KR102174499B1 - Service station system for providing rentcar and carsharing - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes a rental car operation server that manages vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information; A car sharing operation server that manages car sharing information including shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information; A terminal used by a driver who rents or shares a vehicle, comprising: a driver terminal receiving the vehicle rental information or car sharing information from the driver and wirelessly transmitting the received vehicle rental information or car sharing information to the gas station management server; And a terminal that performs vehicle refueling control and refueling payment at a gas station, receiving vehicle rental information or car sharing information from a driver's terminal through wireless communication, synchronizing the received vehicle rental information with the rental car operation server, and It may include a gas station management server that synchronizes and shares the car sharing information with the car sharing operation server, and notifies the gas station staff terminal by determining whether the gas flow rate of the returned vehicle returned after renting or sharing the vehicle is normal and whether the vehicle is damaged. have.

Description

Service station system for providing rentcar and carsharing}

The present invention relates to a gas station operating system that provides a rental car and car sharing as a gas station operating system.

Existing gas stations provided only gasoline to gasoline customers due to lack of manpower, equipment, space, and time, or only provided services such as cleaning up simple dust outside the vehicle by using the time during gasoline. Even for simple inspections, it was necessary to use a car wash or car repair shop, which was expensive.

Therefore, in recent years, almost all gas stations where space is secured are allowed to wash the car after gasoline to secure customers, but since almost all gas stations do, it is necessary to provide a service that emphasizes specificity rather than other gas stations.

Meanwhile, gas station price competition is maximizing. The number of offenses selling fake oil in order to survive intense competition is increasing, gas stations operating in the red due to no countermeasures against the competitive market, and gas stations closing due to deteriorating funds are increasing.

Therefore, there is a desperate need for a new concept of gas station operation method that improves the gas station's sales and improves the profitability of the gas station while also increasing customer satisfaction.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0122301

The technical object of the present invention is to provide a gas station operating system that provides a vehicle management means so that rental car rental, car sharing rental, etc. can be performed within a gas station.

An embodiment of the present invention includes a rental car operation server that manages vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information; A car sharing operation server that manages car sharing information including shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information; A terminal used by a driver who rents or shares a vehicle, comprising: a driver terminal receiving the vehicle rental information or car sharing information from the driver and wirelessly transmitting the received vehicle rental information or car sharing information to the gas station management server; And a terminal that performs vehicle refueling control and refueling payment at a gas station, receiving vehicle rental information or car sharing information from a driver's terminal through wireless communication, synchronizing the received vehicle rental information with the rental car operation server, and It may include a gas station management server that synchronizes and shares the car sharing information with the car sharing operation server, and notifies the gas station staff terminal by determining whether the gas flow rate of the returned vehicle returned after renting or sharing the vehicle is normal and whether the vehicle is damaged. have.

The gas station management server includes: a server communication unit that provides wired communication or wireless communication with the rental car operation server, car sharing operation server, and driver terminal; A driver information database in which driver information including ID, contact information, vehicle rental history, and vehicle sharing history of a driver registered as a member is stored; A vehicle rental information management unit for updating and managing the vehicle rental information for each driver; A car sharing information management unit for updating and managing the car sharing information for each driver; And an information synchronization processing unit for synchronizing and sharing vehicle rental information stored in the vehicle rental information management unit with the rental car operation server, and synchronizing and sharing the car sharing information stored in the car sharing information management unit with the car sharing operation server; I can.

The gas station management server may include a fueling quantity normality determining unit that determines whether the fueling quantity of a vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is normal.

The refueling amount abnormality determination unit includes: a returned vehicle refueling amount instrument panel image receiving module receiving an image of the returned vehicle refueling amount instrument panel, which is a photographed image of a refueling amount instrument panel of a vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, from a gas station employee terminal; And comparing the image of the refueling amount of the vehicle before renting or sharing the vehicle with the image of the refueling amount of the returned vehicle to determine the difference in refueling amount, which is an error between the refueling amounts, It may include a; return vehicle refueling amount determination result notification module for determining abnormality and notifying the gas station staff terminal.

