Vehicle rental system
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1. A vehicle rental system comprising:
- a parking apparatus in which a plurality of rentable electric vehicles are locked and parked;
a user discriminating device for discerning a user who shall use said electric vehicles;
a display device for displaying selection information concerning selectable electric vehicles;
a key supply device which maintains a plurality of respective keys for unlocking said electric vehicles, said keys being maintained by said key supply device in a locked condition, and which enables selection of a given key for the electric vehicle to be used based on the display of said display device, and further comprising key discriminating means for discerning the given key by means of operation thereof only by a specified one of said respective keys;
a battery supply device which maintains detachable batteries for said electric vehicles and which charges said batteries;
a rental return control device for controlling said parking apparatus, said user discriminating device, said display device, said key supply device and said battery supply device, and for performing rental processing and return processing of said electric vehicles; and
a user management device for managing use conditions of the user who uses said electric vehicle.
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Abstract
After confirmation that a user is an authorized user by bringing a user certification into proximity to a user discrimination device, following the guidance of a touch panel display device, a desired two wheeled electric vehicle is selected. A key is retrieved from a key supply device, and a battery is retrieved from a battery supply device. Thereafter, the battery is installed in the two wheeled vehicle in a parking apparatus, and using the key, the two wheeled electric vehicle is unlocked and used.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicle rental system comprising:
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a parking apparatus in which a plurality of rentable electric vehicles are locked and parked; a user discriminating device for discerning a user who shall use said electric vehicles; a display device for displaying selection information concerning selectable electric vehicles; a key supply device which maintains a plurality of respective keys for unlocking said electric vehicles, said keys being maintained by said key supply device in a locked condition, and which enables selection of a given key for the electric vehicle to be used based on the display of said display device, and further comprising key discriminating means for discerning the given key by means of operation thereof only by a specified one of said respective keys; a battery supply device which maintains detachable batteries for said electric vehicles and which charges said batteries; a rental return control device for controlling said parking apparatus, said user discriminating device, said display device, said key supply device and said battery supply device, and for performing rental processing and return processing of said electric vehicles; and a user management device for managing use conditions of the user who uses said electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicle rental system comprising:
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a parking apparatus in which a plurality of two wheeled rentable electric vehicles are locked and parked, said two wheeled vehicles being arrayed alongside each other in a locked state; a position determining mechanism for deciding a position of a front wheel of said two wheeled vehicles, taking a saddle position thereof as a standard, comprising a stepped position determining frame having a plurality of steps which are set in correspondence with a position of front wheel hubs of differently sized two wheeled vehicles, wherein by abutment of said front wheel hubs with said steps, the saddle positions of different sized two wheeled vehicles are set substantially along a straight line; a user discriminating device for discerning a user who shall use said electric vehicles; a display device for displaying selection information concerning selectable electric vehicles; a key supply device which maintains keys for unlocking said electric vehicles, and which enables selection of a key for the electric vehicle to be used based on the display of said display device; a battery supply device which maintains detachable batteries for said electric vehicles and which charges said batteries; a rental return control device for controlling said parking apparatus, said user discriminating device, said display device, said key supply device and said battery supply device, and for performing rental processing and return processing of said electric vehicles; and a user management device for managing use conditions of the user who uses said electric vehicle.
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