CN101833729A - A booking system and method for shared car rental - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a reservation system and a method for sharing automobile lease, relating to a reservation system and a method for carrying out the automobile lease conveniently and fast by using a GPS map of a mobile phone. The method comprises the following steps: an information center carries out real-time communication with a vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone; the information center processes to-be-used positional information of a leased automobile and then loads the positional information to a GPS navigation map of the mobile phone of a user with an icon according to places; the user selects the icon of an automobile to be used at a specified place on the map; an internal program of the mobile phone transmits a selection action to the information center; the information center transmits user registration data to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the automatable to be used; the vehicle-mounted terminal assigns values on a door lock controller and an ignition controller; and simultaneously, the information center sends a short message to the mobile phone and the short message provides an automobile number of a reserved automobile to be used at the place as confirmation information. A user only needs to put a non-contact radio frequency card integrated with the mobile phone to be close to the vehicle door of the reserved automobile to be used, the vehicle door is automatically unlocked. The convenient and fast reservation operation of leasing the automobile is achieved.

Description

A booking system and method for shared car rental

technical field

The invention relates to a leasing system, in particular to a system and method for users to reserve a rental car by means of a mobile phone GPS navigation map.

Background technique

The use of private cars has many disadvantages such as high cost and difficult parking, but its only advantage lies in the certainty of its use. That is to say, the car owner knows where the car he can use is parked, and he can use it as long as he wants to use it. Therefore, how to ensure the certainty of people's car use in the city's convenient car rental system for the purpose of sharing is a key issue. Once a user reserves a car, they are guaranteed to be able to use the car. With such certainty, shared cars in the city can be no different from private cars, and have more advantages than private cars, so that they can truly attract the majority of users. People, even private car owners give up their private cars to join the car-sharing system.

The invention patent application with the publication number CN101281628A discloses a car rental system and method using automotive electronics and mobile devices. The method sends taxi information requests (such as vehicle models and locations) to the information center through mobile phones, and the information center matches them through the computer system. , send the door opening password and location information of the required car to the user, instruct the user to go to the parking space, and send the user password to the car controller at the same time, when the user uses the mobile phone to send the received car controller Take the car password, the car controller verifies the car take-off password and the user password, and if they match, the user is allowed to start the car. When returning the car, the user operates the on-board controller to send an end signal to the information center, provides the parking location information of the car, and turns off and locks the car. The information center updates the car rental data in the database. This method needs to search the location of the returned rental car. If the distance is far away, it will be more difficult to find. In particular, the location of the rental car cannot be known before making an appointment. In this way, the urban shared car system for the purpose of reducing private cars in a large amount However, it is not convenient enough, it is not suitable for short-distance and short-term use of the car, and it cannot meet the reservation needs of a large number of users for timely use and return of the car at any time.

The invention patent application with the application number of 200910111459.8 discloses a car rental system and method for convenient pick-up and return. The system and method can realize the query of rental cars on the GPS map of the mobile phone, and can conveniently pick up and return the rental cars in any parking space The operation can realize the short-distance and timely leasing operation of urban cars for the purpose of sharing. When people arrive at the waiting rental car, they can only open the door by swiping the card on the car indicated to be in the standby state. This method is generally very convenient, but the system does not provide the function of making an appointment. Such a phenomenon may occur. That is to say, when people go out, they need to inquire about the available rental cars nearby, and when they may walk to the parking spot, the car has already been driven away by others, so there is uncertainty in using the car. This uncertainty will largely affect the enthusiasm of car-sharing users.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a booking system for shared car rental.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a reservation method for shared car rental.

The reservation system of shared car rental described in the present invention is provided with:

Mobile phone: The mobile phone is equipped with a non-contact radio frequency card and GPS navigation map;

Rental car: The rental car is equipped with car number, non-contact radio frequency card reader, vehicle-mounted terminal, door lock controller and ignition controller, and the vehicle-mounted terminal is equipped with GPS/GPRS positioning communication module;

Information center: the information center is equipped with information center communication device, database and application program server;

The vehicle-mounted terminal is connected with the non-contact radio frequency card reader, door lock controller and ignition controller, and the vehicle-mounted terminal communicates with the information center through the GPS/GPRS positioning communication module;

The communication device of the information center is connected with the vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone. The communication device of the information center is used to provide real-time data communication for the vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone; vehicle information;

The application server of the information center processes the position signal of each rental car to be used and loads them on the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone in the form of an icon. This icon can be selected independently on the GPS map of the user's mobile phone. Once the icon is clicked and confirmed by the user on the mobile phone, the mobile phone will send a request for renting a car at this location to the information center through an internal program. When the information center After receiving the request information from the user's mobile phone to reserve a car to be rented at a designated location, the information center will verify whether the user is legal according to the mobile phone number sent. The registration data is sent to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the designated rental car; the vehicle-mounted terminal uses the data to assign values to the door lock controller and ignition controller, and sends the car number to the reservation user's mobile phone as confirmation information, and completes the rental car Appointment operation.

