the network server (2) conducts expense settlement according to the order time of the user and the traveling distance of the car after the car is returned.

The invention discloses a method for pooling a taxi, sharing a private car and hitchhiking. The method comprises the steps of entering demand information, conducting matching according to the demand information to obtain car pooling information, enabling a client terminal to display the car pooling information in an imaging mode, obtaining information of the taxi and taking the taxi according to the car pooling information or taking the private car according to the car pooling information after a user validates that the taxi or the private car sets out on time, and automatically generating a cost list detail and a historical note finally. Due to the fact that appointment can be carried out on taxi pooling, private car sharing and hitchhiking, the user can conveniently plan for traveling in advance. Meanwhile, limiting conditions are arranged in the demand information, car pooling among acquaintances can be achieved, therefore, car pooling is relatively safe and reliable, the car pooling information is displayed in the imaging mode and is vivid and visual, and many-to-many selection matching among users can be conveniently carried out. Finally, generation of both the cost list detail and the historical note is automatically executed, user operation is simplified, and user experience is good. The invention also discloses a system for pooling the taxi, sharing the private car and hitchhiking at the same time.

Proposed is an automated telematics-based system (1) for score-driven operations associated with motor vehicles (41, . . . , 45) or transportation means of passengers or goods and based on a dynamic, telematics-based data aggregation, and method thereof, for automated risk-transfer related to complex peer-to-peer lending schemes, especially related to vehicles and car sharing schemes and sharing economy transportation schemes related to risks associated with damages to third parties. The telematics-based system (1) comprises telematics devices (411, . . . , 415) associated with the plurality of motor vehicles (41, . . . , 45), wherein the telematics devices (411, . . . , 415) comprise a wireless connection (42101-42108) to a central, expert-system-based circuit (11). The telematics devices (411, . . . , 415) are connected via interfaces (421, . . . , 425) to the sensors and / or measuring devices (401, . . . , 405) and / or an on-board diagnostic system (431, . . . , 435) and / or an in-car interactive device (441, . . . , 445), wherein the telematics devices (411, . . . , 415) capture usage-based (31) and / or user-based (32) and / or operational (33) telematics data (3) of the motor vehicle (41, . . . , 45) and / or user (321, 322, 323). In response to an emitted shadow request (109) individualized risk-transfer profiles (114) based upon the dynamically generated variable scoring parameters (1011, . . . , 1013) are transmitted from a first risk-transfer systems (11) to the corresponding motor vehicle (41, . . . , 45) and issued by means of a user unit (461, . . . , 465) of the motor vehicle (41, . . . , 45) for selection by the driver of the motor vehicles (41, . . . , 45). In return of issuing an individualized risk-transfer profile (114) over said user unit (461, . . . , 465), payment-transfer parameters are transmitted from the first risk-transfer system (11) to the provider of the telematics-based system (1).

The invention relates to a wireless car rental system and a car rental method for using between passengers and a car renting company, comprising a mobile phone, a local information background service system, a taxi background management system, a built-in taxi GPS calling device and a mobile communication network platform; the mobile phone forms bidirectional wireless communication with the signal receiving and transmitting ends of the local information background service system and the taxi background management system by the mobile communication network platform, and the signal receiving and transmitting ends of the taxi background management system form bidirectional wireless communication with the GPS calling devices in n taxis. The invention has the following advantages: 1. aimless running of the taxi on the road is avoided; 2. fuel consumption and mechanical wear of the taxi are reduced, and traffic jam is relieved; 3. a user can call a taxi only by dialing the button calling the taxi in local service wherever the user is and regardless of difference of the taxi number all around the country; and 4. the invention provides effective passenger-picking up route for traffic balance, thus realizing effective car-sharing service.

An apparatus and operational method are disclosed that use control hardware resident in a vehicle to enable a remote computing system to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle. The control hardware includes a processor configured to interface with a wireless network and the vehicle through, respectively, a wireless network interface and a vehicle interface. A plurality of CAN (control area network) bus transceivers may exist within the vehicle interface operable to allow the processor to interface with multiple vehicle types. The processor may then be configured to automatically detect an identifier for the vehicle though the vehicle interface and automatically select a CAN bus transceiver from the plurality of CAN bus transceivers based on the detected identifier. The processor can then communicate with the vehicle's CAN bus via the selected CAN bus transceiver.

