EP2761542A1 - Method and system for managing vehicles offered for rental - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vehicle management method offered for rental. It also relates to a system implementing such a method and an application of such a method or system to an automated rental facility for vehicles, in particular electric vehicles.
- the field of the invention is the field of vehicle management offered for rental and more particularly the field of management of electric vehicles offered for rental.
- the invention relates more particularly to methods and systems for selecting and reserving a vehicle offered for rental among a plurality of vehicles.
- Automated vehicle rental is a growing field. Agglomerations wishing to reduce the number of vehicles on their territory are implementing automated vehicle rental systems.
- the user who wishes to rent a bike then presents his card in front of identification means that unlock an antitheft device. The user can then grab the bike. After use, the bike is deposited on a rental site that may be the same or another rental site.
- Such a summary selection of a vehicle offered for rental presents risks of accidents for the user. Indeed, it is possible that the user does not detect a malfunction of an essential element of the vehicle, for example the brakes of the vehicle, which can constitute a serious danger for the user as well as for the surrounding people. Moreover, a vehicle rented while it is malfunctioning may force the user to abandon the vehicle at a place other than a rental site, which constitutes the risk of theft and further damage to the vehicle thereby user and the renter in a difficult situation. Finally, the use of a vehicle with a malfunction may aggravate the existing problem and thus present higher maintenance costs.
- an essential element of the vehicle for example the brakes of the vehicle
- An object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an automated vehicle management method offered for rental more efficient than current methods and systems.
- Yet another object of the invention is to provide a method of automated management of vehicles offered for rental to ensure greater security for the user and its environment.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a method of automated management of vehicles offered for rental to ensure greater safety for vehicles.
- the invention proposes to achieve at least one of the aforementioned objects by a vehicle management method proposed for rental in a site, said rental, comprising a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the following steps:
- the method according to the invention therefore proposes an automated selection of a vehicle from a plurality of vehicles according to at least one award criterion and data relating to each of the vehicles present on the rental site.
- a user wanting to rent a vehicle, identifies himself to rent a vehicle, he is not limited to a simple visual inspection to choose the vehicle he will rent.
- the method makes it possible to make this selection based on data relating to each of the vehicles present on the site and attribution criteria that are more accurate than a simple visual inspection.
- the method according to the invention avoids the user to rent a defective vehicle and thus to have a vehicle that can actually use and that works properly.
- the method according to the invention makes it possible to prevent a user from renting a vehicle suffering from a malfunction that is not detectable visually or at the time of removal of the vehicle from the rental site.
- the method according to the invention makes it possible to achieve an automated management of vehicles offered for rent more efficient than existing methods and systems.
- the method according to the invention offers the user and his environment greater security by avoiding the use of a defective vehicle in the traffic.
- the method according to the invention makes it possible to avoid the use of a defective vehicle which could aggravate its malfunction and increase the repair costs of the latter or push the user to abandon on a site other than the rental site and thus cause the loss or theft of the vehicle.
- the selection step is performed following the identification step. In this particular case, the selection step is not performed until an identification step is performed.
- the selection of a vehicle can be performed according to a predetermined algorithm taking into account on the one hand at least one award criterion, and on the other hand the data relating to vehicles.
- the selection step is performed according to at least two predetermined criteria.
- these criteria can be taken into account one after the other or simultaneously.
- the criteria can also be weighted when they are taken into account simultaneously, a greater importance being given to a criterion than to another criterion.
- the at least one award criterion may be at least one criterion relating to a journey for which the user wishes to rent a vehicle.
- the criterion relating to the journey may be a criterion relating to the distance to be traveled, or the distance to be traveled.
- the criterion relating to the journey may be a criterion relating to the type of journey, or to the composition of the journey, for example one or more stops / stages of the journey, a journey on a fast track or a journey in the city.
- the at least one allocation criterion may be a criterion relating to a profile of said user.
- Such a criterion may be a criterion relating to the nature of the user, for example a criterion relating to the date / duration from which the person obtained his license, at the age of the person, to a handicap affecting the user. , or a criterion of preference relating to a vehicle.
- the age of driver or the date of obtaining the permit allows for example to deduce the experience and establish more stringent safety criteria.
- Such a criterion may furthermore be a criterion relating to a number of persons accompanying the user, to a type of person accompanying the user, for example a child, or to a material that the user wishes to carry in the vehicle that he rents. This may allow criteria relating to the size or equipment of the vehicle.
