JPH0636101A - Vehicle for rental - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rent and return rental vehicles by self-service by starting a starting power source controller only with a specified IC card. CONSTITUTION:The vehicle to be rented by lease starts the engine by inserting an IC card 7 to a card inserting port 61 of a starting power source controller 6 mounted on the car body. Instead of a key switch, the IC card 7 is given to a user by contract. After the vehicle is returned, data such as the date and time of use, period and code stored in the starting power source controller 6 of the vehicle lent by using this IC card 7 are sampled by inserting a master card to the card inserting port 61, transferred to an information unit such as an IC card writer, summed up for each code and calculated so as to adjust the rent. Thus, the vehicles can be lent by self-service without any manager.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a rental vehicle such as a construction machine and an ordinary passenger car that a rental company handles for rental.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rental vehicle handled by a rental company to be rented out is rented when a construction machine such as a backhoe or a dozer is operated by rotating a control lever for operation control. , There are several patterns of relation between the rotation direction of the control lever and the operation of the controlled operating part, which are different for each manufacturer, so that this can be converted into a pattern that the user is familiar with. The device may be added. However, the rest of the configuration except this point is the same as that of a normal connecting machine and a normal passenger car, and the normal vehicle is simply rented out.

[0003]

Generally, a rental vehicle handled by a rental company to be rented out for rent is generally operated by inserting a key switch and turning the power circuit for starting to activate a starter engine. It is a normal vehicle that is designed to start up.

For this reason, the rental company stores the key switch of the vehicle to be handled in the office, hands the key switch of the vehicle to the user when renting the vehicle, and returns the rented vehicle. Receiving the key switch when the vehicle is rented is an absolute requirement when renting a vehicle.

From this fact, the rental company
Vehicles to be rented out must be managed by man-control by a manager resident in the office attached to the vehicle storage area. However, it is difficult to have the manager stay resident 24 hours a day without holidays, and rental work is not performed at night or on holidays when the office attached to the vehicle storage area is closed.
Even if the office is open, if there is no manager,
Since it cannot be lent out or returned, there is a problem that various modes of users cannot be dealt with. For this reason, a system in which a self-service lending and returning of a vehicle prepared in a vehicle storage area can be performed for a specific object, such as withdrawing a bank deposit by self-service using an IC card. There is a request.

The present invention has been made in order to meet this demand, and a vehicle prepared by a rental company in a vehicle storage space for renting is rented to a specific vehicle.
The purpose is to provide a new means of self-service that allows you to borrow and return.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, however, is based on the findings obtained by various studies for the above-mentioned purpose. That is, the vehicle to be rented out by rental is not used in the form of inserting the key switch into the keyhole and turning it, but is used for withdrawing the bank deposit by self-service.
A C card is used, and the IC card is inserted into and removed from a card insertion slot provided in the vehicle body to turn on and off the rotation of the starting power source.
That is, an IC card insertion port is provided in the vehicle body of the vehicle to be rented, and when the IC card is inserted into the vehicle, the code of the IC card is read and it is determined whether the code is a predetermined code or not. If you have a starting power supply controller consisting of a control that turns on the circuit of the starting power supply when it is a code and a computer that stores data such as date and time when the IC card is inserted, if you provide a starting power supply controller, you can contract with the user. By handing over the IC card on which the predetermined code is recorded, the user can select the desired vehicle from the vehicles prepared in the vehicle storage area by self-service by using the IC card. , You can rent by self-service, and when you finish using it, you can return it to the vehicle storage area by self-service so that you can return it by self-service. Then, the rental company inserts a separately prepared master IC card into the card insertion slot of the starting power controller of the returned vehicle, extracts the stored data, and installs it in the office. By moving to an information collecting unit such as an IC card reader / writer and collecting the charges for each code to calculate the charge, the charge can be settled without facing the user. This is due to the idea.

From this, as means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the insertion hole of the IC card and the IC inserted into the insertion hole of the vehicle body of a vehicle such as a construction machine or a regular passenger car. The present invention proposes a rental vehicle characterized by being equipped with a starting power supply controller comprising a computer for storing and reading data such as reading / discrimination of a card code and inserted date / time and period.