The return vehicle refueling amount determination result notification module, even if the refueling amount difference value exceeds the permitted refueling amount threshold range, if the vehicle rental or the shared driver's gas station usage point exceeds a preset VIP customer recognition point, the returned vehicle refueling amount is abnormal. It can be characterized by normal determination of the amount of fueling without determination.

The gas station management server may include a vehicle damage determination unit that determines whether a vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is damaged.

The vehicle damage determination unit stores the exterior image of the vehicle before rental, which is an image of the exterior of the vehicle before vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, and stores the exterior image of the return vehicle, which is a photographed image of the exterior of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing. A vehicle exterior image receiving module provided from an employee terminal; And a damage difference value indicating the difference in the degree of damage between the exterior image of the vehicle before rental and the exterior image of the returned vehicle is determined, and if the damage difference value exceeds a preset allowable damage threshold range, it is determined as a damaged vehicle, and the service station staff terminal It may include; a return vehicle damage determination result notification module that notifies to.

The gas station terminal may include a vehicle rental history graph providing unit for grasping each driver's vehicle rental history and vehicle sharing history, and providing a vehicle rental history including a vehicle rental history and a vehicle sharing history to the driver terminal in the form of a graph by date; It may include.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a driver can solve procedures such as rental car rental and car sharing rental at a time in a gas station, thereby increasing driver convenience. In addition, it is possible to smoothly attract gasoline customers from the standpoint of gas stations.

1 is a configuration diagram of a gas station operating system providing rental car and car sharing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram of a gas station management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a driver terminal displaying a vehicle rental history graph according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram of the configuration of a gas station management server for determining whether a gas flow rate abnormality and vehicle damage according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6 are diagrams showing a result of grasping a difference in gas flow between a vehicle before rental and a vehicle returned according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 and 8 are diagrams showing a result of determining a difference in exterior pollution degree between a vehicle before rental and a vehicle returned according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various different forms, and is provided to completely inform the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. As such, the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In addition, when it is determined that related well-known technologies or the like may obscure the subject matter of the present invention in describing the present invention, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram of a gas station operating system providing rental car and car sharing according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a gas station management server according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an implementation of the present invention A diagram showing a driver terminal in which a graph of vehicle rental history is displayed according to an example.

In the present invention, a series of procedures required for the use of short-term rental cars or car sharing are collectively processed at a gas station. Accordingly, a customer who is a driver can rent a rental vehicle at a gas station or car-share a shared vehicle without having to visit a rental car company or a car sharing company, thereby increasing driver convenience.

To this end, the gas station operating system of the present invention is a wired and wireless communication network (not shown), a rental car operation server 200, a car sharing operation server 300, a driver terminal 400, and a gas station management server ( 100) may be included.

Wired/wireless communication network (not shown) provides wired or wireless communication between the rental car operation server 200, the car sharing operation server 300, the driver terminal 400, the gas station employee terminal 500, and the gas station management server 100. to provide. When such a wired/wireless communication network is implemented as a wireless communication network, data is performed using a wireless mobile communication network consisting of a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR). You can communicate. In addition, when the wired/wireless communication network is implemented as a wired communication network, it may be implemented as a network communication network, and data communication may be performed according to an Internet protocol such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

The rental car operation server 200 is a server operated by a rental car operating company that rents a rental car, and stores vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information. Manage. In the present invention, since rental and return of a rental car is actually performed at a gas station, information related to the rental car is received from a gas station terminal and stored in the rental car operation server 200. The rental car operation server 200 manages vehicle rental information in which rental cars are rented for each gas station.

The car-sharing operation server 300 is a server operated by a car-sharing operating company that operates car-sharing. As is known, carsharing is one of the ways to rent a car. It is operated on a membership system (annual membership), and unlike rental cars, there is a storage room near the residential area, and it is used for a long period of time by using only as much as needed by the hour and bringing a car. Because it is rented by the hour, it can be used in simple situations that often occur, such as when shopping or moving luggage. In the present invention, the rental and return location for car-sharing is made at a gas station, so that car-sharing information related to the car-sharing is managed by the gas station terminal, and the car-sharing operation server 300 synchronizes and manages the car-sharing information. do.