- the at least one award criterion may be a criterion relating to a state of the vehicle, for example a level of charge of the vehicle when the vehicle is an electric vehicle, to a state of operation of the vehicle, namely by example if the vehicle is in working condition, broken down but able to roll, or broken down but not able to roll.
- the selection of a vehicle can be performed according to several award criteria, classified according to several priority levels.
- Each level of priority may include one or more award criteria.
- a priority level may be an indispensable priority level or an optional priority level.
- the criteria for assigning the highest priority level are the first to be taken into account in the allocation, and so on.
- a criterion can be defined as indispensable depending on the user's profile or his / her journey (number of places available in the vehicle depending on the number of passengers, presence of a child seat if a child is present among the passengers). It can also be defined as essential for any user (level of charge of a battery higher than a minimum level, vehicle able to roll, vehicle available, etc.). In the latter case, it can be indicated by signaling means that the vehicle can not be rented, which makes it possible to warn the users of the number of potentially attributable vehicles in the site.
- a criterion relating to the journey, and / or a criterion relating to a user profile may (may) be previously indicated (s), for example during a step of booking a vehicle or during a step of taking rental of the vehicle on a rental site or during a subscription step to a rental plan.
- At least one award criterion and / or at least one priority level and / or at least one criterion of a priority level can be added, removed or modified before a lease, on a site of rental and / or on a subscription site and / or by connecting to a central site via a communication network.
- At least one award criterion and / or at least priority level and / or at least one criterion of a given security level can be defined jointly for a plurality of future rentals.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a step of defining on the fly at least one allocation criterion after the identification step and before the selection step. Thus, at each location a new criterion can be defined.
- the vehicle data may comprise data relating to:
- a state of operation of the vehicle or of a vehicle component for example a charge level of a battery of a vehicle, - the availability of the vehicle for rental,
- Some vehicle data can be obtained directly from the vehicle, including through its connection to a charging station. Some other data can be obtained through a central database to which each terminal assigning the vehicles is connected, this database being completed in particular by a system operator.
- the method preferably comprises a step of unlocking a device on said vehicle and / or on the rental site. It may also include a step of storing a user identification data in association with a vehicle identification data.
- Such a device may for example be a vehicle load hatch when the vehicle is an electric vehicle, the vehicle engine, the vehicle brakes, or an opening of the vehicle.
- a prior step of request of acceptance of the vehicle by the user can be issued.
- the above steps are then performed if and only if the user accepts the vehicle. If he refuses, he can indicate the reason and another vehicle can be attributed to him.
- the selection step may comprise a selection of a vehicle at the level of another remote rental site of said predetermined rental site according to the at least one award criterion and a distance criterion of said other remote rental site with said predetermined rental site.
- the method according to the invention may furthermore comprise a step of reserving, for the user, the selected vehicle on said other remote rental site for a predetermined duration.
- the selected vehicle may be a vehicle located in a rental site remote from the identification site. This is particularly the case when there are no vehicles available at the identification site or when none of the vehicles at the identification site meet one or all of the award criteria defined as essential.
- vehicles parked in one or more of the rental sites closest to the identification site are examined, according to a distance criterion for example, or a site chosen by the user to determine the vehicle to be assigned to the user.
- the system can be configured so that each site is assigned a set of a predetermined number of sites closest to this site, the selection step being carried out among the vehicles of this set. This avoids performing at each selection step a calculation of the distance of the different sites with the targeted site.
- the method according to the invention may then comprise a transmission of indication and direction data so that the user can go to the site in question.
- this feature is optional and that the process can simply notify the user of a refusal to rent a vehicle on the identification site in case the essential criteria are not met by vehicles located on site.
- a method of remotely reserving a vehicle proposed for rental in one or several sites, said rental, comprising a plurality of vehicles said method comprising the following steps carried out through a communication network:
- the vehicle reservation step may for example include a step making the vehicle unavailable for rental by other users.
- the step of selecting a vehicle located on a given site can be carried out from a rental site next to the given site, when no vehicle can be offered for rental to a user who has presented himself on this site neighbour.
- the selection step can also be carried out remotely from any rental site, for example from the home of a user, his workplace, or a place of entertainment or other. It can for example be performed from a PC or a mobile terminal (PDA, smartphone, etc.) of the user.