A method for dispatching buses in groups for a bus transit system comprising determining a service interval for each trip of the bus transit system, assembling group assignments based on the service interval for each trip, determining a dispatch schedule for each bus based on the service interval and the group assignment, communicating the dispatch schedule to each bus, and communicating group assignment information to each of a plurality of the buses in a group. The group assignment assigns a plurality of the buses into a group on a segment of the trip shared by the plurality of buses such that multiple buses for different trips can dock at a station at the same time like a train to facilitate transferring passengers.

A regional electric vehicle sharing and management system includes a system backup server connected to a system management server via an Intranet wherein both the system management server and the system backup server are configured to access the Internet via the Intranet; mobile devices, each configured to access the Internet via a telecommunications network or a wireless network; computers, each configured to access the Internet via a wired network or a wireless network; battery exchange devices, each including batteries, a charging circuit, and a power monitoring system wherein the batteries, the charging circuit, and the power monitoring system are electrically connected together, and the batteries are respectively mounted in the charging circuit; and electric vehicles, each including batteries and vehicle control systems they are electrically connected together. A regional electric vehicle sharing and management method is also provided.

The invention discloses a car sharing management method and system compatible with private cars. The system comprises a client side, a car-mounted terminal and a server which are connected through the Internet. Car owners preset the car using time frame of their own, the time beyond the car using time frame is for car sharing, a user checks idle cars, selects the car model, conducts online payment through the client side, takes the selected car for use within the time frame of an order, returns the car after car using and sends car using information through the car-mounted terminal, and the server calculates mileage cost according to specific data of car using and judges whether overtime car using occurs, and overtime cost needs to be charged if yes. According to the car sharing management method and system, based on time sharing of cars which belong to a company and have exclusive functions, private cars are absorbed in car sharing in a trusteeship mode, mode division is conducted on car traveling distance with technological means, and time sharing of cars is realized in the true sense.

The invention discloses an urban connected vehicle sharing system and method and relates to the technical field of block chains, smart contracts and cloud computing. A connected vehicle cloud platformgathers a large quantity of computing resources and keeps real-time contact with shared vehicles, and management of vehicle assets is realized; an vehicle lease interconnects with the connected vehicle cloud platform and the shared vehicles and sponsors the shared vehicles to use the smart contracts; sharing of the connected vehicles relates to an vehicle maintenance shop business system, an accident liability confirmation system, an insurance claim settlement system and a financial payment system; an infrastructure of the block chain is established, the P2P consensus network has management nodes, endorsement nodes and account keeping nodes, and execution of the smart contracts and generation of new blocks of the block chain are realized through collaboration; execution of the smart contracts combines with a vehicle-mounted intelligent sensing device to complete automatic unlocking, locking and other operations of vehicles. The completeness and tamper-resistant property of vehicle sharing operation are guaranteed, the responsibility of each party for use of the shared vehicles is cleared, and the trust cost and the operation cost of vehicle sharing are reduced.

The invention discloses a vehicle dispatching system, which comprises a dispatching server, and a passenger terminal device and a vehicle-mounted terminal device which are accessed into the dispatching server through the internet, wherein the passenger terminal device comprises a first wireless network module and a taking request module, and the vehicle-mounted terminal device comprises a second wireless network module, a passenger carrying registering module, and a passenger carrying response module. The invention also discloses a dispatching method of the vehicle dispatching system, respective information is registered into the dispatching server by the passenger terminal device and the vehicle-mounted terminal device, and a passenger and a vehicle are matched by the dispatching server according to the driving directions of the two parties so as to realize the dispatching of the vehicle and car sharing. The position information of the opposite party can be displayed in real time on the passenger terminal device and the vehicle-mounted terminal device so as to realize faster and more convenient carrying. A currently ordinary smart phone is adopted to realize more flexible vehicle dispatching, car sharing for passengers in rush hour can be realized, traffic resources can be utilized to the maximum degree, and energy is saved.

The invention discloses a car sharing service system based on a mobile terminal. The system comprises a mobile terminal which is provided with a car sharing module, and the car sharing module comprises a role selecting module, an address input module, an information distribution module and a same-way car sharing information selecting module, wherein the information distribution module and the same-way car sharing information selecting module are respectively connected with an application server through a wireless network; the role selecting module, the address input module and the informationdistribution module are sequentially connected; the car sharing module is communicated with the application server through the wireless network, and the application server is also provided with an intelligent information recommendation module and a geographical information acquiring and processing module which are mutually connected; and the intelligent information recommendation module is connected with a database server through signals. By arranging the car sharing module on the mobile terminal, a user can send car sharing information to the application server and the database server by using the mobile terminal, and then the application server and the database server intelligently recommend the information to corresponding same-way partners of the user so as to realize the car sharing service.