Such car sharing information includes shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information. Here, the shared vehicle refers to a vehicle used for car sharing and shared.

The driver terminal 400 is a terminal used by a driver who rents or shares a vehicle, and although a smartphone is shown in the drawing, in addition to a smartphone, various mobile communication terminals such as a tablet PC and a navigation system may all be applicable.

The driver terminal 400 receives the vehicle rental information or car sharing information from the driver and wirelessly transmits it to the gas station management server 100. That is, when renting a vehicle at a gas station, vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information is input and transmitted to the gas station management server 100. In addition, when sharing a vehicle at a gas station, shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle use payment information are input and transmitted to the gas station management server. To this end, the driver terminal 400 may be provided with a vehicle rental and sharing application, which is a separate application (app) for vehicle rental and vehicle sharing.

The gas station management server 100, as a device installed at a gas station, is a server that performs vehicle refueling control and payment for vehicles at a gas station, and may be implemented as a computer or a POS terminal. When gas is supplied to the vehicle, the gas station management server 100 pays for gas according to the amount of gas. Payment for gasoline can be made in cash or credit card payment.

The gas station management server 100 receives vehicle rental information or car sharing information from the driver terminal 400 by wireless communication, synchronizes the received vehicle rental information with the rental car operation server 200, and shares the received car sharing. The information is shared by synchronizing with the car sharing operation server 300. In addition, the gas station management server 100 determines whether the gas flow rate of the returned vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is normal and whether the vehicle is damaged, and notifies the gas station employee terminal 500.

To this end, the gas station management server 100 includes a server communication unit 110, a driver information database 120, a vehicle rental information management unit 130, a car sharing information management unit 140, and an information sharing processing unit, as shown in FIG. 150) may be included. In addition, a vehicle rental history graph providing unit 160 may be further included.

The server communication unit 110 provides wired or wireless communication with the rental car operation server 200, the car sharing operation server 300, and the driver terminal 400.

The server communication unit 110 supports protocols of hardware and software that communicate with the rental car operation server 200, the car sharing operation server 300, and the driver terminal 400, respectively. The server communication unit 110 may perform data communication according to, for example, an Internet protocol such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

The driver information database 120 is a database in which driver information including ID, contact information, vehicle rental history, and vehicle sharing history of a driver registered as a member is stored. Such databases include Flash Memory, Compact Flash Card, SD Card (Secure Digital Card), SM Card (Smart Media Card), MMC Card (Multi-Media Card), or Memory Stick. As a module capable of input/output of information, it may be provided inside the device or may be provided in a separate device.

The vehicle rental information management unit 130 performs a function of updating and managing vehicle rental information for each driver. For example, if driver A rents and returns a sports car on May 3, 2017, the rental vehicle information of the rented sports car, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle payment information are updated and saved. Manage.

The car sharing information management unit 140 performs a function of updating and managing the car sharing information for each driver. For example, if driver B rents and returns a car-sharing compact car on May 3, 2017, shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return for the car-sharing compact vehicle It updates and manages car sharing information, including information and payment information for shared vehicle use.

The information sharing processing unit 150 synchronizes and shares the vehicle rental information stored in the vehicle rental information management unit 130 with the rental car operation server 200. In addition, the information sharing processing unit 150 synchronizes and shares the car sharing information stored in the car sharing information management unit 140 with the car sharing operation server 300. Therefore, the information managed by the gas station management server 100 is synchronized with the rental car operation server 200 or the car sharing operation server 300 to match.

The rental history graph providing unit 160 identifies the vehicle rental history and vehicle sharing history of each driver and provides the vehicle rental history including the vehicle rental history and the vehicle sharing history to the driver terminal 400 in the form of a graph for each date. . Accordingly, the vehicle rental history is displayed in the form of a graph on the driver terminal 400 as shown in FIG. 3, so that the driver can clearly check his or her vehicle rental history and car sharing history.