- any rental site for example from the home of a user, his workplace, or a place of entertainment or other. It can for example be performed from a PC or a mobile terminal (PDA, smartphone, etc.) of the user.
- the reservation may be associated with a schedule determined in advance by the user, in which case the selection step is then carried out at the determined time or at a time preceding a predetermined duration (for example, 1 hour). determined schedule.
- a message may be sent to the user to indicate the location of the reserved vehicle.
- the reservation step may include a step of triggering a countdown to a period during which the vehicle is reserved, and, therefore, unavailable for rental.
- the predetermined duration may be a fixed duration, or a duration calculated at each reservation, for example according to the distance to be traveled in order to go to the rental site from the booking site.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a transmission to the user of indication or direction data so that the user can go to the rental site on which the reserved vehicle is located.
- the reservation method also preferably includes the unlocking step, this step being triggered by an identification on the rental site of the user to whom the vehicle has been allocated.
- the management method according to the invention and / or the reservation method according to the invention can be used for the automated rental of electric vehicles offered for rental on one or more sites.
- a vehicle management system proposed for rental in a site, said rental comprising a plurality of vehicles, said system being in particular provided for implementing the method of management according to the invention, said system comprising:
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic representation of a global management system of a fleet of electric vehicles offered for rental;
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic representation in the form of a diagram of a vehicle reservation method according to the invention.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic representations in the form of a diagram of a method for reserving a vehicle applied to the rental of electric vehicles.
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic representation of a global management system of a fleet of electric vehicles offered for rental.
- the system 10 shown in Figure 1 comprises a central site 12 (also called the central member in the following description) connected to multiple sites - or stations - 14i-14 n, said house through a communication network 16 wireless, for example GPRS, or a wired network, for example of the DSL type.
- each site is connected to the central site via the two separate networks, allowing a continuous connection even if one of the networks is faulty.
- Each rental site comprises a subscription terminal 18 for the registration of a new subscriber, a rental terminal 20 for the rental of a vehicle and a plurality of charging terminals 22-26, each charging terminal being designed to charge a vehicle with an electric battery at a parking space.
- the central site 12 can be connected directly to each of the terminals of a rental site 14 through the network 16 or only to the subscription terminal and / or to the rental terminal and / or charging terminals 22-26 .
- At least two terminals of a rental site are connected to each other through a wired connection (not shown).
- the central site 12 is also arranged to connect to an electric vehicle comprising a connection box with one or more elements of the vehicle and / or a communication interface with the user, via a GPRS network.
- Each vehicle is therefore equipped with a GSM chip.
- the system makes it possible to manage a plurality of vehicles, each comprising a control unit capable of communicating with the central body and with various organs of the vehicle, and a user interface.
- the users are able to interact with the different terminals as well as with the various elements of the vehicles.
- FIGURE 2 is a schematic representation in the form of a diagram of a vehicle reservation method.
- the method 100 includes a first step 102 of identifying a user using an identifier, such as an RFID. This step is performed in particular at the user's home, from a computer or a smartphone, for example by connecting to a site Internet. Such a process could also be carried out from a rental terminal 18.
- an identifier such as an RFID
- a profile associated with this user and comprising at least one attribution criterion is loaded during a step 104 when a predefined attribution profile P exists for this user.
- this step 104 is not carried out and we proceed to the next step. If a profile P exists, it is loaded from the central site 12 which gathers all the data of the users.
- a step 106 the user is questioned to determine whether he wishes to add or remove an award criterion, or to modify a previously defined and registered attribution criterion or allocation profile P.
- a step 108 allows him to add or remove a criterion or to modify an existing criterion or profile P. During this step the user can also create an allocation profile P.
- a step 110 performed after the modification / addition / deletion step 108, the user is asked to determine if the modification (s) / addition (s) / deletion (s) he / she performed at step 108 is (are) permanent (s) and shall apply to at least one future rental.
- step 110 If the user responds affirmatively in step 110, the modification (s) / addition (s) / deletion (s) is (are) recorded in an allocation profile P in local or remote storage means, for example at the central site 12, during a step 112.
- the step 112 is then followed by a step 114.
- step 112 is not performed and step 110 is followed by step 114. If the user responds negatively to step 106, steps 108-112 are not performed and step 106 is followed by step 114.
- step 114 the user is questioned to determine whether he wishes to make a rental or a vehicle reservation.
- step 116 the process is completed in a step 116.
