TW201516932A - Solar rental service system of bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

A solar rental service system of bicycle is disclosed. The solar rental service system comprises at least one parking device having a solar energy power supply unit, a cloud server communicating with the parking device, and a handheld communication device communicating with the cloud server. The relationship between the parking device and the bicycle, which has a barcode unit, is stored in the cloud server. While the user rents the bicycle, the handheld communication device reads the barcode unit of the bicycle and transmits to the cloud server, then the cloud server transmits information to the handheld communication device and enables the bicycle unlocking. While a return signal is received in the cloud server, the bicycle is locked and a rental cost is calculated by the cloud server according to the rent-time and the return-time, which are recorded by the cloud server.

Description

Solar bicycle rental service system

The invention relates to a solar bicycle rental service system, in particular to a solar bicycle rental service system using a cloud server instead of an automatic service machine.

In today's busy and busy society, competition in all walks of life is increasing, and people's pressure is increasing. If pressure is not properly released, people's health will be lost. Therefore, today's people use leisure and entertainment activities to release the pressure of daily life. Among them, it is a common leisure and entertainment activity to visit the scenic spots or ride a bicycle. In addition, due to the rising concept of environmental protection, more and more people have chosen to ride bicycles to replace the locomotives or cars that cause environmental pollution.

However, if you are traveling to a sightseeing area, suddenly want to take a leisurely ride on a bicycle, or when you are riding a bicycle that is more convenient to move, but forget or inconvenience to carry a bicycle with you, if there is a bicycle rental service available locally, then It brings great convenience and more tourism selectivity. However, the current bicycle rental services are separate systems, that is, each place must be equipped with its own bicycle rental service system, including a bicycle rental station and a computer or server for managing car rental services. Or directly managed by people. However, as a result, the cost of the bicycle rental service will be increased, which will also result in management. Inconvenient.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a solar bicycle rental service system, by replacing the traditional automatic service machine with a cloud server, so that the rental station of each place can be set up without exclusive The bicycle rental service system on its own, that is, there is no need to set up additional computers or servers, thereby reducing the cost of bicycle rental services.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solar bicycle rental service system that provides a user to rent and return a bicycle. The solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention comprises: at least one parking station device for locking or unlocking a bicycle having a barcode unit, and the parking station device has a solar power supply unit to provide the required power; the cloud server stores the parking station Corresponding relationship between the device and the bicycle having the barcode unit, the cloud server wirelessly communicating with the parking station device to command the parking station device to lock or unlock the bicycle; and the handheld communication device to perform mobile communication with the cloud server, when the user rents When the bicycle is used, the handheld communication device reads the barcode unit of the bicycle to be rented, and transmits the content of the read barcode unit to the cloud server, and the cloud server obtains the parking of the corresponding parking station device according to the content of the barcode unit. Station information, and transfer bicycle rental information and parking station information to the handheld communication device, and the cloud server transmits the unlock signal to the parking station device according to the parking station information to command the parking station device to unlock the bicycle, and the cloud server records the user's Car rental time and bicycle position When the cloud server receives the returning signal, the locking signal is transmitted to the parking station device to command the parking device to lock the bicycle, and the cloud server records the user's return time and the position of the bicycle, and according to the rental car. Time and return time Calculate the rental fee for deduction.

Wherein, the parking station device can have a wireless transceiver to enter with the cloud server Wireless communication is provided, and the solar power unit of the parking station device provides power to the wireless transceiver.

The parking station device may further have a sensing unit electrically connected to the wireless transceiver. The sensing unit senses whether the parking station device is parked on the bicycle again. If “Yes”, the sensing unit transmits the returning vehicle signal to the cloud server through the wireless transceiver.

Wherein, the bar code unit on the bicycle can be a two-dimensional bar code or a near field communication tag, and the handheld communication device has a reading unit to read the two-dimensional bar code or the near field communication tag.

Wherein, the bicycle can have a global positioning system device to locate the bicycle, and the bicycle can activate the global positioning system device when the parking device device unlocks the bicycle.

Wherein, the global positioning system device can have a mobile network communication unit, and the mobile network communication unit continuously or at an interval uploads the location of the GPS positioning device to the cloud server, so that the cloud server can Record and keep track of where the bicycle is, and thus reduce the loss rate of the bicycle.

