WO2017214964A1

WO2017214964A1 - Bicycle-mounted terminal, charging pile, and electric bicycle and renting system and method therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2017214964A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/086136
Authority: WO
Inventors: 严铭
Original assignee: 浙江右边数字科技有限公司
Priority date: 2016-06-17
Filing date: 2016-06-17
Publication date: 2017-12-21

Abstract

A bicycle-mounted terminal, a charging pile, and an electric bicycle and a renting system and method therefor, which relate to the field of intelligent transportation. The bicycle-mounted terminal for an electric bicycle comprises: a receiver (101) configured to receive a renting request; and a controller (102) configured to: in response to the renting request, acquire a performance state of an electric bicycle directed at by the renting request (S501);communicate with a sever to verify the legitimacy of a renter when the acquired performance state satisfies pre-set renting requirements (S502);and when a legitimacy verification pass message from the server is received, transmit an unlocking instruction signal to a charging pile for the electric bicycle so as to unlock the electric bicycle (S503).By means of the technical solution, using a bicycle-mounted terminal to communicate with a sever enables a background server to acquire the usage condition of a rental vehicle in real time, thereby facilitating the supervision of rental vehicles.

Description

Vehicle terminal, charging pile, electric bicycle and rental system and method thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of intelligent transportation, and in particular to an in-vehicle terminal, a charging pile, an electric bicycle, and a rental system and method thereof.

Background technique

As a short-term manned traffic equipment in the same city, the characteristics of bicycles are cheap, convenient, fitness, environmental protection and energy saving. It is one of the main vehicles that are indispensable and substitute for people's lives in today's and now.

With the increasing emphasis on low carbon and environmental protection in the whole society, public bicycle rental has become an option for bicycles in various countries.

Public bicycles manage public bicycle rentals through a back-office management system that communicates with parking lots. Generally, each bicycle is provided with a separate device for locking the bicycle, a card reader for renting a car, and a card reader for returning the car (installed on a parking pile or a rental car that cannot be moved on the ground). When renting a car, read the car rental card information through the card reader and unlock the bicycle and the car rental pile. Bicycles can be rented by renters. The back-end management system is networked with each rental car, so the renter can return to any other rental point to return the car. When returning the car, put the bicycle in the lock position, read the car rental card information again through the card reader, lock the bicycle and the car rental pile, and return the car successfully.

However, the current car rental system, such as deduction fees and other user information is connected to the background through the car rental pile. After the user rents a car, the background cannot know the status of the car rented by the user in real time, and the control cannot be realized.

In view of the above problems, there is no good solution in the prior art.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method that provides a state of use of a rental vehicle to a back office management system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an in-vehicle terminal for use in an electric bicycle, the in-vehicle terminal comprising: a receiver configured to receive a rental request;

The controller is configured to: obtain a performance status of the electric bicycle for which the rental request is directed in response to the rent request; and verify the legality of the renter by communicating with the server when the acquired performance status satisfies a preset rental requirement And when an authenticity verification pass message is received from the server, an unlock command signal is sent to the charging post of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle.

Further, the controller is configured to provide a renter information obtaining means when the acquired performance state satisfies the preset renting requirement; and the server according to the renter information acquired by the acquiring means The communication verifies the legitimacy of the renter.

Further, the renter information obtaining means includes a two-dimensional code and/or a card swipe code; and the renter information includes at least one of the following: identity information, account information.

Further, the controller is configured to control the electric bicycle to be powered on in response to the unlocking feedback of the charging post after the unlocking command signal is sent to the charging post.

Further, the performance state includes a power quantity of the electric bicycle, and the controller is configured to: when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is greater than a first preset value, determine that the electric bicycle meets the preset rent Claim.

Further, the in-vehicle terminal includes positioning means configured to provide position information of the electric bicycle to the controller; the controller is configured to communicate the position information with the server, and according to the The server determines that the electric bicycle is within a predetermined geographic range to control the electric bicycle to power up, or to control the electric bicycle to power off according to the server determining that the electric bicycle exceeds the predetermined geographic range.