- steps 102-114 the user can define a new profile, modify or consult without having to rent or reserve a vehicle.
- the data D relating to all the vehicles present on the rental site concerned are loaded during a step 118.
- This data D is for example recorded in a vehicle profile associated with each vehicle, each vehicle being identified by an identifier, and stored in local or remote storage means, for example on the central site 12.
- This data can also be obtained by interrogating one or more sensors at the charging terminals connected to vehicles or at the level of the vehicles themselves.
- the level of charge of the battery can be obtained in this way, using a pilot wire in the electrical connection. It can also be obtained directly from the vehicle.
- This data D may comprise data relating to the operating state of the vehicle or to the state of operation of a particular body of the vehicle, for example the vehicle battery, the brakes, the wheels, etc. or in the state of availability for the rental of the vehicle, for example "reserved” or “free”.
- the vehicle best corresponds to the profile of the vehicle. assignment is selected in step 120.
- the selection of the vehicle is made only according to the award criteria or criteria relating solely to the state of operation of the vehicle, such as, for example, a criterion of allocation relating to the state of charge of a battery, the operating state of a vehicle member such as the engine, wheels, brakes, etc.
- the user is then questioned at step 122 to determine if he wants to rent the vehicle right away.
- a user identifier is sent to the central site 12 which sends it back to the assigned vehicle so that the user can then unlock the doors of the latter using its means of identification.
- a cover of the corresponding charging terminal is also unlocked in step 124 so that the user can access the loading means of the vehicle and store them in a box that covers the hood. This is done through a signal sent from the central site 12 to the corresponding charging terminal 22 (through the rental terminal 20).
- step 122 If it responds negatively to the step 122 the vehicle is reserved for a predetermined duration step 126.
- the steps to be performed by the user when he wishes to remove the reserved vehicle will be described later.
- the step of direct booking of the vehicle is performed only if the duration between the reservation schedule and the requested schedule is less than a predetermined time, for example 1 hour.
- FIGURES 3 and 4 are a schematic representation of a vehicle rental method 200 implementing the methods according to the invention.
- the user who wishes to rent a vehicle and already subscribes goes to a rental terminal located on a rental site. It identifies itself on this terminal with the help of its identification means, in particular an RFID card which it passes on a reader of the terminal at step 202. It could however identify itself in other ways, thanks to to a barcode, or entering an identifier, etc.
- the user is identified, it is checked whether he does not have a vehicle being rented at step 204. For this, the user's identifier is searched in a database of an organ / central site, or an information system, which lists rentals, to check whether a current lease is associated with a user ID.
- step 206 If the user already has a vehicle being rented, he is informed that he must return his vehicle and the process is completed in step 206.
- the method 200 may comprise additional steps, including steps of acceptance of legal conditions and confirmation of being able to drive.
- the rental terminal 20 performs a step of assigning a vehicle to the user.
- the method comprises a step 208 for determining whether there is a vehicle on the site. If there is no vehicle on the site, a step is described later.
- the method determines in step 210 whether there is at least one vehicle available on the site. This is a check of the criteria of the first level of priority, these criteria being indispensable criteria, namely that a vehicle which does not fulfill them can not be attributed to a user.
- An available vehicle is a vehicle declared to be able to drive (battery charge sufficiently high, no major vehicle failure) and not reserved by a third party.
- the rental terminal interrogates a database stored locally or remotely and updated regularly concerning the identifiers of vehicles connected to its charging terminals and the state of these vehicles. The information on the vehicle identifier and the state of charge comes from the vehicles themselves and is transmitted via the charging terminal to which the vehicle is connected.
- the information concerning the general state of the vehicle comes from an external source, for example an operator, and is transmitted from the central site 12 to the rental terminal 20.
- this step 210 it is not performed when a user identifies on the terminal for the purpose of taking a vehicle but permanently, periodically. Indeed, because of this periodic interrogation, the user can also be aware before interrogation of the database of available vehicles present on the rental site through a display system.
- the rental terminal 20 is configured to send an electrical signal to each charging terminal 22 when the status of the vehicle is changed.
- This makes it possible to modify the configuration, for example the color, of a display means located on each charging terminal.
- the display means may comprise one or more LEDs arranged on the rental terminal and which are switched on or off depending on the status of the vehicle. These LEDs thus make it possible to inform the user of the status of each of the vehicles using a color code.