The user can know the parking situation of the rental car in the specific location by inquiring whether there is an icon of the rental car and the number of the rental car in the specific location on the GPS navigation map of the mobile phone; the legitimate user can confirm the icon of the rental car in the GPS map by clicking , the reservation information of the rental car at the location can be sent to the information center, and the method of clicking and confirming the icon of the car to be used is the cursor movement key, finger touch or use of the cursor pen, etc., which can be used on the mobile phone. The method of selection.

Preferably, the contactless radio frequency card is a SIMPASS card.

Preferably, the information center is loaded onto the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone to indicate that a certain location has rental cars to be used and the number icons are closed graphics, such as circles, triangles, squares, etc., and there are numbers in the center of the closed graphics, which indicate that the location is waiting The number of cars used.

According to the user's reservation, the information center will send the vehicle number of a vehicle to be used at the designated place to the mobile phone of the reservation user as confirmation information of the reservation success, and the information can be sent back to the information center by the reservation user as the cancellation reservation information, the information center Through the application program, according to the mobile phone number and car number, determine the car to be canceled, and the information center will send a cancellation order to the car terminal of the rental car that has been reserved, and the car terminal will clear the data of the ignition controller and door lock controller. This system can facilitate the cancellation of reservations.

Preferably be provided with the indicator light that shows three kinds of states at least on the rental car, and described three kinds of states are that the rental car is in stand-by state, occupying state and car door unlocked state (as flickering, predetermined state is another kind of flickering), so that The user identifies which car is on standby or reserved.

When the user approaches the reserved car parking spot, find the reserved car through the signal light (flashing) and car number on the rental car, read the card on the card reader of the rental car through the non-contact radio frequency card, and open the door of the rental car. Use the ignition code to start the car; you can drive the car away, and turn off the engine when you reach the destination. When the non-contact radio frequency card leaves the rental car with the user for a certain distance, and the card reader cannot detect the signal of the non-contact radio frequency card, the vehicle terminal controls the automatic locking of the car door.

The reservation method of the shared car rental is applied to the reservation system of the shared car rental, and the method includes the following steps:

1) The information center archives and registers the user's mobile phone number, contactless radio frequency card data and personally set ignition password in the information center database;

2) The information center collects the positioning information of each rental car through the positioning communication module GPS/GPRS of the vehicle-mounted terminal installed on the rental car, processes the parking space signal of each rental car to be used through the application server, and loads it in the form of an icon according to the location Go to the GPS navigation map of the legitimate user's mobile phone;

3) The user clicks on the GPS map of the mobile phone to confirm that there is an icon of a rental car to be used, and the mobile phone sends a request message for renting the car to the information center through an internal program;

4) The information center verifies whether the user is legal in the database through the application program according to the received request information for booking a rental car, and if it is legal, proceed to the next step;

5) The information center designates a car to be used at the location in a random manner or in a first-in-first-out manner, and remotely sends the user's non-contact radio frequency card data and the ignition password data set by the user to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the designated vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted terminal Set the unlocking data of the door lock controller as the user's non-contact radio frequency card data, and the vehicle terminal also assigns the user's ignition password data to the ignition controller;

6) The information center sends the designated car number to the user's mobile phone as a confirmation notice of successful reservation.

In step 3), when the user clicks on the GPS map of the mobile phone to confirm that there is an icon of a rental car to be used in a certain place, it can be linked to display all brands of the rental car to be used in this place, and then click to confirm a certain car brand After the icon is clicked, a rental request message for a car of a specified brand at a specified location is sent to the information center.

After step 6), when the user receives the reservation success confirmation information, the user sends the confirmation information back to the information center, which can be used as cancellation reservation information. When the communication device of the information center receives the information returned by the user's mobile phone, the corresponding application The program determines to cancel the reserved vehicle according to the mobile phone number and car number, and the information center transmits the canceled reservation instruction to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the reserved rental car through the communication device; the vehicle-mounted terminal clears the data of the control door lock controller and ignition controller to complete the cancellation of reservation operate.

From the above, it can be seen that the information center communicates with the vehicle terminal and mobile phone in real time. The information center downloads the vehicle parking data through the vehicle GPS/GPRS terminal, and loads the position information data of the car to be used as an icon on the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone according to the location. Display Is there any car waiting for use at any place, and how many cars are there waiting for use? As long as the icon is clicked and confirmed by the user on the mobile phone, the reservation request information from the mobile phone can be sent to the local information center, and the information center will send a message to the local information center. The car number is sent to the reservation user's mobile phone, and the registration data of the reservation user is transmitted to the car terminal of the rental car; the car terminal uses the data to assign values to the door lock controller and ignition controller, so as to realize the convenience of car sharing scheduled operation.