In addition, the global positioning system device can also have a storage unit to store and locate The position of the bicycle, and when the parking station device locks the bicycle, the cloud server can read the position of the bicycle stored in the storage unit, and can draw the movement path of the bicycle by the position stored at different time points.

In addition, the cloud server may have a recording unit to record the position of the bicycle, the user's rental time, the return time, and the identity of the user.

Wherein, the handheld communication device has a display unit for displaying the handheld communication device Received bicycle rental information and parking station information to provide users with confirmation or inquiry.

The handheld communication device can have an input unit, so that the user can input the returning vehicle signal or the confirmation signal through the input unit to confirm the bicycle rental information and the parking station information received by the handheld communication device.

Therefore, the solar bicycle rental service system according to the present invention may have one or more of the following advantages:

(1) By replacing the traditional automatic server with a cloud server, the parking station device of each bicycle is not required to additionally set up a computer or a server, thereby reducing the cost of each parking station.

(2) Each bicycle has its own bar code unit, so that the user can directly connect to the cloud server to rent the bicycle by reading the content in the bar code unit by using the handheld communication device.

(3) The connection between the parking station device and the cloud server is through the wireless communication with low power consumption, so that only the solar power supply device can supply the power of the parking station device.

(4) By using the global positioning system device on the bicycle, the position of the bicycle can be recorded at any time, thereby recording the route that the bicycle passes and reducing the loss rate of the bicycle.

100‧‧‧Parking station installation

101‧‧‧Unlock signal

102‧‧‧Lock signal

103‧‧‧Returning car signal

110‧‧‧Wireless transceiver

120‧‧‧Processing unit

130‧‧‧Sensor unit

140‧‧‧Locks

150‧‧‧Solar power supply unit

200‧‧‧Cloud Server

210‧‧‧Processing unit

220‧‧‧ storage unit

230‧‧‧recording unit

240‧‧‧First communication unit

250‧‧‧Second communication unit

300‧‧‧Handheld communication device

301‧‧‧Bicycle rental information

302‧‧‧Parking Information

303‧‧‧After car information

310‧‧‧Processing unit

320‧‧‧Reading unit

330‧‧‧Communication unit

340‧‧‧Display unit

350‧‧‧ input unit

400‧‧‧ bicycles

401‧‧‧Location signal

410‧‧‧ barcode unit

420‧‧‧Global Positioning System Installation

421‧‧‧ Positioning unit

422‧‧‧Mobile Network Communication Unit

423‧‧‧ storage unit

424‧‧‧Solar power supply unit

Figure 1 is a system block diagram of a solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is the stoppage of the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention. Block diagram of the station installation.

Figure 3 is a block diagram of a cloud server in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a handheld communication device in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a block diagram of a global positioning system device on a bicycle in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of a parking station device in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 . FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention, and FIG. 2-4 is a parking station device in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention. Block diagram of a cloud server and a handheld communication device, Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a global positioning system device on a bicycle in the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention, and Fig. 6 is a solar bicycle rental service of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the structure of the parking station device in the system.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention utilizes the cloud server 200 to provide a user to rent and return the bicycle 400. The solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention includes at least one parking station device 100, a cloud server 200, and a user's handheld communication device 300. Among them, the parking station device 100 locks or unlocks the bicycle 400 having the bar code unit 410 and has a solar power supply unit 150 to provide the power required by the parking station device 100. In addition, the parking station device 100 can be plural. For example, any private institution, school, or sightseeing area may each have a plurality of parking station devices 100, and each parking station device 100 individually locks or unlocks a bicycle 400 having a bar code unit 410. Wherein, each bicycle 400 may correspond to each parking station device 100 one by one, or a plurality of bicycles 400 form a bicycle group and a plurality of parking station devices 100 form a parking station device group, and the bicycle group corresponds to This parking station device group. That is, any of the parking station devices 100 in the parking station device group can lock or unlock any of the bicycles 400 belonging to the bicycle group.

The cloud server 200 performs wireless communication with the parking station device 100, and the cloud server 200 stores the correspondence between the parking station device 100 and the bicycle 400 having the barcode unit 410, thereby instructing the specific parking station device 100 to lock or unlock the specific The bicycle is 400. In addition, in some cases, the cloud server 200 and the parking station device 100 can also perform wired communication. Moreover, the handheld communication device 300 is in mobile communication with the cloud server 200, so that when the user wants to rent or return a specific bicycle 400, the handheld communication device 300 can be used to unlock or lock the specific device via the cloud server 200. Bicycle 400.