Further, the controller is configured to control the electric bicycle to be powered down in response to a lock signal received from the charging post.

Further, the controller is configured to send a charging instruction signal to the charging post to make the charging pile when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is less than a second preset value after controlling the electric bicycle to be powered off Charging the electric bicycle.

Further, the receiver is further configured to receive a temporary parking request; and the controller is configured to control the self-locking device of the electric bicycle to lock the electric bicycle in response to the temporary parking request.

In another aspect of the invention, an electric bicycle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a battery, and the above-described vehicle-mounted terminal.

In still another aspect of the present invention, a charging post for the electric bicycle described above is provided, the charging post including a locking device and a charging control device, wherein the locking device is configured to be responsive to the unlocking command signal Unlock the electric bicycle.

Further, the charging post further includes a sensor configured to detect that the electric bicycle is located at a locked position; and the locking device is further configured to perform a lock operation and output according to the detection result of the sensor Lock the car signal.

Further, the charge control device is configured to charge the electric bicycle in response to the charge command signal.

Further, the charging control device is configured to stop charging the electric bicycle in response to the unlocking command signal.

In still another aspect of the present invention, an electric bicycle rental system is provided, the system including a server, the above-described charging pile, and the above-described electric bicycle.

Further, the charging post includes a sensor and a locking device, wherein the sensor is configured to detect that the electric bicycle is in a locked position; and the locking device is configured to perform a lock according to a detection result of the sensor Car action.

In still another aspect of the present invention, an electric bicycle rental method is provided, the method comprising: obtaining a performance state of the electric bicycle in response to a rental request for the electric bicycle; and when the acquired performance status satisfies a preset When the request is rented, communication with the server verifies the legitimacy of the renter; and when a legality verification pass message is received from the server, an unlock command signal is sent to the charging post of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle.

Further, the method includes: providing a renter information obtaining means when the acquired performance state satisfies a preset renting requirement; acquiring the renter information by the obtaining means, and verifying the renter with the server legality.

Further, the method includes: after the unlocking instruction signal is sent to the charging pile, controlling the electric bicycle to be powered according to the unlocking feedback of the charging pile.

Further, the performance state includes a power amount of the electric bicycle, and the method includes determining that the electric bicycle meets the preset rental request when a power amount of the electric bicycle is greater than a first predetermined value.

Further, the method includes: acquiring location information of the electric vehicle; and communicating the location information with the server, and determining, according to the server, that the electric bicycle is located on a predetermined geographical range, and controlling the electric bicycle The electric bicycle is powered down, or according to the server determining that the electric bicycle exceeds the predetermined geographic range.

Further, the method includes controlling the electric bicycle to be powered down in response to a lock signal received from the charging post.

Further, the method includes: when controlling the electric bicycle to be powered off, when the electric bicycle is powered When the amount is less than the second preset value, a charging command signal is sent to the charging post to charge the charging post to the electric bicycle.

Further, the method includes: receiving a temporary parking request; and controlling the self-locking device of the electric bicycle to lock the electric bicycle in response to the temporary parking request.

Through the above technical solution, using the vehicle-mounted terminal to communicate with the server enables the background server to obtain the use condition of the rented vehicle in real time, thereby facilitating supervision of the rented vehicle.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be described in detail in the detailed description which follows.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a In the drawing:

1 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an in-vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an in-vehicle terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic view showing the composition of an electric bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an electric bicycle rental system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for renting an electric bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flow chart of an IC card rental car according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a user App rental car according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a returning car according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a flow chart of temporary parking and renewal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of reading state information provided by an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

11 is a flow chart of control of an electric bicycle gear position according to an embodiment of the present invention;

12 is a flowchart of vehicle maintenance provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of server background mandatory control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and not restrictive.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an in-vehicle terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle-mounted terminal used in the electric bicycle provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include a receiver 101 and a controller 102 that are in communication. Wherein, the receiver 101 can be configured to receive a lease request; and the controller 102 can be configured to: in response to the lease request, acquire a performance status of the electric bicycle for which the lease request is directed; when the acquired performance When the state satisfies the preset rent requirement, the server communicates with the server to verify the legitimacy of the renter; and when the legality verification pass message is received from the server, an unlock command signal is sent to the charging pile of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle. Through the above technical solution, using the vehicle-mounted terminal to communicate with the server enables the background server to obtain the use condition of the rented vehicle in real time, thereby facilitating supervision of the rented vehicle.