Meanwhile, in the case of a vehicle rental, it is determined whether the fueling amount of the vehicle before the vehicle is rented is different from the fueling amount after the vehicle is rented or car-sharing and returned. If the car is rented while the gas is fully charged, the driver must ensure that the amount of gas is fully filled when returning the car. In addition, in general, the fault is determined by visually determining whether the vehicle is damaged after rental or car sharing. The present invention detects whether the refueling amount of the returned vehicle is abnormal or whether the vehicle is damaged, and automatically notifies the gas station staff terminal 500 to take follow-up measures. It will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a gas station management server that determines whether there is an abnormality in gas flow and whether the vehicle is damaged according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 5 and 6 are It is a figure showing the result of grasping the difference in gas flow, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams showing the result of finding the difference in external pollution degree between the vehicle before rental and the vehicle returned according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The gas station management server 100 of the present invention is a server communication unit 110, a driver information database 120, a vehicle rental information management unit 130, a car sharing information management unit 140, an information sharing processing unit, as shown in FIG. In addition to the 150, vehicle rental history graph providing unit 160, the fuel flow rate determining unit 170 and the vehicle damage determining unit 180 may be included.

The refueling amount determining unit 170 determines whether the refueling amount of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is normal. To this end, the refueling amount abnormality determination unit receives the returned vehicle refueling amount instrument panel image, which is a photographed image of the refueling amount instrument panel of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, from the gas station employee terminal 500, and the returned vehicle refueling amount instrument panel image receiving module 171 And, by comparing the image of the gas flow rate of the vehicle before renting or sharing the vehicle with the image of the gas flow rate of the returning vehicle, the difference between the amount of fueling, which is an error, is identified, and when the difference in the amount of gas flow exceeds the allowable gas flow threshold range And a return vehicle refueling amount determination result reporting module 172 for determining abnormality and notifying the gas station staff terminal 500.

For example, by comparing the image of the gas flow rate instrument panel of the vehicle before renting or sharing the vehicle with the image of the gas flow rate instrument panel of the returned vehicle, an error in the grid line of the notification of the amount of fuel is recognized as the difference value of the gas flow rate. If, as shown in FIG. 5, the difference value of the refueling amount does not exceed the permitted refueling amount threshold range, it is determined that the refueling amount is normally filled. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, when the difference in fueling amount exceeds the allowable fueling amount threshold range, it is determined that the returning vehicle fueling amount is abnormal and notified to the gas station staff terminal 500.

However, VIP customers of gas stations are not judged to be abnormal in gas flow even if the return vehicle is insufficient. To this end, the return vehicle refueling amount determination result notification module 172, even if the refueling amount difference value exceeds the permitted refueling amount threshold range, the VIP customer recognition point (e.g., 100 per month) where the vehicle rental or vehicle-shared driver's gas station usage point If the number of points that can be recognized by customers who refuel over 10,000 won) is exceeded, the refueling amount of the returned vehicle is not determined as abnormal, and the refueling amount is determined as normal. This is to increase the loyalty of VIP customers to the service station by filling the gas station instead of the gas station in terms of customer service, even if the gas station VIP customer lacks the amount of refueling vehicle.

The vehicle damage determination unit 180 determines whether or not the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is damaged. To this end, the vehicle damage determination unit 180 stores the vehicle exterior image before rental, which is an image of the exterior of the vehicle before vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, and returns a photographed image of the exterior of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing. The vehicle exterior image receiving module 181 provided with the vehicle exterior image from the gas station employee terminal 500, and the damage difference value representing the difference in the degree of damage between the vehicle exterior image before rental and the exterior image of the returned vehicle are identified, and the damage difference And a return vehicle damage determination result notification module 182 that determines that the vehicle is damaged when the value exceeds a preset allowable damage threshold range and notifies the service station staff terminal 500.

For example, the difference in damage is determined by comparing the exterior image of the vehicle before rental and the exterior image of the vehicle returned after the vehicle is rented or shared. If the damage difference value does not exceed the allowable damage threshold range as shown in FIG. 7, the returned vehicle is determined to be normal without being damaged. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when the difference value of damage exceeds the allowable damage threshold range, it notifies the gas station staff terminal 500 that the returned vehicle is damaged.