[0009]

Embodiments Next, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle A of a construction machine embodying the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a vehicle body traveling by a traveling device 10 including crawlers, E is an engine mounted on the vehicle body 1, and 2 is an engine E thereof. A hydraulic device including a hydraulic pump driven by
Is a seat mounted on the vehicle body 1, 4 is a control unit of the hydraulic system 2 and the engine E mounted on the front surface of the seat 3 and mounted on the vehicle body 1, 40 ... Operates the operation of the control unit 4. The operating lever 5 is a control panel disposed on the front surface of the seat 3, 6
Indicates an earth-discharging plate mounted on the front surface of the vehicle body 1 so as to be vertically movable. These are no different from those of conventional construction machinery. That is, the engine E is started, and the operation levers 40 are operated to control the traveling operation of the traveling device 10 and the elevating operation of the soil discharge plate 6 to perform the work.

However, the keyhole 5 of the key switch for starting provided on the control panel 5 for starting the engine E
No. 0 does not turn on the starting power source of the engine E even if the key switch is inserted and turned, so that the engine cannot be started by the key switch.

The control of starting and stopping the operation of the engine E is performed by inserting and removing the IC card 7 into and from the card insertion opening 61 provided in the body 60 of the starting electric current controller 6 mounted on the control panel 5. It is done.

That is, the starting power source controller 6 is
Inside the box-shaped body 60, a reading circuit for reading the code recorded on the IC card 7 inserted from the card insertion opening 61, and whether or not the read code is a predetermined one are displayed. A determination circuit for determining, a control circuit for outputting a signal for turning on the circuit of the starting power source of the engine E when it is determined that the code is a predetermined code, and the IC card 7 is inserted into the card insertion opening 61. A computer 62 having a date and time of insertion, a period of insertion, and a memory circuit for storing data such as a read code is incorporated. Then, when the IC card 7 is inserted into the card insertion slot 61 and the code recorded therein is determined to be a predetermined code, the engine E mounted on the vehicle body 1 is output by a signal output. The starting power supply circuit is connected to the starting power supply circuit so that the starting power supply circuit is turned on. The starting power supply controller 6 may be equipped with a switch SW that turns off the circuit of the starting power supply and stops the operation of the engine E when the IC card 7 is inserted into the card insertion slot 61.

The embodiment apparatus thus configured operates as follows. The vehicle A, which is prepared in the vehicle storage area for leasing by lease, does not start the engine E by the key switch, and the IC card 7 is inserted into the card insertion opening 61 of the starting power supply controller 6 mounted on the vehicle body 1. The engine E is started by inserting the IC card 7
Switch SW that is provided by pulling out or separately
Since the operation of engine E is stopped by the operation of, the management of handing the key switch of vehicle A to the user who wants to rent vehicle A and receiving it when returning vehicle A is unnecessary. Becomes

The IC card 7 to be handed by the user instead of the key switch may be given to the user in advance by contract, and the starting power supply controller 6 of the vehicle A rented out by using the IC card 7 After the vehicle A is returned, the master IC card is inserted and taken out from the data such as the date and time of use, the period, and the code stored in the card, and the data is transferred to an information collection unit such as an IC card reader / writer. However, by collecting and calculating for each code, the charge can be settled, so that the vehicle A can be rented by self-service without an administrator.

[0015]

As described above, in the rental vehicle according to the present invention, the engine E of the rental vehicle is not started by using the key switch, and the card insertion port of the starting power controller 6 mounted on the vehicle body 1 is installed. It is started by inserting the IC card 7 which is handed to the user in advance to the user at 61, and the date and time of use and the period of time are recorded together with the code of the IC card 7 used. Therefore, by setting the vehicle to be rented out by the rental company as vehicle A which is started by using this IC card 7, the vehicle to be rented out at the vehicle storage area can be specified. You will be able to manage self-service lending and returning of items.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an entire rental vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the main part of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

A ... vehicle, E ... engine, SW ... switch, 1 ... vehicle body,
10 ... Traveling device, 11 ... Soil plate, 2 ... Hydraulic device, 3 ... Seat, 4 ... Control part, 40 ... Operation panel, 5 ... Control panel,
50 ... Keyhole, 6 ... Starting power controller, 60 ... Body, 61 ... Card slot, 62 ... Computer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An IC card insertion hole and an I inserted into the insertion hole in a vehicle body of a construction machine, a passenger car, or the like.
A rental vehicle characterized by being equipped with a starting power supply controller consisting of a computer for storing and reading data such as the date and time when the C card code is read and discriminated and inserted.