The GPS map of the user's mobile phone can guide the user to the reserved parking place, judge which car is in the reserved state according to the indicator light on the car, and find the reserved car number. The non-contact radio frequency card reader on the vehicle detects the non-contact radio frequency card information of the mobile phone, and the vehicle terminal compares the data of the door lock controller with the data read by the non-contact radio frequency card reader, and if it is consistent, controls the unlocking of the car door. After getting on the car, the user can enter the ignition password on the GPS display of the vehicle terminal as required. The vehicle terminal compares the ignition controller data with the entered ignition password. If they are consistent, the user is allowed to ignite and start the car. After completing the appointment, it is convenient to pick up the car and start the ignition. .

If after booking a car, it is necessary to cancel the reservation for some reason, the user only needs to send back the reservation confirmation message to the information center as the cancellation reservation information. When the communication device of the information center receives the information sent back by the user's mobile phone, the user can use The program determines to cancel the reservation of the vehicle, and the information center will send the cancellation instruction to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the reserved rental car; the vehicle-mounted terminal will control the data of the door lock controller and ignition controller to be cleared, and the cancellation of the reservation operation can be completed very conveniently.

Compared with the existing car rental system, the present invention has the following prominent advantages:

1) In the case of knowing the parking position of the car to be used, it is extremely convenient to make a reservation for the rental car.

2) Enjoy the certainty of using a car without owning one.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structural composition of an embodiment of the reservation system for shared car rental according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a system diagram of an embodiment of the reservation system for shared car rental according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of canceling a reservation in an embodiment of the reservation system for shared car rental according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with drawings and embodiments.

As shown in Figure 1, the reservation system for the shared car rental is provided with:

Mobile phone 11: be integrated with mobile phone 11, be easy to carry SIMPASS card 12, set fire password (distinguish whether it is the person), these three data information are archived and registered in the information center database 41.

Rental car 2: Each car has a specific car number, and there are at least three indicator lights 22 that display three states on the car, showing the standby state, occupied state and scheduled state of the vehicle, so that users can easily identify which car is available or has been used. Reservation; the car is equipped with a vehicle-mounted terminal 20, including a GPS/GPRS positioning communication module 23;

The vehicle-mounted terminal 20 controls the indicator light 22, the door lock controller 24, the display of the ignition controller 25, the GPS/GPRS positioning communication module 23, and can communicate with the vehicle condition detection equipment 27, the battery device 26 and the SIMPASS card reader 21.

Information center 4 is provided with database 41, information center communication device 42 and application program processor 43, and database 41 prestores legal user's contactless radio frequency card 12 data, mobile phone number and matching ignition password data; The GPS/GPRS positioning communication module 23 of 20 carries out time, position, speed driving real-time data collection to each car, is convenient to carry out settlement management to the user. The position data of each waiting rental car 2 is loaded onto the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone 11 in the form of icons.

This icon can be selected independently on the GPS map of the user's mobile phone 11. Once the icon is clicked and confirmed by the user on the mobile phone, the reservation rental information to the designated place from the mobile phone 11 can be sent to the local information center 4. When the information center receives the When the user's mobile phone sends an appointment to rent a designated location car information, the information center 4 first verifies whether it is a legitimate user according to the mobile phone number of the sent information, and if it is a legal user, a certain car number to be used in the predetermined place is sent to the mobile phone of the reservation user. 11, and transmit the user registration data to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the rental car to be used; the vehicle-mounted terminal 20 uses the data to assign values to the door lock controller 24 and the ignition controller 25, thereby realizing the convenient reservation operation of the shared car, as shown in Figure 2 shown.

The information center sends the number of a vehicle to be used at the designated location to the mobile phone of the reservation user as a notification message of a successful reservation. After the information center receives the returned short message, it determines the reservation of the car through the application program of the information center, and sends a cancel reservation instruction to the reservation car 2 vehicle-mounted terminal 20. The reservation of the car is shown in Figure 3.

The mobile phone user clicks to confirm that there is an icon of a car to be used on the GPS map of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone can transmit the reservation request information for booking a rental car at the location to the information center through the internal program, and click and confirm that there is an icon of a car to be used. It is all the ways to select the cursor that can be used on the mobile phone, such as cursor movement keys, finger touch or use of a cursor pen.

According to the reservation information of the user, the information center will send the number of a vehicle to be used at the designated place to the mobile phone of the reservation user as confirmation information of the reservation success, and the information can be sent back to the information center by the reservation user as the cancellation reservation information. The mobile phone number and car number of the message are transmitted, and the information center determines the canceled vehicle, and completes the corresponding cancel reservation operation.