In an embodiment, the receiver 101 may be further configured to receive a temporary parking request; and the controller 102 may be configured to: control the self-locking device of the electric bicycle to lock the electric bicycle in response to the temporary parking request .

In an embodiment, the receiver 101 may be a trigger having a physical structure. An exemplary trigger may be a button that receives a user request, such as a "car rental" button, a "returning car" button, a "parking" (or "temporary parking" button, etc., and a request to receive a user request to the controller Other buttons that send request signals, such as the "Gear" button.

In other embodiments, the receiver 101 may be a module having a signal receiving function, which can communicate with a user's handheld terminal (eg, a smart phone) to acquire a rental request, a return request, a temporary parking request, and a gear shift. Request a signal. After receiving the request signal from the user, the receiver 101 can forward the request signal to the controller 102, which will perform corresponding operations according to the type of the requested model.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an in-vehicle terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in an embodiment, the controller 102 can have wired and/or wireless communication capabilities to enable communication with a charging post for an electric bicycle and an electric bicycle rental management backend server. In an embodiment, the controller 102 may obtain a performance status of the electric bicycle for which the rental request is directed in response to, for example, a rental request received by the receiver 101. For example, the controller 102 can acquire the amount of power of the battery of the current electric bicycle from the battery control circuit (or battery controller) 103. The controller 102 can also retrieve the motor state of the current electric bicycle from the motor controller 104 (eg, if there is a fault). When the acquired performance status satisfies the preset rental requirement, for example, the battery is fully charged and the motor state is normal, the controller 102 can communicate with the server to verify the legitimacy of the renter.

The legality verification of the renter may include verifying various information related to the renter, such as the identity information of the renter, the account information of the renter, and the like. In an embodiment, the identity information of the renter may be checked in the registered identity information store stored by the server, and when the identity information matches, the identity information of the renter may be determined to be legal. For unmatched identity information, new user registration can be performed in the server according to the willingness of the renter, and identity information matching can be achieved after successful registration. Accordingly, the subscriber's account information can be operated in the server. For example, account name verification, account name binding to current electric bicycle, account balance inquiry, and deduction of prepayment (or deposit). After the server performs the above operations, it can be determined that the legality verification of the renter passes, and the notification message can be returned to the controller 102.

When the controller 102 receives the legality verification pass message from the server, an unlock command signal may be sent to the charging post of the electric bicycle to unlock the charging post.

In an embodiment, the charging post can have a controller for controlling charging and unlocking of the electric bicycle. After the charging post controller receives the unlocking command signal from the controller 102, the charging post controller detects the state of the charging circuit. If the charging circuit is in the charging state, the charging post controller cuts off the charging circuit, and then the locking circuit is closed to unlock the bicycle; if the charging circuit is not in the charging state, the charging post controller can directly close the locking circuit, thereby electrically The bike is unlocked. While the charging pile controller closes the locking circuit, the unlocking success information or the power-on information may be sent to the vehicle-mounted terminal controller 102. After receiving the unlocking success information or the power-on information from the charging pile, the controller 102 may control the motor control. The device 104 causes its control power-on circuit to turn on the battery.

In an alternative embodiment, the charging post can include a lock device and a charge control device, wherein the lock device can be configured to unlock the electric bicycle in response to the unlock command signal. The charging post can also include a sensor configured to detect that the electric bicycle is in a locked position. The lock device can perform a lock operation according to the detection result of the sensor and output a lock signal. In an embodiment, the charging control device may charge the electric bicycle in response to the charging instruction signal, or may stop charging the electric bicycle in response to the unlocking instruction signal.