The invention provides a car-sharing taxi taking method and a server. The method includes the step that order modification information sent by a first car-sharing passenger on a first vehicle is received, wherein the order modification information includes current car taking requirement information of the first passenger; a second vehicle meeting the requirement of current car taking requirement information is selected as a transfer vehicle in the preset range of the current position of the first vehicle, and the overlap point of the running path of the first vehicle and the running path of the second vehicle is a transfer position; passenger confirmation information is sent to the first passenger and includes the transfer position and an identification of the second vehicle; vehicle confirmation information is sent to the first vehicle and the second vehicle and includes the transfer position. By means of the car-sharing taxi taking method and the server, requirements of passengers can be met to the largest extent, time of the passengers is saved, and the transfer success rate and user experience are improved.

A self-service car returning method in the car sharing process and a car sharing method based on self-service car returning belong to the field of car sharing. The methods are disclosed in order to solve the problem that the procedure of car returning is complicated for car sharing as a car user needs to return a car to a car owner and the car owner needs to check the car face to face. The self-service car returning method is characterized by comprising the following steps: S1, a car user parks a car at an agreed location at the end of car sharing; the car user submits a car returning application through the APP client thereof, and takes an image of the car using an APP and uploads the image to a cloud platform server as the car checking basis for car returning, and the cloud platform server automatically adds a timestamp when the APP client of the car user uploads the image, carries out backup and image processing and comparing, makes out new damaged points generated after the car user picks up the car, and pushes the new damaged points to the APP client of a car sharer; and S3, the car sharer receives the car returning application, checks the car based on the image pushed by the APP client of the car user, and / or checks the car at the car location, and / or does not check the car.

The invention discloses a route planning method, and belongs to the technical field of data processing. The route planning method comprises the steps: acquiring an initial route of a vehicle, and determining a driving-through sequence of a second starting point in the initial route and a driving-through sequence of a second terminal point in the initial route according to driving demand carried by a car sharing request of a first user, driving demand carried by a car sharing request of a second user, the second starting point, the second terminal point and a driving distance between two adjacent nodes in the initial route, updating the initial route of the vehicle according to the driving-through sequence of the second starting point and driving-through sequence of the second terminal point, and obtaining a car sharing route. Since the starting point and the terminal point of the user can be screened according to the demand of the user, the location satisfying the condition can be selected, and on the premise of calculating the best car sharing route, the calculation amount can be reduced. The route planning efficiency is relatively high.

The invention discloses a taxi or private car sharing or hitch-hiking method. The method comprises that a car sharer inputs a starting point and a destination in a map selection or word search manner after accessing a website or server interaction interface; the car sharer can select the car sharing type classified by the amount of car sharers, and carry out screening according to the input car sharing restriction; the car sharer can carry out positioning, wait and receive invitation information; or the car sharer can directly select the starting point and the destination, and defines Xkm to the starting point or destination as hitching. The method focuses on bidirectional selection of both a driver and the car sharer, car-sharing invitation, interactive chatting and unidirectional selection can be realized, and selection is more human-based.

The invention provides a more universal dynamic car sharing and matching method, which solves the problem of real-time matching of a passenger and an optimal driver meeting the conditions under two constraint conditions of car sharing time and car sharing cost of the passenger. The dynamic car sharing and matching method comprises the three steps of step 1, establishing a dynamic car sharing and matching model including time, cost and a skyline relation model; step 2, establishing a dynamic car sharing data structure including Driver Table, Matching Table, Grid index and the like; and step 3, carrying out dynamic car sharing and matching with core conception of guaranteeing high efficiency of matching through reducing or postponing calculation of a shortest path as possible; meanwhile, through setting a skyline constraint of the driver, the calculated amount of matching is further reduced, and in comparison with the other alternative driver, the matched driver is better in the aspect of time or cost.

A method of operating / renting keyless motor vehicles includes configuring a user's smartphone to wirelessly communicate with the security systems of at least a selected keyless vehicle, whereby the user's smartphone can transmit a digital key to the security system of a keyless vehicle to permit operation thereof. A digital key for a selected keyless vehicle is transmitted to the user's smartphone, and the user is provided with an authorization code that can be used to gain entry into the selected vehicle. The user enters the authorization code using the user input device of the selected keyless vehicle, and the user's smartphone then transmits the digital key to the security system of the selected keyless vehicle. The user can enter and operate the selected vehicle without receiving a conventional key and / or key fob.