That is, the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention replaces the conventional automatic service machine with the cloud server 200, so that the parking station device 100 of each parking bicycle 400 does not need to additionally set up a computer or a server, thereby reducing the number of parking stations. cost. In addition, the bicycle bicycle rental service system of the present invention can further have a barcode unit 410 by each bicycle 400, so that the user can directly read the content in the barcode unit 410 by using the handheld communication device 300, thereby directly The cloud server 200 is connected to perform the operation of renting the bicycle 400.

For example, when a place wants to provide a rental bicycle service, one or more parking station devices 100 and one or more bar codes may be built (or purchased) first. The bicycle 400 of the unit 410. The barcode unit 410 can be built in or attached to the bicycle 400. In addition, the remote cloud server 200 can store the corresponding relationship between the parking station device 100 in this place and the bicycle 400 having the barcode unit 410. In addition, the cloud server 200 can also store the correspondence between the parking station device 100 in another place and the bicycle 400 having the barcode unit 410. Each of the parking station devices 100 can have a wireless transceiver 110, a processing unit 120, a lock 140, and a solar power supply unit 150, and the cloud server 200 can have a processor 210, a storage unit 220, a recording unit 230, and a first The communication unit 240 and the second communication unit 250.

In other words, when the user wants to rent the bicycle 400 after going to the place, the bicycle unit 410 on the bicycle 400 can be read by the handheld communication device 300 first in front of the bicycle 400. The handheld communication device 300 can have a processing unit 310, a reading unit 320, a communication unit 330, a display unit 340, and an input unit 350. Therefore, when the user aligns or faces the barcode unit 410 using the handheld communication device 300, the reading unit 320 reads the barcode unit 410 and transmits it to the processing unit 310, so that the processing unit 310 can acquire the content of the barcode unit 410. The barcode unit 410 can be a two-dimensional barcode (QR code), a near field communication (NFC) label or other component that can provide identification, and the reading unit 320 can be a corresponding two-dimensional. Bar code reading unit, near field communication reading unit or other reading unit.

After the processing unit 310 obtains the content in the barcode unit 410, the processing unit 330 and the second communication unit 250, which are connected by mobile communication, can be transmitted to the processor 210 of the cloud server 200. The mobile communication performed by the communication unit 330 and the second communication unit 250 can be communication using any mobile communication technology protocol. And when the processor 210 obtains the content in the barcode unit 410 Thereafter, the parking station information corresponding to the parking station device 100 of the bar code unit 410, such as the location, number, or other related information of the parking station device 100, may be retrieved from the storage unit 220. Thereafter, the processor 210 transmits the acquired parking station information 302 and the bicycle rental information 301 of the bicycle rental service to the processing unit 310 of the handheld communication device 300 via the second communication unit 250 and the communication unit 330. The processor 210 can instruct the recording unit 230 to record the identity of the user, request the time of renting the car, and the current position of the bicycle 400, and transmit the bicycle rental information 301 to the processing unit 310.

Then, after receiving the bicycle rental information 301 and the parking station information 302, the processing unit 310 can instruct the display unit 340 to display the received bicycle rental information 301 and the parking station information 302 to provide the user for confirmation, and the user can use the input unit. The 350 enters a confirmation signal to confirm whether the bicycle rental information 301 and the parking station information 302 are correct. The input unit 350 can be, for example, a specific button, a specific button combination, or a touch screen. When the processor 210 of the cloud server 200 receives the confirmation signal, the unlocking signal 101 can be transmitted to the specific parking station device 100 according to the parking station information, thereby unlocking the bicycle 400 parked at the specific parking station device 100. That is, the bicycle 400 that the user wants to rent is unlocked. The processor 210 can send the unlocking signal 101 to the processing unit 120 through the first communication unit 240 and the wireless transceiver 110 connected by wireless communication, so that the processing unit 120 commands the lock 140 to unlock the bicycle 400. And, the processor 210 can instruct the recording unit 230 to record the rental time. Additionally, the solar powered unit 150 in the parking station apparatus 100 can have solar panels to provide power to the wireless transceiver 110, the processing unit 120, and the lock 140. In addition, the wireless communication can be, for example, a wireless communication network built using the IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network protocol.