In an embodiment, the controller 102 may be configured to provide the hirer information acquisition when the acquired performance state of the electric bicycle meets the preset rental requirement (eg, the battery power is greater than a preset value, the motor state is normal) means. An exemplary preset rental requirement may be that the current battery level is greater than 60% of the total battery and the motor state is normal. In another example, the preset rental requirement may be that the current battery voltage is greater than 35V and the motor state is normal. In other examples, the preset rental requirement may be that the current battery level is greater than 1.5 kW and the motor state is normal. It should be noted that, in general, the motor fault condition is very small. Therefore, the above-mentioned judging elements can be simplified, and the performance state of the electric bicycle can be determined to satisfy the preset renting requirement only when the battery power squid preset rental requirement.

An exemplary means of obtaining may be displaying a two-dimensional code and/or a swipe code for providing a renter information input interface on a display (not shown). The renter can cause the controller 102 to obtain its information by scanning a two-dimensional code or by using an integrated circuit (IC) card (for example, by wireless means), and the controller 102 can then obtain the renter information and the information obtained by the above-mentioned acquisition means. The server communication verifies the legitimacy of the renter. After the controller 102 acquires the renter information, the acquired renter information may first be stored in a memory (not shown) of the in-vehicle device.

In an embodiment, after the controller 102 sends the unlocking command signal to the charging post, the controller 102 may respond to The unlocking feedback of the charging post controls the electric bicycle to be powered on. In various embodiments, the electric bicycle power-on control may be performed by the controller 102, or the controller 102 may enable the dedicated motor controller 104 or the battery controller 103 to implement power supply to the motor.

In an embodiment, the controller 102 can communicate with the charging post via a wired interface (eg, when the electric bicycle is locked) and communicate with the backend server via the charging stub. In a preferred embodiment, the controller 102 can communicate directly with the backend server over a wireless manner. In such an embodiment, the controller 102 can have a wireless communication module, such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card module, to communicate with the backend server over a communication network (eg, 2G, 3G, 4G network). At the same time, by communicating with the communication network, the function of positioning the electric bicycle of the vehicle-mounted terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention can also be realized by using the principle of triangulation based on the communication network.

In various embodiments, the vehicle-mounted terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include a positioning device 105 in order to achieve more accurate positioning. The positioning device 105 can be a GPS positioning device (or Beidou positioning device) configured to provide position information of the electric bicycle to the controller 102. Accordingly, the controller 102 can be configured to communicate location information of the electric bicycle with the server.

Using location information, you can track the use of electric bikes. For example, the travel trajectory and travel speed of the electric bicycle can be obtained by the position information. In a preferred embodiment, the electronic fence function can be implemented using location information. For example, the controller 102 may control the electric bicycle to be powered on or remain powered according to feedback from the background server that the electric bicycle is located within a predetermined geographic range; and determine, according to the server, that the electric bicycle exceeds the predetermined geographic range. The feedback controls the electric bicycle to be powered down. In an embodiment, the setting of the geographic range may be set according to the travelable range of the electric bicycle (for example, considering electric bicycle power or traffic control factors), and the electric bicycle rental dot density.