After adopting the present invention, the user can conveniently make an appointment in the city shared car rental system, and obtain the determination of the car, that is, once the user confirms a car to be used, it is guaranteed to be able to use this car, with such certainty, City-sharing cars can be no different from private cars, but have more advantages than using private cars, so that they can really attract private car owners to give up their private cars and join the car-sharing system.

The above embodiment is only one embodiment of the present invention, so the scope of the present invention cannot be limited with this. The rental car of the present invention can be any form of power car, and is not limited to the city car sharing system. The system and method of the invention complete the car rental reservation operation, that is, the equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the manual should still fall within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A reservation system for shared car rental, characterized in that: Mobile phone: The mobile phone is equipped with a non-contact radio frequency card and GPS navigation map; Rental car: The rental car is equipped with car number, non-contact radio frequency card reader, vehicle-mounted terminal, door lock controller and ignition controller, and the vehicle-mounted terminal is equipped with GPS/GPRS positioning communication module; Information center: the information center is equipped with information center communication device, database and application program server; The vehicle-mounted terminal is connected with the non-contact radio frequency card reader, door lock controller and ignition controller, and the vehicle-mounted terminal communicates with the information center through the GPS/GPRS positioning communication module; The communication device of the information center is connected with the vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone. The communication device of the information center is used to provide real-time data communication for the vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone; Vehicle information. 2. A reservation system for shared car rental as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the application server of the information center processes the location signals of each rental car to be used and loads them on the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone in the form of icons , the icon is linked to the location information of the location, and includes information about the number of cars in use at the location. The icon can be independently selected on the GPS map of the user's mobile phone. Once the icon is clicked and confirmed by the user on the mobile phone, the mobile phone will pass The internal program sends a request message to the information center to rent a car at this location. When the information center receives the request message from the user's mobile phone to reserve a car for lease at a specified location, the information center verifies whether the user is based on the mobile phone number sent. Legal, for legal users, the information center designates a car to be used at a predetermined location, and transmits the reserved user registration data to the car terminal of the designated car rental car; the car terminal uses the data to assign values to the door lock controller and ignition controller , and send the car number to the reservation user's mobile phone as confirmation information, and complete the rental car reservation operation. 3. A reservation system for shared car rental as claimed in claim 1, wherein said contactless radio frequency card is a SIMPASS card. 4. The reservation system of a kind of shared car rental as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information center is loaded onto the GPS navigation map of the user's mobile phone to indicate that a certain place has a rental car to be used and the quantity icon is a closed figure, so The figures are circles, triangles or squares; there are numbers in the center of the closed figures, which represent the number of cars to be used at this place. 5. A reservation system for shared car rental as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rental car is provided with indicator lights showing at least three states, the three states being that the rental car is in a standby state, Occupied state and door unlocked state. 6. The reservation method of shared car rental, using the reservation system of shared car rental as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said method comprises the following steps: 1) The information center archives and registers the user's mobile phone number, contactless radio frequency card data and personally set ignition password in the information center database; 2) The information center collects the positioning information of each rental car through the positioning communication module GPS/GPRS of the vehicle-mounted terminal installed on the rental car, processes the parking space signal of each rental car to be used through the application server, and loads it in the form of an icon according to the location Go to the GPS navigation map of the legitimate user's mobile phone; 3) The user clicks on the GPS map of the mobile phone to confirm that there is an icon of a rental car to be used, and the mobile phone sends a request message for renting the car to the information center through an internal program; 4) The information center verifies whether the user is legal in the database through the application program according to the received request information for booking a rental car, and proceeds to the next step if it is legal; 5) The information center designates a car to be used at the location in a random manner or in a first-in-first-out manner, and remotely sends the user's non-contact radio frequency card data and the ignition password data set by the user to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the designated vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted terminal Set the unlocking data of the door lock controller as the user's non-contact radio frequency card data, and the vehicle terminal also assigns the user's ignition password data to the ignition controller; 6) The information center sends the designated car number to the user's mobile phone as a confirmation notice of successful reservation. 7. The appointment method of shared car rental as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that in step 3), when the user clicks on the GPS map of the mobile phone to confirm that there is an icon of a rental car to be displayed in a certain place, it can be The link displays all brands of rental cars to be used at the location, and then clicks to confirm the icon of a certain car brand, and sends the rental request information of the car of the designated brand at the designated location to the information center. 8. The reservation method of shared car rental as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that after step 6), when the user receives the reservation success confirmation information, the user sends the confirmation information back to the information center as cancellation reservation information , when the communication device of the information center receives the information returned by the user's mobile phone, the corresponding application program is used to determine the canceled reservation vehicle according to the mobile phone number and the car number, and the information center transmits the cancellation reservation instruction to the vehicle-mounted terminal of the reservation rental car through the communication device; The terminal clears the data of the door lock controller and ignition controller to zero, and completes the operation of canceling the reservation.

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