Therefore, the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention can be stopped by parking The connection between the station device 100 and the cloud server 200 is through wireless communication with low power consumption, so that only the solar power supply device 150 is required to supply the power of the parking station device 100.

In addition, the bicycle 400 may have a global positioning system device 420 to position the bicycle 400, and the global positioning system device 420 may have a positioning unit 421, a mobile network communication unit 422, a storage unit 423, and a solar power supply unit 424. The solar power supply unit 424 has a solar panel to provide power to the positioning unit 421, the mobile network communication unit 422, and the storage unit 423. When the parking station device 100 unlocks the bicycle 400, the bicycle 400 activates the global positioning system device 420, that is, the solar power supply unit 424 supplies power to the positioning unit 421, the mobile network communication unit 422, and the storage unit 423. When the global positioning system device 420 is activated, the positioning unit 421 can position the bicycle 400 at an interval or at an interval, and transfer the position of each positioned bicycle 400 to the storage unit 423 so that the storage unit 423 stores each Or the location of the positioning bicycle 400 is configured as a position signal 401, and transmitted to the processor 210 of the cloud server 200 through the mobile network communication unit 422 and the second communication unit 250, so as to be processed. The device 210 can instruct the recording unit 230 to record the position of each positioning of the bicycle 400. The mobile network communication unit 422 and the second communication unit 250 can communicate using any mobile communication technology protocol. In addition, the processor 210 can further describe the route that the bicycle 400 passes by combining the position of each position of the recorded bicycle 400 with the electronic map.

Therefore, the solar rental service system of the present invention can record the position of the bicycle 400 at any time by the global positioning system device 420 on the bicycle 400, thereby recording the route that the bicycle 400 passes and reducing the loss rate of the bicycle 400.

When the cloud server 200 receives the returning signal, the locking signal 102 is transmitted to the corresponding parking station device 100 or more and the bicycle 400 is locked, and the processor 210 can instruct the recording unit 230 to record the time when the returning signal is received. As the user's return time, the current position of the bicycle 400 is recorded so that the processor 210 can update the correspondence between the bicycle 400 having the barcode unit 410 and the parking station device 100 in the storage unit 220 according to the current position of the bicycle 400.

For example, when the user wants to return the bicycle 400, if the parking station device 100 has a one-to-one correspondence with the bicycle 400, the user parks the bicycle 400 to the corresponding parking station device 100; and if the parking station device 100 and the bicycle When the 400 is not one-to-one correspondence, the user can park the bicycle 400 at any parking station device 100 in which the bicycle is not parked. After the bicycle 400 is parked, the user can input the return signal by using the input unit 350 in the handheld communication device 300, and the input unit 350 transmits the return signal to the processing unit 310, and the processing unit 310 returns the vehicle signal 303. The transmission to the cloud server 200 is performed through the communication unit 330 and the second communication unit 250. Alternatively, the parking station device 100 may further have the sensing unit 130 electrically connected to the wireless transceiver 110, and the sensing unit 130 may sense whether the bicycle 400 is parked again at the parking station device 100. If “yes”, the sense is The measuring unit 130 can transmit the returning signal 103 to the cloud server 200 through the wireless transceiver 110. That is, when the user parks the bicycle 400, the sensing unit 130 in the parked parking station device 100 senses the bicycle 400, so that the processing unit 120 can be judged by the sensing signal of the sensing unit 130. The parking station device 100 parks the bicycle 400 again, so the processing unit 120 commands the wireless transceiver 110 to transmit the return signal 103 to the cloud server 200.

In addition, when the cloud server 200 transmits the lock signal 102 to the corresponding parking station device 100 or more, the bicycle 400 is commanded, and the processor 210 commands the recording unit 230. After the user's return time is recorded, the processor 210 can calculate the rental fee according to the rental time and the return time recorded by the recording unit 230 for performing the deduction action. The processor 210 can transmit the bill of the rental fee to the user's handheld communication device 300; or use the identity of the user recorded by the recording unit 230 to notify the user of the carrier to merge the rental fee to the user. In the telecom bill, or by using the identity of the user recorded by the recording unit 230, the credit card operator of the user is notified to deduct the rental fee from the user's credit card.