In addition to controlling the power-down of the electric bicycle beyond a predetermined geographic range, the controller 102 can be configured to control the electric bicycle to be powered down in response to the lock signal received from the charging post. In this embodiment, the renter may need to return the electric bicycle. When the electric bicycle is stopped at a predetermined position near the charging pile (for example, a position where the vehicle can be locked), the charging post can detect that the electric bicycle has stopped charging the pile by the set sensor (for example, a pressure sensor or a position sensor) to automatically Complete the lock operation. The charging post may include a locking device to perform a locking action in accordance with the detection result of the sensor. In the above process, the sensor can send information to the charging post (charging pile controller) after detecting that the electric bicycle has stopped charging the charging pile, and the charging pile controller can activate the locking circuit to lock the vehicle. The charging pile controller transmits the lock success information (and the charging pile number information) to the vehicle-mounted terminal controller 102 (for example, through a terminal (for example, a charging terminal) and a charging pile terminal) of the contacted electric bicycle, the vehicle End The end controller 102 can control the motor controller to control the power-on circuit to cut off the battery power and send the return success information to the background server. The background server can execute the returning process (for example, account debit, delete the returning record, store the charging station number information, etc.), and then send the returning success information to the in-vehicle terminal receiver 102. Meanwhile, the in-vehicle terminal controller 102 can detect the battery power through the battery power detecting circuit, and if charging is required (for example, when the battery of the electric bicycle is less than a preset value), it can be provided (for example, by using an electric bicycle) The charging terminal that is connected to the charging post sends a charging command to the charging post controller, and after receiving the charging command, the charging post controller activates the charging circuit to charge the electric bicycle. In an embodiment, whether the battery needs to be charged may be determined according to the percentage of power, the amount of electricity, and the voltage. For example, when the charge percentage is less than 30%, the charge is less than 0.5 kW, or the voltage is less than 30 V (full charge voltage 36 V), the controller 102 sends a charge command to the charge stub controller. Compared with the manner in which the electric bicycle is charged after the lock operation is completed, the above embodiment can effectively improve the battery life. Of course, the embodiment of the present invention can also adopt a method of charging the electric bicycle after the lock operation is completed to ensure that the electric bicycle to be rented has sufficient power.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an electric bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, an electric bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a vehicle body, a battery, and the above-described vehicle-mounted terminal.

4 is a schematic diagram of the composition of an electric bicycle rental system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the electric bicycle rental system provided by the present invention may include a server, a charging pile, and an electric bicycle shown in FIG.

In another aspect of the invention, an electric bicycle rental method is provided.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for renting an electric bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the electric bicycle rental method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include:

S501. Acquire a performance state of the electric bicycle in response to a rent request for the electric bicycle;

S502. Verify that the legality of the renter is communicated with the server when the acquired performance status meets the preset lease requirement;

S503. When receiving the legality verification pass message from the server, send an unlock command signal to the charging pile of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle.

In an embodiment, the above process can be initiated by activating the trigger button (e.g., "Car Rental" button) located on the electric bicycle.

In an embodiment, the method may include: providing a renter information obtaining means when the obtained performance state satisfies a preset renting requirement; acquiring the renter information by the obtaining means, and verifying the renting with the server Legality of the person. The legality verification of the renter may include verifying multiple letters related to the renter Information, for example, the identity information of the renter, the account information of the renter, and the like. In an embodiment, the identity information of the renter may be checked in the registered identity information store stored by the server, and when the identity information matches, the identity information of the renter may be determined to be legal. For unmatched identity information, new user registration can be performed in the server according to the willingness of the renter, and identity information matching can be achieved after successful registration. Accordingly, the subscriber's account information can be operated in the server. For example, account name verification, account name binding to current electric bicycle, account balance inquiry, and deduction of prepayment (or deposit).

In an embodiment, the performance state of the electric bicycle may include the power of the battery of the electric bicycle, and the method may include: determining that the electric bicycle meets the preset rental requirement when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is greater than a first predetermined value .

In different embodiments, the performance state of the electric bicycle may include both the power of the battery of the electric bicycle and the motor state. The method may include: determining that the electric bicycle is when the battery power is greater than a first preset value and the motor state is normal. The preset rental requirement is met.

An exemplary preset rental requirement may be that the current battery level is greater than 60% of the total battery and the motor state is normal. In another example, the preset rental requirement may be that the current battery voltage is greater than 35V and the motor state is normal. In other examples, the preset rental requirement may be that the current battery level is greater than 1.5 kW and the motor state is normal.

In an embodiment, in order to monitor the status of the rented electric bicycle. The method provided by the present invention may further include: acquiring location information of the electric vehicle; and communicating the location information with the server, and controlling the electric bicycle according to the feedback that the electric bicycle is located in a predetermined geographical range. Powering up, or controlling the electric bicycle to power off according to feedback from the server determining that the electric bicycle exceeds the predetermined geographic range. Using location information, you can track the use of electric bikes. For example, the travel trajectory and travel speed of the electric bicycle can be obtained by the position information. In a preferred embodiment, the electronic fence function can be implemented using location information. In an embodiment, the setting of the geographic range may be set according to the travelable range of the electric bicycle (for example, considering electric bicycle power or traffic control factors), and the electric bicycle rental dot density.