For reference, the gas flow rate instrument panel image and the vehicle exterior image may be provided to the gas station management server 100 after a gas station employee photographs a vehicle using a gas station employee terminal 500 such as his or her smartphone.

The embodiments in the description of the present invention described above are presented by selecting the most preferable examples to aid understanding of those skilled in the art among various possible examples, and the technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by this embodiment. , Various changes and modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention.

100: gas station management server
200: Rental car operation server
300: Car sharing operation server
400: driver terminal
500: gas station staff terminal

Claims (8)

A rental car operation server that manages vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information;
A car sharing operation server that manages car sharing information including shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information;
A terminal used by a driver who rents or shares a vehicle, and receives the vehicle rental information or car sharing information from the driver, but includes rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information. A driver terminal that receives car-sharing information including vehicle rental information or shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information and wirelessly transmits it to a gas station management server; And
As a terminal that performs vehicle refueling control and refueling payment at a gas station, it receives vehicle rental information or car sharing information from a driver terminal through wireless communication, synchronizes the received vehicle rental information with the rental car operation server, and shares the received car. It includes a gas station management server that synchronizes and shares sharing information with the car-sharing operation server, and notifies a gas station employee terminal by identifying whether the gas flow rate of the returned vehicle returned after renting or sharing the vehicle is normal and whether the vehicle is damaged,
The gas station management server,
A server communication unit that provides wired or wireless communication with the rental car operation server, car sharing operation server, and driver terminal;
A driver information database in which driver information including ID, contact information, vehicle rental history, and vehicle sharing history of a driver registered as a member is stored;
A vehicle rental information management unit that updates and manages vehicle rental information including rental vehicle information, rental vehicle user information, rental vehicle rental and return information, and rental vehicle usage payment information for each driver;
A car sharing information management unit that updates and manages the car sharing information including shared vehicle information, shared vehicle provider information, shared vehicle user information, shared vehicle sharing and return information, and shared vehicle usage payment information for each driver;
An information sharing processor for synchronizing and sharing the vehicle rental information stored in the vehicle rental information management unit with the rental car operation server, and synchronizing and sharing the car sharing information stored in the car sharing information management unit with the car sharing operation server;
A rental history graph providing unit that grasps the vehicle rental history and vehicle sharing history of each driver and provides the vehicle rental history including the vehicle rental history and the vehicle sharing history to the driver terminal in the form of a graph by date;
A normal fuel flow determination unit for determining whether or not the fuel oil amount of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is normal; And
It includes a vehicle damage determination unit that determines whether the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing is damaged,
The determination unit for determining whether the gas flow is normal
A returned vehicle gas flow rate instrument panel image receiving module that receives a return vehicle gas flow rate instrument panel image, which is a photographed image of a gas flow rate instrument panel of a vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, from a gas station employee terminal; And
By comparing the image of the refueling amount instrument panel of the vehicle before renting or sharing the vehicle with the image of the refueling amount instrument panel of the returned vehicle, the error of the refueling amount notification grid line of the vehicle is determined as the difference in refueling amount. It includes a return vehicle refueling amount determination result notification module that determines as abnormal and notifies the terminal of the gas station staff,
The vehicle damage determination unit,
The exterior image of the vehicle before rental, which is the exterior image of the vehicle before rental or vehicle sharing, is stored, and the exterior image of the returned vehicle, which is a photograph of the exterior of the vehicle returned after vehicle rental or vehicle sharing, is provided from the gas station employee terminal. An image receiving module; And
Determine the damage difference value indicating the difference in the degree of damage between the exterior image of the vehicle before rental and the exterior image of the returned vehicle, and if the damage difference value exceeds the preset allowable damage threshold range, it is determined as a damaged vehicle and sent to the service station staff terminal. Includes a notification module of the return vehicle damage determination result notification module,
The return vehicle refueling amount determination result notification module,
If the fuel flow difference value exceeds the above threshold range and the gas station usage point of the vehicle rental or vehicle sharing driver exceeds the preset VIP customer recognition point, the return vehicle fueling amount is determined as normal and exceeds the preset VIP customer recognition point. One point is replaced by the difference in the fuel flow rate exceeding the threshold range of the fuel flow rate.
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