The invention relates to an electric vehicle sharing platform and an intelligent control method and belongs to the electric vehicle charging technical field. The electric vehicle sharing platform is characterized in that the electric vehicle sharing platform includes an electric vehicle, a charging pile, a parking lot, a wireless intelligent vehicle-mounted terminal, a mobile phone or a computer and a control software system, wherein the control software system includes a management center cloud control system, a mobile phone APP, vehicle control middleware, charging pile middleware and parking lot middleware. A platform user logins the management center cloud control system through the mobile phone or the computer, and then, performs intelligent management and monitoring on the electric vehicle, the charging pile and the parking lot through the vehicle control middleware, the charging pile middleware and the parking lot middleware. With the electric vehicle sharing platform and the intelligent control method adopted, various kinds of resources of vehicles can be utilized fully and rationally, and fuel vehicles can be converted into more environmentally friendly electric vehicles, and private vehicles can be converted into the electric vehicles, and more people will choose renting vehicles rather than buying private vehicles, and finally energy shortage and social and environmental issues can be alleviated, and related operations such as vehicle renting, charging and parking can be completed.

The invention discloses a convenient and fast car sharing system and a convenient and fast car sharing method for commute. The system consists of a user mobile phone, a sharing car and an information center. A data communication passage and a management platform are built between a driver and a car sharing user by using the information center, the user mobile phone and a vehicle-mounted terminal, user codes and license plate numbers are utilized as major operation data for implementing the car sharing, and the convenient and free car sharing between the driver and the car sharing user is realized. The car sharing system and the method have the advantages that the safety, the reliability and the simplicity in the car sharing process can be ensured, and meanwhile, the calculation and the sharing of the car sharing cost are also simplified.

The invention discloses a car sharing method which includes: receiving the trip information sent by at least one driver terminal, wherein the trip information sent by each driver terminal contains at least three location points on each traveling route, and each location point comprises a starting point, a terminal point and at least one docking point; combining every two location points of the three locating points contained by each trip information into one traveling path and obtaining a travelling path set; receiving the riding requests sent by a passenger terminal, wherein each riding request contains a starting position and a terminal position; generating a riding path according to the starting position and the terminal position contained by each riding request; and sending prompt messages to the passenger terminal if the contact ratio of the riding path existed in the traveling path set is larger than the traveling path of the preset value and sending the prompt messages to the driver terminal.

The invention relates to a multifunction integrated system. The multifunction integrated system comprises an ordering terminal for sending out ordering request information, a vehicle-mounted terminal for performing the operations of rushing to an order, detecting and judging the number of vacant seats in real time, identifying a human face, attracting a customer in real time, warning, relatively pricing on car sharing, preventing cheating, collecting fee, printing a note and evaluating the service, and a system platform for matching a corresponding vehicle according to the ordering request information, transmitting the ordering request information to the vehicle-mounted terminal, identifying the face of a driver for signing in, receiving and processing the photo information, vacant seat information, position information, destination information, warning information, charging information, evaluation information and operation information uploaded by the vehicle-mounted terminal, and monitoring the vehicle-mounted terminal in real time; due to the arranged system platform and vehicle-mounted terminal, the vacant seat utilization rate of a taxi is increased, the quality of service of the driver is improved and the safety factor is increased. The invention also provides a waiting system to get the number of vacant seats and the destination of the taxi in real time, and therefore, the success rate of taking a taxi is increased.

The invention provides an intra-city trip service implementation method, device and system and relates to the technical field of navigation. The method comprises: acquiring a user's trip query request which carries a start location and a destination location; generating multiple segmented trip paths according to the start location, the destination location and multiple preset transfer locations, wherein every two adjacent path segments in each segmented trip path employ the corresponding transfer location as a connection point; matching vehicles for each path segment in each segmented trip path to obtain a shortest-time path, a least-cost path, and a least-transfer path; receiving the user's path selection information, and generating the user's trip orders for multiple paths according to the path selection information and vehicle information successfully matching with the selected path. Therefore, trip orders can be generated to maximum extent, car sharing is achieved, vehicle utilization efficiency is improved, fewer vehicles may run on the roads, traffic condition is improved, and trippers may arrive at their destinations sooner.

The invention discloses an implement method and display system for car sharing based on a cab. In the invention, a vehicle-mounted LED display screen which is installed outside the cab to display car sharing information is arranged at a striking place of the cab, and the current car sharing information which is input by a driver is received by a vehicle-mounted keyboard; and the car sharing information, such as traveling destinations, number of the rest passenger seats on the cab and the like, is input into the vehicle-mounted LED display screen for display. In such a way, the passengers waiting for the cab can conveniently know the information of the transient cabs so as to select and take the appropriate cabs. The implement method and the display system have operability, which can relieve traffic pressure and be convenient for trip of passenger in the traffic peak period, thereby improving the use efficiency and use ratio of the cabs, providing effective user picking and taking routine ways for traffic balance and achieving effective car-sharing service.