Corresponding to the unlocking process in the rental method, the following electric bicycle returning process may be performed: determining that the electric bicycle is located at a locked position near the charging pile; locking the electric bicycle; and responding to the lock received from the charging pile The vehicle signal controls the electric bicycle to be powered off. In an embodiment, after controlling the electric bicycle to be powered off, when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is less than a second preset value, sending a charging instruction signal to the charging pile to charge the charging pile to the electric bicycle . For example, when the charge percentage is less than 30%, the charge is less than 0.5 kW, or the voltage is less than 42 V (eg, a full power voltage of 48 V), a charge command signal is sent to the charging post to cause the charging post Charging the electric bicycle.

In an embodiment, the above method may further include a temporary parking process: first, receiving a temporary parking request; and then, in response to the temporary parking request, controlling a self-locking device (eg, a front lock) of the electric bicycle to lock the electric bicycle. Correspondingly, when the electric bicycle needs to be used again after the temporary parking, the above rental method flow can be executed, but when the legality verification pass message is received from the server, the unlocking command signal is sent to the electric bicycle (or the vehicle-mounted terminal of the electric bicycle). To unlock the self-locking device of the electric bicycle.

Hereinafter, the method flow provided by the present invention will be described in detail in conjunction with more specific embodiments.

Figures 6 and 7 show the car rental process implemented by the IC card and the mobile phone App, respectively. 6 is a flow chart of an IC card car rental provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6, when the user presses the "Car Rental" button, the process begins. The car display shows car rental information (QR code or prompt card). In this embodiment, the in-vehicle intelligent terminal can maintain the acquisition status of the current capacity information of the battery. If the capacity is lower than a certain value (for example, 30%), when the user presses the “rental” button, the on-board display shows “the battery is insufficient. Can't rent." The in-vehicle intelligent terminal sends IC card information (for example, user identity information, user account information) to the background server. After the background processing (for example, finding an account, determining a deposit, etc.) is completed, the information is pushed to the in-vehicle intelligent terminal. In the embodiment, when the IC card (or non-card) is swiped on the in-vehicle smart terminal, the account can be inquired according to the IC card number. If the account is not found, the account is automatically added and the IC card is bound. If there is no deposit or insufficient deposit, the electronic wallet will be deducted or the small amount of confidentiality will be deducted. After receiving the feedback of “successful car rental”, the in-vehicle intelligent terminal notifies the charging pile to unlock; otherwise, it indicates that the car cannot be rented and exits. The car rental is completed. After the car is successfully sold, the in-vehicle smart device can record the bound IC card number information returned by the background, and can be used for the continuous unlocking after the temporary parking. For example, in the absence of a network signal, all IC cards bound with this user can be unlocked.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a user App rental car according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 7, when the user presses the "Car Rental" button, the process begins. The car smart terminal display shows car rental information. The vehicle intelligent terminal can maintain the current state of the battery capacity information. If the capacity is lower than a certain value (for example, 30%), when the user presses the “rental” button, the display of the vehicle intelligent terminal can display “the battery is insufficient and cannot be rented. ". The user scans the display QR code through the mobile app to obtain the vehicle information. If there is no deposit or insufficient deposit, the user may be prompted to use the IC card, the Alipay account, and the WeChat account to recharge. If the IC card is used for recharging, the user App requests the in-vehicle intelligent terminal to open the IC card swiping device through the background, and at the same time displays “Please swipe the IC card” on the car display screen, and completes the electronic wallet deduction or the small exemption-free exemption deduction, and The account is automatically bound to the IC card. After the App front (background) processing is completed, the information is pushed to the in-vehicle intelligent terminal. When the in-vehicle intelligent terminal receives the feedback of “successful car rental”, it notifies the charging pile to unlock; otherwise, it indicates that the car cannot be rented and exits. The car rental is completed.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a returning car provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the user stops the vehicle into the charging pile, and the charging pile completes the locking operation. After receiving the lock success information of the charging pile, the intelligent terminal sends a returning success information to the background server. The background server can feed back the renting information to the in-vehicle intelligent terminal. For example, the smart terminal can display on the display of the in-vehicle smart terminal: “The duration of the lease: xx hours xx minutes, the rent to be paid: xx.xx yuan, account balance: xx .xx yuan. The car is successful." Information. After the return of the vehicle is successful, the in-vehicle intelligent terminal can delete the user-related information such as the recorded card number from the memory to reset.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of temporary parking and renewal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 9, the user can press the "parking" button while the vehicle is stationary, and the self-locking device of the electric bicycle, such as the "head lock", can be controlled by the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal to the locked state, and the lock can be submitted after the lock is completed. The information is sent to the background server, and the "vehicle lock successful" is displayed on the display of the vehicle intelligent terminal. When the user wishes to continue using the electric bicycle, the locked vehicle can be unlocked according to the car rental process shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 for continued use. It should be noted that when the vehicle is in the running state, pressing the "parking" and "renting" buttons does not work. Especially in the operating state, the electric bicycle cannot be locked to avoid danger.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of reading status information provided by an embodiment of the present invention. It is shown therein that the in-vehicle intelligent terminal reports status information of the electric bicycle to the background server. In an embodiment, exemplary vehicle status information includes, but is not limited to, the following, such as normal status, braked, no return position (stopped at a high position), handle failure, low voltage protection, over voltage protection, motor Hall Signal line fault, motor phase line fault, controller temperature has reached protection point, controller temperature sensor fault, current sensor fault, battery temperature fault, motor temperature sensor fault, speed sensor fault, battery management system (BMS) communication Faults, headlight faults, headlight sensor faults, communication faults, etc.