- first priority level if there is no vehicle available, it is indicated to the user. We will describe later the steps taken at that time.
- verification steps are criteria verification steps, called “optional", a vehicle that can be rented without fulfilling all these criteria.
- a remote database is interrogated in step 212 to determine if these vehicles have suffered minimal deficiencies that have not yet been resolved (second level of priority).
- step 214 the vehicles which have not suffered listed failures are then selected. If there is only one vehicle meeting these criteria, it is attributed to the user.
- step 216 third priority level.
- step 218 the most loaded vehicle among these vehicles is determined in step 218, thanks to the information received from the charging terminals. This vehicle is assigned to the user in step 220.
- step 214 If at step 214, no vehicle meets this criterion, that is to say that all the available vehicles have failed, one can possibly choose which failure seems the least serious, and among the vehicles which are declared "Rolling" is selected and assigned to the user the most loaded vehicle by performing steps 216 ', 218' and 220 'respectively identical to steps 216, 218, and 220. The user is then informed on a screen and / or in a sound way, and / or by a change of lighting on the charging terminal the vehicle which has been assigned to it.
- step 222 if the user refuses the selected vehicle, a form on which he must indicate the reason for his refusal is proposed to him at step 224.
- This form is generally a multiple-choice questionnaire. It is then processed by the system and stored in a database relating to maintenance. The data in this form is usually processed by the central site and can be used to feed directly or indirectly (for example, after verification by an operator) the database of damage to vehicles or vehicle failures.
- a step 226 determines whether there are other vehicles on the site other than the vehicle just excluded.
- step 222 if the user accepts the selected vehicle, the hatch of the charging terminal to which the vehicle is connected is unlocked during a step 228, so that the user can disconnect the vehicle without the need to carry out a new identification on the terminal of the vehicle.
- the charging terminal contains a compartment closed by a hatch to store the vehicle charging cables.
- step 230 the rental terminal also transmits to the information system or central site, a message indicating that the vehicle is associated with the identified user.
- the system then transmits, during this same step 230, the identifier of the user to the vehicle, via a direct wireless link between the vehicle and the information system.
- the hatch of the terminal is locked again after a predetermined time, for example 10 minutes.
- the rental is not counted.
- the rental terminal again transmits a message to the central body to indicate that the vehicle is no longer assigned.
- step 208 determines that there is no vehicle in the site, or
- step 210 determines that there is no vehicle available in the site, or
- step 226 determines that there is no vehicle available in the site after the user has refused a vehicle.
- a step 302 performs the display on a display screen a map representing the nearest sites, including the 8 nearest sites and indicating the vehicles available for each site.
- the card information is transmitted by the central system, which obtains them from each of the terminals / rental sites. It should be noted that in the central database, each site is associated with a set of the 8 closest sites. It is therefore not necessary to do any distance calculation to display data relating to these sites closest to the current site where the user is located.
- the user can choose a site and book a vehicle in it during a step 304.
- the rental site transmits to the information system the site chosen by the user.
- Steps 214, 216 'and 218' or steps 214, 216 and 218 previously described are performed by the information system.
- the information system When the information system has assigned a vehicle to the user, the information system indicates that the assigned vehicle is unavailable at step 308 and transmits the information to the rental terminal of the neighboring site or to the neighboring site. The latter transmits a signal to the charging terminal with which the vehicle is charging to change the configuration of the means of displaying it and thus signal that the vehicle is booked and is unavailable for hire.
- the information system when it marks the unavailability of the selected vehicle, also triggers a timer of a predetermined duration, in particular 20 minutes, in step 310.
- the user then goes to the site in which a vehicle is assigned to him. When he succeeds, he identifies himself on the terminal and, as previously described, is asked if he accepts the vehicle. If he refuses the vehicle, the information system marks it again as available and the procedure described above is carried out. If it accepts, as described above, unlocks the door of the charging terminal associated with the vehicle and transmits information relating to the user to the vehicle. However, if the user does not identify himself when the timer triggered by the information system expires, the information system again indicates that the selected vehicle is available and the configuration of the display means on the terminal of load is changed again.
- the invention includes many variants:
- the criteria for awarding the vehicle may in particular be different from what has been described above or in a different order from the criteria described above.
- Other criteria can be examined such as the number of places in the vehicle, the type of user subscription, etc.
- the vehicle allocation algorithm may also be different from the one indicated, for example several criteria may be examined together and not in turn,
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