Vehicle rental managing device, vehicle rental reservation terminal, vehicle rental managing system, and vehicle rental managing method
First Claim
1. A vehicle rental managing unit, which is used in a vehicle rental managing system for managing vehicles to be lent to users by providing a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicles, comprising:
- a vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit which determines an excess number or deficient number of the vehicles at each of the ports by accessing rental information of the vehicles at the ports, and a fee setting unit which sets a fee smaller than a normal fee for a use of the vehicles being lent from a port determined to have an excess number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit, or for a use of the vehicles to be returned to a port determined to have a deficient number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle rental managing device, a vehicle rental reservation terminal, a vehicle rental managing system, and a vehicle rental managing method for managing vehicles to be lent to users, which are suitable for enhancing the use of vehicles from a port having an excess number to a port having a deficient number of the vehicles in order to eliminate maldistribution of the vehicles. The vehicle rental managing unit includes a vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit which determines an excess or deficient number of the vehicles at the ports by accessing rental circumstances of the vehicles, and a fee setting unit which sets a fee smaller than a normal for a use of the vehicles being lent from a port determined to have an excess number of the vehicles, or for a use of the vehicles to be returned to a port determined to have a deficient number.
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9 Claims
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1. A vehicle rental managing unit, which is used in a vehicle rental managing system for managing vehicles to be lent to users by providing a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicles, comprising:
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a vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit which determines an excess number or deficient number of the vehicles at each of the ports by accessing rental information of the vehicles at the ports, and a fee setting unit which sets a fee smaller than a normal fee for a use of the vehicles being lent from a port determined to have an excess number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit, or for a use of the vehicles to be returned to a port determined to have a deficient number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit.
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2. A vehicle rental reservation terminal, which is used in a vehicle rental managing system for managing vehicles to be lent to users by providing a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicles, comprising:
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a conditions display unit which receives and displays information relating to rental circumstances of the vehicles at each of the ports, and a port selection unit which makes the users choose a port of use based on the vehicle rental circumstances at each of the ports displayed by said conditions display unit. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A vehicle rental managing system for managing vehicles to be lent to users by providing a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicles, comprising:
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a vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit which determines an excess number or a deficient number of vehicles at each of the ports by accessing rental circumstances of the vehicles at the ports, a fee setting unit which sets a fee smaller than a normal fee for a use of the vehicles being lent from a port determined to have an excess number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit, or for a use of the vehicles to be returned to a port determined to have a deficient number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit;
a conditions display unit which displays information relating to rental circumstances of the vehicles at each of the ports, the information being received from said vehicle excess-deficiency determination unit, and a port selection unit which makes the users choose a port of use based on the vehicle rental circumstances at each of the ports displayed by said conditions display unit. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A vehicle rental managing method, which is used in a vehicle rental managing system for managing vehicles to be lent to users by providing a plurality of ports used for parking the vehicles, comprising:
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a vehicle excess-deficiency determination step in which an excess number or a deficient number of the vehicles at each of the ports is determined by accessing rental circumstances of the vehicles at the ports;
a fee setting step in which a fee smaller than a normal fee is set for a use of the vehicles being lent from a port determined to have an excess number of the vehicles by said vehicle excess-deficiency determination step, or for a use of the vehicles to be returned to a port determined to have a deficient number of the vehicles in said vehicle excess-deficiency determination step;
a condition display step in which information relating to rental circumstance of the vehicles at each of the ports is displayed, the information being received from said vehicle excess-deficiency determination step;
a port selection acquiring step in which information relating to a port of use selected by the user based on the vehicle rental circumstances displayed in said conditions display step is acquired, and a vehicle rental step in which a vehicle is lend to the user at the port selected by the user in said port selection acquiring step at the fee determined in said fee setting step. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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