11 is a flow chart of electric bicycle gear position control according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electric bicycle provided by the embodiment of the present invention may have a plurality of speed "gear positions", and the speed gear position can be controlled by the gear position control flow shown in FIG. 11 through a "gear position" button provided on the vehicle body.

Figure 12 is a flow chart of vehicle maintenance provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, in an embodiment of the present invention, an unlocking (or unlocking) process for performing maintenance on an electric bicycle is also provided. Through this process, the maintenance personnel can control the unlocking of the electric bicycle to be maintained.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of server background mandatory control according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process shown in Figure 13 can be used to remotely control an electric bicycle. For example, by setting an electronic fence, when the electric bicycle is out of the range of the electronic fence, the background server sends a forced power-off command to the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal to make the motor controller Power off. Correspondingly, when the electric bicycle returns to the range of the electronic fence, the background server can send the in-vehicle smart terminal Send a forced power-on command to restore power to the motor controller.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the embodiments described above, and various modifications may be made to the technical solutions of the present invention within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. These simple variations are within the scope of the invention. For example, the in-vehicle terminal can be changed to an in-vehicle smart terminal, and, for example, the server can be changed to a background or background server.

It should be further noted that the specific technical features described in the above specific embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention will not be further described in various possible combinations.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the invention may be made as long as it does not deviate from the idea of the invention, and it should be regarded as the disclosure of the invention.

Claims

An in-vehicle terminal for use in an electric bicycle, characterized in that the in-vehicle terminal comprises:

a receiver configured to receive a lease request;

The controller is configured to:

Responding to the rent request, acquiring a performance status of the electric bicycle for which the rent request is directed;

Verifying the legitimacy of the renter by communicating with the server when the acquired performance status meets the predetermined lease requirement;

When a legality verification pass message is received from the server, an unlock command signal is sent to the charging post of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide a renter information acquiring means when the acquired performance state satisfies the preset renting requirement;

The validity of the renter is verified by communicating with the server based on the renter information acquired by the obtaining means.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 2, wherein said renter information acquisition means comprises a two-dimensional code and/or a card code;