The invention relates to an automobile returning guiding and maintenance method in a city automobile sharing and quick renting system. When a driver operates an automobile returning button, an automobile-mounted terminal performs judgment according to current GPS position coordinates of an automobile via a module for judging existence of the automobile in a permitted automobile returning area. If the automobile is in the permitted automobile returning area, a user can return the automobile. After flameout and doors are closed and locked, the automobile-mounted terminal clears out user control data, an automobile general state indicating lamp is in an under-detection state via arrangement, and an automobile returning completion signal is transmitted to an information center. An area code of a maintenance area in which the current automobile is positioned is judged by the information center via an automobile maintenance responsible area judgment module according to the current GPS position coordinates of the automobile, and under-detection information of the automobile is pushed to a mobile phone of a current maintenance responsible person. A link with the information center is established by maintenance personnel via the mobile phone by aiming at the automobile so that information like automobile numbers can be directly retrieved, then timely maintenance is performed on the automobile and the automobile state can be reset. Therefore, distributed automobile returning of the shared automobile within a certain area can be realized, and clear division of automobile maintenance responsibility and timely maintenance can be realized under the state.

In order to solve the problem that in a car sharing system, route matching is unintelligent and inaccurate, the invention provides a car sharing system route publishing and matching algorithm based on a network map API. According to the invention, the network map API is used to divide car sharing into two kinds: long distance car sharing and urban car sharing; more factors in practical car sharing are considered, such as the riding time, the riding cost, the maximum vehicle capacity and the driver's gender; an optimized model matched in car sharing route and a corresponding target energy function E are established, in the model, each factor is considered comprehensively according to the weight, and the publishing route of a driver can by dynamically adjusted according to requirements of a user; and the publishing route, whose target energy function E relative to the requirements of the user is minimum, is the recommended optimized matching route. A distance matching degree ED, a time interval matching degree ET and a cost matching degree EM are calculated in a standard normal distribution mode by the algorithm, and the matching degree E of a final user route and the driver publishing route is obtained by the following equation: E=0.4*ED+0.4*ET+0.2*EM. The algorithm can adopts the API provided by an existing open source network map to calculate the route from a starting point to a final point.

The invention discloses a shared car sharing site layout and selection model. The implementation process of the model includes the following steps of: establishing a shared rental car site selection cost model; establishing a network effect-based shared car rental profit model; establishing the objective function model of marginal costs and marginal profits; and using a firefly algorithm to simulate the objective function model. With the model adopted, problems in site layout with a strong network effect can be solved; and an improved firefly algorithm-based site selection model represented by sharing shared cars is built.

The invention discloses an on-call car-sharing calculation system. The system comprises a dispatch server and taxi scheduling terminals. The dispatch server is used for receiving an on-call order, performing matching degree calculation on a later received order and a previously received and already formed order, and sending order information with a high matching degree to the corresponding taxi scheduling terminals already having orders. The dispatch server comprises a matching degree calculation module for calculating the matching degrees of the pick-up points and destination lines of the two on-call orders. The taxi scheduling terminals are installed on taxies and are used for receiving and displaying the on-call orders sent by the dispatch server. The invention also discloses a realization method of the on-call car-sharing calculation system. According to the invention, through calculating the matching degrees of the pick-up points and the destination lines of the taxi on-call orders, passengers whose matching degrees between the pick-up points and the destination lines are high can share the same taxi, such that taxi resources are saved, and the problem of inconvenient on-call service in a rainy day, during an on-call peak or in a quite remote region is alleviated.

The invention discloses a car sharing route providing method, client side, server and car sharing system. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring driving information and traffic geographic information of a vehicle owner and travel requirements of a plurality of passengers; and selecting a plurality of candidate stop points between a driving starting point and a driving end point according to the driving information and the traffic geographic information, so as to obtain a candidate stop point set comprising a plurality of candidate stop points; according to the driving information, the traffic geographic information and the candidate stop point set, traversing the obtained plurality of travel requirements, constructing a plurality of candidate car sharing routes, and calculating the car sharing cost of each candidate car sharing route; selecting the candidate car sharing route with the minimum car sharing cost as a car sharing route, and providing the car sharing route tothe vehicle owner and the corresponding passengers. According to the invention, the traffic resources can be effectively utilized, and the travel efficiency can be improved.