In addition, if the global positioning system device 420 of the bicycle 400 has the storage unit 423 storing the position of the positioning unit 421 every time, when the parking station device 100 locks the bicycle 400, the cloud server 200 can read the storage in the storage unit 423. The position of the bicycle 400 is positioned once. In other words, whether the global positioning system device 420 immediately transmits the position of each positioning to the cloud server 200, or after the bicycle 400 is locked, the position of all the positioning positions is read again, and the cloud server 200 can be used. The position of each positioning of the bicycle 400 is recorded by the recording unit 230. Therefore, the processor 210 of the cloud server 200 can map the position of each of the bicycles 400 recorded by the recording unit 230 to the electronic map, draw a road map and store it in the storage unit 220. Therefore, the user can download the road map stored by the cloud server 200, and learn the places and routes that he has traveled. That is, the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention can be downloaded by the cloud server 200 at any time by downloading the data to the cloud server 200 instead of the parking station device 100 at each place. The places and routes that have passed through to increase the convenience of users.

In summary, the solar bicycle rental service system of the present invention can replace the traditional automatic service machine with a cloud server, so that the rental station of each place does not need to set up its own bicycle rental service system, that is, no need to Erection Additional computers or servers, which in turn reduce the cost of bicycle rental services and increase user convenience.

The above is intended to be illustrative only and not limiting. Any equivalent modifications or alterations to the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included in the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧Parking station installation

101‧‧‧Unlock signal

102‧‧‧Lock signal

103‧‧‧Returning car signal

200‧‧‧Cloud Server

300‧‧‧Handheld communication device

301‧‧‧Bicycle rental information

302‧‧‧Parking Information

303‧‧‧After car information

400‧‧‧ bicycles

401‧‧‧Location signal

410‧‧‧ barcode unit

420‧‧‧Global Positioning System Installation

Claims (10)

A solar bicycle rental service system for providing a user to rent and return a bicycle, the solar bicycle rental service system comprising: at least one parking station device for locking or unlocking the bicycle having a code unit, the parking station device having a solar energy a power supply unit; a cloud server, wherein the cloud server stores a correspondence between the parking station device and the bicycle having the barcode unit, the cloud server performs wireless communication with the parking station device; and a handheld communication device Communicating with the cloud server, when the user rents the bicycle, the handheld communication device reads the barcode unit of the bicycle and transmits the read barcode unit to the cloud server, the cloud The server obtains the parking station information of the parking station device according to the bar code unit, and transmits a bicycle rental information and the parking station information to the handheld communication device, and the cloud server transmits an unlocking signal according to the parking station information. To the parking station device to unlock the bicycle, the cloud servo Recording a rental time and a location of the bicycle, and when the cloud server receives a returning signal, the cloud server transmits a locking signal to the parking device to lock the bicycle, and the cloud server Recording a return time and the location of the bicycle, and calculating a rental fee based on the rental time and the return time to perform a deduction action. The solar bicycle rental service system according to claim 1, wherein the parking station device has a wireless transceiver and the cloud The server performs the wireless communication, and the solar power supply unit provides power to the wireless transceiver. The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 2, wherein the parking station device further has a sensing unit electrically connected to the wireless transceiver, the sensing unit sensing whether the bicycle is docked at the parking station again. If the device is YES, the sensing unit transmits the returning vehicle signal to the cloud server through the wireless transceiver. The solar bicycle rental service system according to claim 1, wherein the barcode unit is a two-dimensional barcode or a near field communication label, and the handheld communication device has a reading unit that reads the two-dimensional barcode or Near field communication label. The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 1, wherein the bicycle has a global positioning system device for positioning the bicycle, and when the parking device unlocks the bicycle, the bicycle activates the global positioning system device . The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 5, wherein the global positioning system device has a mobile network communication unit, and the mobile network communication unit continuously or at an interval uploads the global positioning system device positioning The location of the bicycle to the cloud server. The solar bicycle rental service system according to claim 5, wherein the global positioning system device has a storage unit for storing the position of the bicycle, and when the parking station device locks the bicycle, the cloud servo Read and store in the storage unit The location of the bicycle. The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 5, wherein the cloud server has a recording unit that records the location of the bicycle, the rental time, the return time, and the identity of the user. The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 1, wherein the handheld communication device has a display unit that displays the bicycle rental information and the parking station information received by the handheld communication device. The solar bicycle rental service system of claim 1, wherein the handheld communication device has an input unit, and the user inputs the return signal or a confirmation signal by the input unit to confirm receipt of the handheld communication device. The bicycle rental information and the parking station information.