Systems For a Shared Vehicle
First Claim
1. A shared-use vehicle management system comprised of at least two shared-use vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle has at least one storage compartment, wherein the at least one storage compartment is a trunk at the rear of the first vehicle, wherein the first vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the second vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the shared-use vehicle management system is comprised of a computer, a picture database, and at least one camera that is offboard of the first vehicle, offboard camera is operable to scan the contents within the first vehicle'"'"'s trunk and to take at least one picture of the first vehicle'"'"'s trunk, a communications link to enable communication exchanging the at least one picture from the offboard camera to either the shared-use vehicle management system system or the first vehicle onboard computer system.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for automatically adjusting a vehicle feature of a vehicle, where the system includes a first sensor, an onboard computer, a camera, a mirror, a controller; an actuator; and an algorithm. The algorithm instructs the onboard computer in steps for adjusting one or more vehicle features. The first sensor and the controller are in electronic communication with the onboard computer and the controller is in electronic communication with one or more actuators that connect to and adjust the various vehicle features. The onboard computer includes or accesses a database that correlates users, features, and vehicle feature settings. Such vehicle features include seat position and camera viewing angle.
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- 1. A shared-use vehicle management system comprised of at least two shared-use vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle has at least one storage compartment, wherein the at least one storage compartment is a trunk at the rear of the first vehicle, wherein the first vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the second vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the shared-use vehicle management system is comprised of a computer, a picture database, and at least one camera that is offboard of the first vehicle, offboard camera is operable to scan the contents within the first vehicle'"'"'s trunk and to take at least one picture of the first vehicle'"'"'s trunk, a communications link to enable communication exchanging the at least one picture from the offboard camera to either the shared-use vehicle management system system or the first vehicle onboard computer system.
- 5. A shared-use vehicle management system comprising at least two vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, whereby each of the two vehicles has an onboard computer and at least one onboard multifunctional camera, at least one vehicle location system operable to determine the location of the first vehicle and the location of the second vehicle, wherein the shared-use vehicle management system has a computer operable to control an automated movement of the location of the first vehicle relative to the location of the second vehicle and wherein the at least one onboard multifunctional camera takes a picture and communicates a movement command based on the picture and the location of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle location.
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