The renter information includes at least one of the following: identity information, account information.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the electric bicycle in response to unlocking feedback of the charging post after issuing the unlocking command signal to the charging pile Power-on.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 1, wherein said performance state includes a power amount of said electric bicycle, and said controller is configured to:

When the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is greater than a first preset value, determining that the electric bicycle meets the preset rental requirement.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle-mounted terminal includes positioning means configured to provide position information of the electric bicycle to the controller;

The controller is configured to communicate the location information with the server, and control the electric bicycle to power up according to the feedback that the electric bicycle is located within a predetermined geographic range, or determine according to the server The feedback of the electric bicycle beyond the predetermined geographic range controls the electric bicycle to be powered off.
The vehicle-mounted terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the electric bicycle to be powered down in response to a lock signal received from the charging post.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to send a charging instruction signal when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is less than a second preset value after controlling the electric bicycle to be powered off And charging the pile to charge the charging post to the electric bicycle.
The vehicle-mounted terminal according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a temporary parking request;

The controller is configured to:

In response to the temporary parking request, a self-locking device that controls the electric bicycle locks the electric bicycle.
An electric bicycle, comprising: a vehicle body, a battery, and the vehicle-mounted terminal according to any one of claims 1-9.
A charging post for an electric bicycle according to claim 10, wherein the charging post comprises a locking device and a charging control device, wherein

The lock device is configured to unlock the electric bicycle in response to the unlock command signal.
The charging post of claim 11 wherein said charging post further comprises a sensor, said sensor being configured to detect said electric bicycle in a locked position;

The lock device is further configured to perform a lock operation according to the detection result of the sensor and output a lock signal.
The charging post of claim 11 wherein said charge control device is configured to charge said electric bicycle in response to said charge command signal.
The charging post according to claim 11, wherein said charging control means is configured to stop charging said electric bicycle in response to said unlocking command signal.
An electric bicycle rental system, characterized in that the system comprises a server, a charging post according to any one of claims 11-14 and an electric bicycle according to claim 10.
An electric bicycle rental method, characterized in that the method comprises:

Acquiring a performance status of the electric bicycle in response to a rental request for the electric bicycle;

Verifying the legitimacy of the renter by communicating with the server when the acquired performance status meets the predetermined lease requirement;

When a legality verification pass message is received from the server, an unlock command signal is sent to the charging post of the electric bicycle to unlock the electric bicycle.
The method of claim 16 wherein the method comprises:

Providing a renter information acquisition means when the acquired performance status satisfies a preset rental requirement;

Obtaining the renter information by the obtaining means, and verifying the legitimacy of the renter with the server.
The method according to claim 17, wherein said renter information acquisition means comprises a two-dimensional code and/or a card code;

The renter information includes at least one of the following: identity information, account information.
The method according to claim 16, wherein the method comprises: controlling the power-on of the electric bicycle according to the unlocking feedback of the charging post after the unlocking command signal is sent to the charging pile.
The method of claim 16 wherein said performance status comprises a charge of said electric bicycle, and said method comprises:

When the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is greater than a first predetermined value, determining that the electric bicycle meets the preset rental requirement.
The method of claim 16 wherein said method comprises:

Obtaining location information of the electric vehicle;

Communicating the location information with the server, and determining that the electric bicycle is powered on according to a determination that the electric bicycle is located within a predetermined geographic range, or determining, according to the server, that the electric bicycle exceeds the predetermined geographic range The feedback controls the electric bicycle to be powered down.
The method of claim 16 wherein said method comprises controlling said electric bicycle to be powered down in response to a lock signal received from said charging post.
The method according to claim 22, wherein the method comprises: sending a charging instruction signal to the charging when the electric quantity of the electric bicycle is less than a second preset value after controlling the electric bicycle to be powered off Piles to charge the charging peg to the electric bicycle.
The method of claim 22, wherein the method comprises:

Receiving a temporary parking request;

In response to the temporary parking request, a self-locking device that controls the electric bicycle locks the electric bicycle.